All the things Disney’s Bob Iger said about the $1.5B investment in Epic and the new Disney universe

Disney CEO Bob Iger gave air time in today’s earnings call to the partnership where Disney will invest $1.5 billion in Epic Games to build a new Disney universe that resembles a metaverse.

The deal is a huge one that could boost the fortunes of Epic Games’ vision to build an open and connected metaverse — something Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has been talking about for nearly a decade.