Connecting our thinking to better understand our world with Jimmy Chan

Jimmy Chan explains Oly Sport, an NFT and blockchain-based platform in which players buy, breed and race virtual horses, and reflects on his earlier role as CEO of Odyssey3D. He also talks about how he approached university applications as a student, and why he sees future technology as a way to connect our thinking into a unified understanding of the world.

Episode notes

Jimmy Chan is the co-founder and chief executive of Oly Sport, the NFT blockchain-based horse racing platform. Prior to starting Oly Sport, Jimmy was CEO of Odyssey3D, a company which grew to be in the top 1% globally within the virtual reality real estate space, and is a recipient of Canada’s ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year’ award. In this in-depth conversation, Jimmy discusses the mission of Oly Sport, and how it allows players to buy, breed, and race virtual horses so gamers can “race-to-earn” within its Metaverse; reflects on his previous role at Odyssey3D, the company which brought the 3D virtual reality experience to Toronto; and shares why he believes we need to look to the future of technology as an opportunity to “connect our thinking into a unified way of understanding the world.”

Read the written interview from this episode on francishellyer.com, published 20 January 2022.