Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is opening 2,500 new jobs to build the metaverse and make the city a leading hub for tech talent and innovation.
 These job opportunities include software developers, systems engineers, and network architects. 
- Dyer is the first to give a mayoral address in the digital space.
- Numerous Orlando-based businesses are reportedly developing their metaverse products and services.
- Dyer declared Orlando as the metaverse's MetaCenter during his 2022 annual address. 
- The Orlando Economic Partnership worked with software developer Unity to create a digital twin of the region, revealed in November 2022.