It’s not just Disney shareholders happy to see Bob Iger back in the top job.

Iger’s a big supporter of the metaverse since he became a director and investor in Genies, a digital avatar platform running on Dapper Labs’ Flow blockchain.

Iger was still at Disney as an executive and board chairman when the company filed for a Metaverse-related patent last year.

The patent was for a “virtual-world simulator in a real-world venue,” and according to the filing, would allow visitors to Disney theme parks to use mobile phones to generate and project personalized 3D effects onto nearby physical spaces.

Disney said at the time there were “no current plans” to use the “virtual-world simulator” patent.

Still, the head of a major media company pouring his own money into a metaverse venture has the crypto community excited.