The Decentralized metaverse in action
Fortnite has built an ever-changing virtual world that’s molded by feedback from players and the partner brands rather than by solitary geniuses in black turtlenecks. Nvidia announced plans for creating a ‘digital twin’ of the Earth in Omniverse (a metaverse for engineers) to model climate change and predict how the Earth will change over decades. The Hong Kong International Airport was famously designed in Unity, a leading game engine. Unity wasn’t used because it’s the best tool to design an airport. Instead, Unity was used because it was superior at simulation.
We are witnessing the rise of the metaverse in healthcare as well – augmented reality is already being used to deliver smarter workouts with guidance from virtual instructors. Healthcare is an industry where interoperability is of utmost importance which is why we need to take part in creating a decentralized metaverse right from Day 1.
The metaverse is already helping otherwise impoverished communities earn more than their average monthly earnings. Over 55% of Axe Infinity players are in the Philippines and 65-70% are in Southeast Asia. Most of them are ‘scholars’, which means a player is temporarily using another person’s ‘axies’ to play the game and earn. Axie Infinity is one of the most popular Play-to-Earn games with over 2M daily active users.
Roblox, a game engine where you can play a game created by another user, is already being used to build a game about adopting pets, or a virtual re-creation of their local church, thus assisting the most pressing causes amongst local communities.
More traditional industries are also being disrupted by the metaverse. For example, Metaverse Property is creating what they’re calling the first “metaverse real estate investment trust (REIT)”, which will trade through a non-fungible token (NFT) that is backed by the company’s virtual land portfolio. This metaverse-first REIT means that retail investors, traditionally locked out of this asset class can now consider it for their personal retirement portfolio.
Last but not the least, companies are also hiring top talent via the metaverse. Unlike traditional hiring processes, you can apply for a job as your preferred avatar (read: personality) in the metaverse while being free to choose how much of your personal data you are willing to share with the companies you apply to. For a sneak peek of how awesome applying for a job in the metaverse is, visit the Swappable headquarters in Decentraland (instructions here) and walk yourself around Crypto valley where some of the finest crypto and blockchain companies host their virtual headquarters.
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