Artists, Brands, And Fans In The Metaverse

vrcoin on August 1, 2021

The question of how artists, brands, and fans will function in the metaverse is one that hasn’t been answered yet.What’s the best way for each of these parties to function in the metaverse and reach their audiences?“This new medium is one that presents a really exciting opportunity for many different parts of culture whether it’s artists, brands, or fans—  they all have a role to play,” says Inder Phull, co-founder and CEO of PIXELYNX— a new gaming venture co-founded by Joel Zimmerman (deadmau5) and Richie Hawtin (Plastikman). During his previous role at Graphite Music as Head of Music and Gaming, Phull was well situated to watch these industries converge. There’s enormous opportunity for innovation at this intersection, but as ever with innovation, it’s a complex puzzle to develop the language, methodologies, and work ethics that evolve with it. Image Credit: PIXELYNXA THRIVING ECOSYSTM FOR NEW BUSINESS VENTURES As we speak, Phull identifies three

Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Will Be ‘A Metaverse Company’ In 5 Years

vrcoin on July 23, 2021

Platformer’s Casey Newton interviewed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on his plans to make Facebook “a metaverse company”.If you’re not familiar with the term, “metaverse” simply means a massively social digital alternate universe. The term was coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, which also popularized “avatar”. Some consider individual platforms like VRChat metaverses, whereas others think the term should only be used singular to describe an open protocol-based system like the internet.

SuperWorld Will Sell You a Share of the Brooklyn Bridge for 100 ETH

vrcoin on July 8, 2021

Have you ever been so attached to a place that you wished you could own it? Maybe leave something behind so that people who came to visit later could see what it meant to you? Or maybe you’re less sentimental and want to make money off of the idea of a place. Whichever of these describes you, SuperWorld can help. SuperWorld has divided the globe into billions of plots of land and is selling the “virtual real estate” associated with those physical locations. To understand more, ARPost talked with CEO and Co-Founder Hrish Lotlikar. The SuperWorld Metaverse Usually, when we say “virtual real estate” at ARPost, we’re talking about entirely virtual spaces. That’s not exactly what SuperWorld has in mind. Another term that you might need to relearn is “metaverse.” There are different ideas about what a metaverse might look like, and different people use different words. When some