Voxel Foundation To Support Outreach For Virtual Reality Development

Voxel Foundation To Support Outreach For Virtual Reality Development

Voxelus, which considers itself to be the world’s first virtual reality (VR) content creation platform and marketplace, has launched a Voxel Foundation to expand the use of Voxel, its in-game cryptocurrency. Voxelus will fund the foundation with a grant of 5 million Voxels, with as much as 10 million more Voxels in the future to support its mission, according to CEO Martin Repetto. The foundation will expand the cryptocurrency to work with a variety of games, networks, VR platforms, brands, advertisers and entertainment content providers. The foundation will support Voxelus adoption in....


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