The metaverse puts the digital asset interoperability challenge on steroids
So many metaverses, so little interoperability: The isolation of different metaverses from each other might be the main challenge to overcome to gain mass adoption. In his monthly crypto tech column, Israeli serial entrepreneur Ariel Shapira covers emerging technologies within the crypto, decentralized finance and blockchain space, as well as their roles in shaping the economy of the 21st century.In the year 2022, we no longer need to ponder how many stars there are in the sky — Yale astronomer Dorrit Hoffleit has already established that humans can see about 9,096 from Earth with the....
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With tech giants gearing up to pioneer the metaverse, onlookers have argued that conflicting priorities will result in a fragmented collection of 3D realms without interoperability thereby creating a metaverse mess. To the uninitiated, the metaverse is a concept of an internet environment where people can interact with a 3D virtual space that mimics reality […]
Blockchain interoperability might just be becoming a reality, with cross-chain NFT games taking the lead. Society is headed towards a new form of digital ownership with an economy and greater metaverse based on the blockchain. The concept of "the metaverse" is typically depicted as actual and augmented reality-based in a virtual world. Most recognize this concept since it is present in several fictional movies of dystopian futures like Ready, Player, One, Minority Report and Avatar. However, the concept has since quickly gained attraction from the technology industry, making it more viable....
NFT Steez chats with Worldwide Webb founder Thomas Webb to discuss the future impact of interoperability in Web3 and the Metaverse. On Nov. 11, NFT Steez, a bi-weekly Twitter Spaces hosted by Alyssa Expósito and Ray Salmond, met with Thomas Webb, the founder of the interoperable avatar game Worldwide Webb, to discuss the integration of interoperability in Web3 and the Metaverse. By definition, interoperability is a feature of Web3 whereby a product or system can work seamlessly across platforms with other products or services. Webb defines interoperability simply as "creating a token— a....
NASA, the U.S. space agency, has partnered with Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite, to build a challenge for developers to help create a Martian metaverse experience. The challenge will include various tasks, including designing several key environments for Martian astronauts, which will be rendered using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 to provide a realistic environment.
NASA to Develop Martian Metaverse to Help in Training Exercises
NASA, the U.S. space agency, has recently posted a challenge to attract developers to help build a Martian metaverse environment to aid in....
One year isn’t enough time to witness many fundamental changes, but five years is just enough for everything to change. The year is 2027. It’s a time of great innovation and technological advancement, but also a time of chaos. What will the crypto market look like in 2027? (For those unfamiliar, that's a line from the 2011 video game, Deus Ex.)Long-term predictions are notoriously difficult to make, but they are good thought experiments. One year is too short a period for fundamental changes, but five years is just enough for everything to change.Here are the most unexpected and outrageous....