Currently there are three main mainstream applications in the metaverse: Cryptovoxels, Decentraland, and The Sandbox. The three games of
are basically similar in gameplay. They mainly focus on sightseeing and creation. In the world, you can visit and admire buildings created by users from all over the world, as well as conduct communication, NFT transactions, etc. The main difference lies in the painting style and mechanism of the three worlds. In terms of setting, participating in the world of the Metaverse as a whole is mainly divided into two roles: shallow participation-ordinary tourists/consumers: simple tours and interactions with other people’s products (communication, commenting, viewing, purchasing, etc. ).
Deep participation - Developer/Producer: Own your own land property NFT, that is, a piece of land, and you can freely create any building in your own territory (within the space restricted by the land). According to the current interaction form, the type of building It can be roughly divided into sightseeing categories (such as bars, sports fields, parks, mazes, concert halls) and consumption categories (such as clothing stores, art galleries); in fact, this distinction is not very accurate, because all buildings are NFTs. In theory, All can be traded through Opensea (NFT trading platform).
Cryptovoxels can be said to be a rising star in the Metaverse. With its core function of building a stage for NFT artists, it took the lead in the Metaverse concept. The founder, Ben Nolan, was an employee of Decentraland before creating Cryptovoxels. When it was first launched, Ben Having been operating part-time on a lightweight model, Ben set up an office in his home in Auckland, New Zealand, in the second half of 2019. But it wasn’t until January 2020 that Ben hired his first full-time employee, Marcus. It’s hard to believe that Ben made these seemingly huge Cryptovoxels alone. The English literal translation of
Cryptovoxels is encrypted voxels, which is the literal meaning. Voxels- voxels are the 3D version of pixels, which are the smallest units that make up its world. It is often referred to as CV in China. As its name suggests, the appearance of the CV world is in a pixel style, somewhat similar to the game "Minecraft", but the picture quality is more refined and the creative dimension is broader. Currently, NFTs in CV World have been connected with Opensea. Search Cryptovoxels, where you can select virtual land for sale based on block location, area size, height, etc., as well as NFT assets in CV World such as names, clothes, accessories, etc.
CV is a real parallel world that truly belongs to users. It is committed to using the creativity of individuals and communities to create art galleries, shops and other artistic social venues, carrying human beings' magnificent fantasy about the digital parallel universe . At present, many artists, institutions and project parties have opened their own exhibition halls in the world of CV, and occasionally hold art exhibitions, interviews and other activities in CV.
Decentraland was founded in September 2017. It is a veteran metaverse positioning project and the first completely decentralized virtual world owned by users. It is often referred to as DCL in China. Similar to Cryptovoxel, it provides land, avatar items and content services in the form of NFT. At the same time, DCL has issued an exclusive cryptocurrency MANA as a "transaction currency between users" and provides various services for the metaverse. Subsidies are provided for operations and programs. Many companies, including
Rarible, WinklevossCapital, and CoinGecko, have opened offices in DCL. DCL also has buildings such as shopping malls, casinos, event venues and galleries. Different from the pixel style of CV, the painting style of DCL is relatively more delicate. The creative team of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" in "Minecraft" also participated in DCL in the early days and created very grand buildings such as Dragon City. Dragon City is already one of the famous landmarks in DCL.
TheSandbox is not new. As early as 2012, its IOS version of the game was launched online and was named "Game of the Year" by Apple . In 2018, the team launched the blockchain version of the project, giving the project a second life. The core mechanism of
TheSandbox is a Play-to-Earn sandbox game. It uses a UGC model to encourage users to create NFT assets to generate transactions, and use GameMaker's simple drag and drop method to create games on their own properties to attract other players to participate. There is also a land auction in the game similar to CV, and land auction is also very popular like CV.TheSandbox itself is just a sandbox game, and the assets in it only belong to the value circulation between game players. The injection of blockchain allows this "value" to circulate outside the game, making it join the ranks of the metaverse.
Roblox is considered to be a pioneer in the Metaverse game because it established a very open platform and creative incentive mechanism. It is a player-led decentralized world and provides the underlying infrastructure for the development of the Metaverse.
On March 10, 2021, Roblox was listed on New York Stock Exchange , and its market value exceeded US$40 billion on the first day. As a game creation platform, Roblox has attracted more than 7 million freelance game developers. The community has developed more than 18 million game experiences, and the number of people online at the same time has reached a maximum of 5.7 million. It can be said that the development potential of this project is very large.
Roblox consists of "Roblox client, oriented to users' 3D digital world", "Roblox Studio tool set, oriented to developers to create, publish and run various games" and "Roblox cloud service, providing users with basic settings for real-time response and personalized data analysis" "It consists of three parts. Although Roblox is not a blockchain metaverse application, it is still worthy of attention. After all, it is the first listed company with the metaverse concept.
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