VerseExplorer — find your Metaverse engine
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…
Intro
A new concept of a magical parallel world was born and began to travel through people’s minds. The essence of it has a name — Metaverse, and a question without an answer — are we living in the real world? Define real first, son!
There is a difference between how we understand Metaverse as a concept of a new spatial web and how we see it today, looking back at our technologies and cultural level.
Well, in the future, Metaverse should evolve into a continuum of interoperable virtual spaces with freely transferable identities and assets backed by fungible or interoperable blockchains with decentralized, transparent, and persistent economies.
But today, there is no commonly accepted definition of it and it is ok. Even better, there is a space for fantasies. While we (Web3Jedis from web3jedis.xyz) were building the NFT platform for Metaverse builders Mark3d we decided to define our own terminology to be able to describe the Metaverse within the team. And now we decided to share it with everyone, so here is what we’ve got:
- The one and only Interoperable Metaverse — a future decentralized and open virtual 3D world that consists of all other existing virtual spaces and worlds;
- Microverses — existing virtual spaces with a slight integration of Web3, like Wallet Connect and NFTs — Oncyber, Spatial and more complicated virtual worlds with lands like Decentraland, Sandbox, etc.;
- Metaverse B2B Service Providers — projects, that provide some integrations for all kinds of different Microverses, like ReadyPlayer Me, Mark3d, etc;
- Metaverse Explorer — Mark3d Info service that provides an overview of all existing Microverses and their tech requirements;
- Wannabe Metaverse — projects, that don’t have any 3D spaces or objects, most often NFT pfp collections or 2D gamefi projects.
We are using the “Microverse” term to separate the one interoperable Metaverse and individual non-interoperable projects that try to follow the idea of Metaverse. We believe, that the Interoperable Metaverse will become the new 3D internet and will live inside AR and VR, constantly connecting a human to the world wide web.
Our mission is to onboard people into the new reality. So we decided to build a tool to describe and organize our knowledge about Microverse projects, that will define the future of the interoperable Metaverse and the whole world. A tool, that will give an overview of what a hell is going on, cause no one seems to really understand what Metaverse is actually going to become in the nearest future.
Metaverse Explorer — version 0.1
In order to view, list, and sell 3D models in one of the existing Microverses the 3D designer will need to mint them in the right way, so he needs to understand how the upload process works, what are the technical requirements and whether he needs to pay for it and if yes, then how much. Also, it is crucial for 3D artists to know which Microverse allows showing their visual skills in the best way. So we decided to build the Metaverse Explorer right into the Mark3d NFT platform.
Metaverse Explorer — an informative and complete list of all existing 3D virtual world projects with their technical requirements. Now Metaverse Explorer is a crucial part of Mark3d, but it may become an independent tool for exploring, systematizing, and providing easy access to each existing Microverse. But more on that later.
The goal of Metaverse Explorer is to become a valuable tool for any 3D designer who wants to interact with any microverse. So, it must simplify access to Web3 for 3D designers and start a new wave of Mass Adoption.
Also, we should define who is a 3D designer and who is going to be an early adopter of Metaverse Explorer:
- Architects;
- Landscape designers;
- Level designers;
- Interior designers;
- Industrial designers;
- Fashion designers;
- Game designers.
So, Metaverse Explorer is focusing on collecting and describing Microverses. It saves time and gives an idea of the industry in general and each project in particular. We are releasing the Metaverse Explorer section right now in November 2022, so you can follow our updates on mark3d.xyz. We will provide the following information about some Microverses and add more of them with time:
- Name, type, and a short description;
- Availability (Active/Coming soon);
- Supported Blockchain protocols;
- 3D formats compatibility and max file size;
- The possibility to show and mint your NFT;
- The visual quality subjective rating.
The typology of the Microverses is different, but we already can define several types:
- A virtual world divided into parcels of land that are connected (Decentraland, Voxels);
- A virtual world divided into parcels of land that are not connected (The Sandbox Game);
- A virtual world divided into separated spaces (Spatial, Arhead);
- VR-meeting spaces (Meta Horizon Workrooms, Frame);
- AR-world (Arcona);
- Set of tools to create virtual worlds (Nvidia Omniverse, Varjo Reality Cloud).
Future of the Metaverse Explorer
In the future, we see Metaverse Explorer as a universal navigation tool in the endless amount of virtual spaces and worlds. The easy way to find the right education course or your new online job as a blockchain developer. Metaverse is going to connect people to the web 24/7 and it is inevitable. Already now, we should think about how to organize the space and navigate creators and other community members.
Metaverse Explorer as a part of the Mark3d Platform has the potential to become an independent tool and information source which will provide all necessary information about existing Microverses and future upcoming projects. The target audience of this tool is pretty wide and includes not only 3D designers. Thinking about the different scaling options I see also these kinds of people using the Metaverse Explorer:
- Crypto/Web3/Metaverse journalists;
- Virtual world builders;
- Regular game fans;
- Businesses that are interested in VR meetings.
- Industrial engineers.
We want to build a Metaverse Knowledge Temple to learn and teach how to use the Metaverse as a light force to change humanity for good. The dark side of the force will be enormously strong because the Metaverse will have huge power over people’s minds and our mission is to keep the balance in the Interoperable Metaverse. We shall not allow the old Empire to corrupt Web3.0 in the same way as it was done by corporations with Web2.0 turning it into pure evil. No pasaran.
Created together with thrillerskit.eth
And may the Force be with you.
