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Hedera Hashgraph has launched a mintbar for NFTs

Hedera Hashgraph Network has launched Mintbar, a new web application that allows technical and non-technical creators to print standard HIP-412 NFTs. The Hashgraph Association announced funding for its first innovative project. Behind Hedera is the Hashgraph Association, which appears to have announced funding for its first 12 innovative projects in the fields of Fintech, Insurtech, Greentech, Agritech, Sportstech, Mediatech, DeFi, Stablecoin, Web 3.0, Gaming, Metaverse, NFT, DAO and tokenization. This is the Hashgraph Innovation Program, offered in close collaboration with the Swiss Digital Assets Institute (SDAI). As such, Hashgraph will provide funding of up to $250,000 for startups, $750,000 for enterprises, and up to $1.5 million to encourage widespread adoption of the Hedera network worldwide. “One of our main goals at The Hashgraph Association is to encourage all types of organizations to build on Hedera and see widespread adoption of Hedera-powered solutions across all industries. Grants through the Hashgraph Innovation Program will enable us to encourage the expansion of the DLT industry by actively supporting innovation and a cutting-edge project driven by Hedera We are proud to play this role in a promising project and look forward to building We are proud to play this role in a promising project and look forward to building future applications through the Hashgraph Innovation Program.” NFT Header on LG Electronics TV Screen Last October, Hedera (HBAR) and LG Electronics signed a partnership agreement to bring NFT to TV screens. The South Korean electronics giant has launched the LG Art Lab marketplace, available on U.S. TVs.

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8 Things You Shouldn’t Do in the Metaverse

Each virtual world has its own rules and regulations about what the user can and cannot do when logging in. The metaverse is similar to Second Life and other games in that it allows users to take on alternate personas, meet new friends and create their characters. Although it is a digital world, think about what you are going to do you would do in the real world. Don’t touch anyone without their consent The first rule of the Metaverse is that you should never touch another avatar without their consent. Do not use violence This may seem obvious, but it is important to note that you cannot use guns, blasters, grenades, or even magic spells against other avatars if you are not in a PvP location. You cannot have more than one avatar Owning another avatar is one of the biggest bans in the Metaverse. The reason for this rule is that some users try to trick other avatars into “selling” their avatars, which can lead to people confusing you or people with bad intentions trying to take advantage of another identity. Beware of breaking the rules Most virtual worlds prohibit users from doing anything from exchanging real-world information with other users to using profanity. Many rules are basic behavioral things but it is best to be aware of these so as not to ruin someone’s experience. Racist or sexist words or behavior. Many Metaversos have strict “no hate speech” policies and permanently ban users who use words considered racist, sexist, or discriminatory. Don’t sell inappropriate or spammy products Many virtual worlds have strict rules about the products and services you can present in the game. Some only allow you to present products and services approved by their moderators. You may not display nudity of any kind Although some virtual worlds allow you to show nudity, most do not allow any form of nudity within the game. Some metaverses with nudity usually require you to be over 18 years of age. The only advertisements you will see are for user-safe products or services. The Metaverse makes money by selling ads to companies that want to sell their products and services to users. Most cyberspaces have strict rules that only allow companies to advertise safe products and services to users

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Social Media Marketing Predictions for 2023

Social networks have been very active this year, with Meta continuing its gradual decline, TikTok continuing its rise and Twitter in a delicate position. No one knows what will happen, but we can see the potential for real and viable changes next year. Top social networks Facebook Facebook has been the biggest loser because it is the network least engaged with young people, but Zuckerberg says he has plans to get things back on track. More ads and people are recommended by algorithms. This trend originates from TikTok. Instead of forcing you to create your social graph, TikTok focuses on showing the best content of all. Therefore, 40% of the content in your main Facebook feed will come from pages you don’t follow, as Facebook will try to promote content appropriately, giving brands more opportunities to buy ads. Family and friends This could lead Facebook to find other ways to better highlight posts from family and friends. Facebook’s main differentiator, TikTok, calls itself an “entertainment platform” rather than a social networking app. The reason Facebook has lost its popularity is that people no longer use these applications and, therefore, have moved away from the social element. Avatar integration Meta wants people to get excited about the Metaverse. One way they are doing this is by integrating digital avatars in more places within their app. By promoting the use of avatars as a form of digital identity, we can encourage more people to participate through digital personas, which are an important part of participation in the Metaverse. Ads in DMS As mentioned above, with increasing participation in DMs, Meta will place more emphasis on tools to help brands embrace this shift. Meta recently highlighted the growth of click-to-message ads on both Messenger and WhatsApp to encourage this behavior, and marketers are pushing for even more advertising options to appear to match this overall shift. Virtual reality. Another way Meta is facilitating changes in the metaverse is through VR posts, including the already announced option to share from VR to Reels. We expect Meta to offer new VR-sharing options, such as video chat and direct publishing options, to help show people what they are doing and what they are missing in their VR space. Augmented reality experience With many already in Metaverse, Meta is looking to promote another stage of development: augmented reality glasses and publications. This will bring many new features and experiences within the app. If Meta can jump in soon and take this space, it could be a big boost to their plans for the broader Metaverse, and we can also expect Meta to start encouraging more AR tools on Facebook and Instagram. Instagram Instagram is eager to fend off competition, and it seems to have succeeded so far, as the app recently reported that it now has 2 billion monthly active users. However, it will continue to operate by copying all the trending features from all the trending apps to ensure that Instagram maintains its position as a major social app. Here’s what could be coming to the app: More content is recommended by the algorithm. Like Facebook, Instagram is also leaning toward AI content recommendations to maximize user engagement, though it’s still not exactly a welcome addition. Right now, it doesn’t seem to be working, but Instagram wants to show people more of the best content from across the app, with a particular focus on highlighting creators, which is also seen as an important driver moving forward. Next-level integration. Instagram is expected to incorporate new ways to create content in 2023, including AR publishing, 3D, and further integration of NFT art. By providing creators with more ways to create and perform this next-level art, Meta can help guide them as they create in the metaverse. AR and more interactive ads This is where new opportunities arise for brands, such as augmented reality advertising and interactive ad formats, which will engage users in entirely new ways. Direct buying While not yet launched, Instagram is still experimenting with in-person shopping, which has been hugely successful in other markets. If this gains more traction, it could become a big source of revenue for the app, in addition to increasing its in-stream commerce capabilities. Twitter Musk has laid out some vague plans, none of which appear to be finalized, but which also appear to replace entire app management and engineering teams. This means anything is possible and unprecedented in Twitter’s past. Here’s what you can expect from Twitter: A new push for subscriptions. Musk has repeatedly said he wants to use subscriptions as a way to increase Twitter’s revenue, but he also wants to provide another layer to keep bots out of the app. Variable Algorithm This is one of Musk’s pet projects, implementing ways to help users better understand how algorithms determine their Twitter experience and choose the algorithmic elements that influence their tweet feeds. It gives users the option to control their experience. To the point. Freedom of expression. Another factor Musk repeatedly points out is the commitment to “freedom of expression” in apps, allowing any kind of free speech within the law, rather than applying limits or restrictions based on internal parameters. Payment opportunity. Musk is exploring the possibility of using his platform as a means to facilitate payments, possibly through cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrency could have great potential to launch Twitter as a new banking service, which could facilitate all new types of money transfers, commerce, product advertising, and more. Longer Tweets Musk plans to integrate longer Tweet options to allow more types of posts to be shared within the app. Longer videos as well. LinkedIn The professional social network continued to post “record levels” of engagement throughout the year. LinkedIn is poised for continued growth, and in 2023, you can expect the platform to provide more data and more links to LinkedIn learning courses to enhance its offerings. More data to guide job seekers. LinkedIn has the largest database of career and professional information ever created, and

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Trump accused of using copyrighted images for his NFTs

Donald Trump has been accused of using copyrighted images in his NFT collection, with social media users calling his lucrative venture a “scam.” The NFTs feature the former president trying to be taken seriously as the 2024 presidential candidate, oddly mocked up as various characters, including a superhero, an astronaut, and a cowboy. According to the promotional site, these NFTs were available for $99 each; all 45,000 images sold out by Friday afternoon. The accusations came via social media Wide-eyed social media users took to Twitter to point out that many of the images looked oddly familiar. Some of the designs appear to be nothing more than Trump’s heads edited into images found on small clothing company websites, stock images, and even clothing sold on Amazon and Walmart. Other copied images Young Turks journalist Matthew Sheffield said Trump’s NFT jeans look like a doctored image of Amazon selling the “Scully Men’s Duster” jacket. “The NFT image of Donald Trump as a cowboy appears to be from a slightly altered Amazon image. Another social media user questioned whether Trump had permission for one of Reuters’ photographers to use a photo of the former president playing golf: “Trump Golf NFT is a resized and modified version of a David Moir/Reuters file photo taken in 2011 when Trump was playing at his club in Scotland.”

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What device do I need to enter Metaverse?

One of the recurring questions is how can we enter the metaverse and specifically what devices can we use to get the first glimpses of the metaverse. What types of devices are considered devices for the Metaverse? You can use a variety of different devices to access the Metaverse. The primary would be to have a PC or cell phone although this is generally much less immersive than a dedicated augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) device. This is why Metaverse-specific devices allow you to enter and fully immerse yourself in these worlds. Virtual reality goggles or augmented reality equipment essentially embed the metaverse directly into your field of vision. Virtual Reality Glasses: This type of goggle is fully immersive as it features sights and sounds that transport the user’s consciousness into another universe. Thanks to these devices, we are completely immersed in the experience and have no sense of the real world around us. There are two types of virtual reality glasses; wireless ones, which have autonomy and the ability to process applications on their own, and those connected to a power source and data processing (e.g. a computer) through cables. These are some of the options we have: Augmented Reality Glasses:  One of the advantages of augmented reality glasses is that they are much less bulky than virtual reality glasses and are therefore more portable. These glasses let us observe intelligent information, such as a notification to our cell phone, checking email, and having maps. They help us see things in our real environment that are not there. Some examples are the following: Metaverse on the web: If you don’t have virtual reality or augmented reality glasses, you can always access the Metaverse through the versions available for the web through the Internet on sites such as Decentraland or Roblox.

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BeReal the app of 2023

The app of 2023: BeReal Throughout 2022, BeReal, the photo-sharing app that gives you a small window to snap a photo with both front and rear cameras, has won over social media users fed up with Instagram and TikTok with its simplicity and fascinated by its desire for authenticity.  BeReal became Apple’s iPhone App of the Year and was cloned by its competitors, it hasn’t made any major updates, which is refreshing in an era when all social media platforms try to offer everything to all users. What is the app all about? It aims to share snapshots without editing or filters with a select group of friends, recreating the simplicity of early social networks that just showed what we were doing. Every day the application will give a notification at random times for the user to upload photos of what they are doing within two minutes. The camera simultaneously takes a front and back photo to show your face and your surroundings. Once the photo is posted, the user can access their followers’ content. In addition, each member of the app can have a maximum of 500 friends, which is unattractive for a corporate marketing strategy and makes it a fun place to be. Recommendations For security reasons, avoid sharing geolocation on BeReal and be careful not to reveal anything you don’t want to show, share confidential information or invade someone’s privacy. The scope for this 2023. Just take a look at social media when your daily notification randomly pops up to see the scope of the app’s popularity. As more people joined the platform and BeReal circles grew, some users began creating their BeReals during the highlights of their day rather than sticking to the designated release time. The change in the way people started posting on BeReal altered the “spontaneous” appeal of the app and sparked a discussion that instead of being a place to be real, BeReal was becoming all the platforms it was before, ie a target to show the best version of yourself, a place to get it wrong. Why use BeReal? The most obvious reason to use BeReal is to see what your friends are doing throughout the day. Like Snapchat, BeReal stores your previous posts in Reminders and you can go back in time to see what you’ve been doing each day you’ve posted so you can organize your posts based on what you want to remember each day and save all those moments in one place, reminiscent of the 1 Second Everyday app. Then, as BeReal’s initial charm fades, it transforms into something completely different: a new way of journaling in the modern era.

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Donald Trump’s NFT collection is sold in its entirety

Donald Trump wishes to re-employ his position as president and because of this, he is running for the 2024 presidential election. But while that is happening, the former president has launched a collection of NFTs, while this announcement has been met with laughter from the locals, now Donald Trump claims that the entire collection of NFTs sold out in a few hours raising $4.45 million. Donald Trump sells his collection of 45,000 NFTs in just 12 hours Earlier this week, Donald Trump commented that he was planning to make a “huge announcement” on Truth Social, the platform he turned to after being kicked off Twitter. The former president took advantage of this instant to announce his official Donald Trump digital sticker collection. The curious thing is that in no instant Trump said the term NFT but rather referred to these as “digital business cards”. Donald Trump’s digital trading cards Even though Donald Trump’s NFTs have turned out to be a triumph and have raised a reported $4.45 million in less than a day, it is not known where they will go. The collection is guaranteed not to be owned by Trump and not one of his companies and Trump himself is not behind the collection. What we see is that Donald Trump has given his image and name for this plan, in addition to announcing it publicly. Clearly, this high figure of money has to go designated anywhere, and it is curious to see that Trump is ignored as a recipient.

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Can you make money in the metaverse?

The Metaverse is a digital place where we can interact and exchange experiences, using new digital identities called “avatars”, using logical support, which replicates the real planet, but without its restrictions. If we contextualize this criterion what we can see is a new world, a new digital world. Then, if we imagine that we are part of the work of a world that gives us a vision of the proportion of things that have the possibility of doing. On the other hand, it is logical to think that a digital environment will have its crimes, simultaneously laws that regulate them, even its currency, logically digital. Some examples of metaverses to which you can enter Second Life: is a 3D virtual environment where users control avatars to socialize, learn and do business. Decentraland: is an online digital world that combines social resources with cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and virtual real estate. Microsoft Flight Simulator Microsoft’s Metaverse is the alliance of the digital and physical universes with which they can engage deeper connections between individuals in the work environment. How to earn money in the metaverse? The stock market: A long-term investment in some interesting position in the metaverse will surely give you a return on investment. Business: In the metaverse, there are businesses with the possibility of being materialized in the physical world, i.e. there can be a store in the metaverse and when you make a purchase it could be delivered physically.  The economy of the metaverse is managed through cryptocurrencies and NFTs, which are also revalued and in themselves form a business opportunity. Real Estate: Some metaverses such as Descentraland own “land” or properties that can be bought and subsequently sold at a higher price. E-learning: Nowadays it is common to see universities that have anatomy classes through virtual reality, something that could bring the metaverse is that from your home you can move around the body virtually and know all its functions, the imaginative and logical mixture is what will leave the learning. Works of Art: The NFT are unique digital objects and when it comes to works of art these have been quoted impressively. Conclusion The metaverse can already be entered, without the need for special equipment, but soon we will be able to have virtual reality glasses, which will immersively take you to unimaginable places or have sensory, touristic, gaming, and even business experiences that you have never previously experienced. The metaverse will be a world to explore, but it will require cybersecurity services, retail, wholesale, and events.

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Metamask users will be able to use Paypal to buy cryptocurrencies

MetaMask and PayPal announced a tie-up to allow users to buy Ethereum (ETH) from the PayPal app. Crypto buying and trading services will be accessible to a certain number of users in the US, but there will come a point where this may be accessible to anyone, although the expansion of the wallet already makes it possible for US consumers to trade cryptos from Coinbase Pay, MoonPay and Transak. Lorenzo Santos, MetaMask product manager, described: “Joining with PayPal will let our own U.S. users not only market cryptocurrencies seamlessly through MetaMask, but also easily explore the Web 3.0 ecosystem.” The steps to buy ETH in MetaMask via paypal are as follows: The future of paypal with cryptocurrencies In June of this year, PayPal announced that it would allow users to transfer cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin. The new transaction will be able to be made to external wallets. The news came almost two years after the financial technology giant opened its platform to digital currencies.

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How secure is Web3?

Privacy and stability when surfing the Internet are very relevant components. Web 3.0 is the next generation of the Internet, whose main focus is to make it more private and secure to enter a website. Web 3.0 improves privacy and security Web 3.0 is the name given to the evolution of an Internet with more relationships between users. The purpose is to be able to generate content through different applications beyond the browser. Web 3.0 is based on technologies such as blockchain, which will decentralize the Internet and give more power to users. So we won’t have to trust our own data to huge organizations. The most relevant point is that it will remove the centralization of data in third parties. The users themselves will be able to produce content or engage in communications without such information previously passing through a third party that manages to control it. Users will have the ability to see the blockchain records and how those applications we use will use our own data. This will minimize the danger that mismanagement of a company in which we have our own data could lead to leaks and privacy issues. Secure software Web3 does not harm people’s personal information within the scope of its explained principles. Since the software for Web3 is programmed in a manner equivalent to high security protocols, there is no command to change their minds. In this case, these are software designs that have no preference for being malware. Web3 is ahead in terms of infrastructure and communication security in a more advanced technology. Stability is improved with Web3 Thanks to improved stability, the risk of data leaks by hackers is reduced, as they will no longer be able to use them for malware infiltration, phishing attacks and any other means of stealing passwords or infecting victims’ systems. Is Web 3.0 an optimization in privacy and security? For the time being, we do have the possibility to maintain privacy and stability when navigating, to have good stability programs and to have everything updated in order to avoid access to viruses and other threats.

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Sony is interested in NFT and Blockchain integration

Public records from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have revealed that Sony is seeking to patent a tracking system for non-fungible tokens (NFT) and Blockchain-based digital gaming assets. Tracking system for NFTs in games. The patent explains techniques for generating, exchanging, tracking, authenticating, and/or transferring unique digital assets associated with a video game, integrated game resources, and characters. A system and procedure for tracking digital assets associated with video games. The digital assets have the potential to be in-game digital assets, such as in-game objects or characters. The digital assets have the potential to be video game digital media assets that represent gameplay instants of a video game, such as video clips or images. Sony is attracted to NFTs in video games. It is also probably the first Sony development concerning NFTs, called digital collectibles. As The Block reminisces, Sony has previously explored utilizing blockchain technology to administer and teach tune creator’s rights. It should be noted that Sony’s latest presentation concerning a Blockchain and NFT system for video games does not ensure that the firm will indeed proceed with plans to join such technologies. Sony will require to update the filing if it wants to proceed with the patent process, that report incorporates. This is not the first time the organization has filed a patent application that mentions digital assets. Last year, as Bitcoin Daily reported, Sony filed for a patent to generate a platform for E-Sports betting that would enable payments with both fiat currencies and Bitcoin. That filing also mentions digital collectibles.

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Can anyone enter the metaverse?

The metaverse is an interesting and quite fashionable subject. There will constantly be discrepancies around it, and many people wonder if it is already possible to enter it, so we will see in what ways the metaverse already exists. What is the Metaverse? The metaverse is a shared, immersive, highly interactive, hyper-realistic virtual place. The occupations practiced in this space have the possibility of combining physical and digital activities. This technology is already opening space in the world economy for its infinite modalities of development. How to enter the metaverse? Most professionals agree that entering the metaverse is like entering “the new internet”, a natural evolution. All of them with the property of being immersive, which means that to enter, you will have to have primary physical and digital properties. The metaverse from web browsers While the metaverse differs drastically from the way we see the digital planet, you can still enter via browsers. It is not such a virtual place or realm, but there is a sense of digital presence thanks to the graphical animation technologies. The way to enter could be by computer or mobile device. In this order of ideas, Roblox is more than a game, it is one of the most primordial ways to enter the metaverse through web browsing. We also have Metaverses such as Decentraland and Sandbox which we can enter from their web pages. Metaverse Apps But before that, around 2003, what is considered the first virtual world: Second Life was born. It is a digital world in the form of a social network with completely open programming that allowed users to interact and have intellectual property. There are a variety of applications that allow you to interact in the metaverse. Microsoft also has an app, called altvr.com. Virtual Reality Virtual reality (VR) is the most important technology in the metaverse. As a benefit, the customer’s experience is much more complete, because these devices recognize all movements and reproduce them virtually. This technology is already used in hospitals or military camps, or schools for pilots since you can use it to simulate situations and be able to solve them as you would in real life. Now, for the general public, work is currently being done to provide a fully immersive virtual reality environment. This means that it will disconnect users for moments from the physical world to live the whole experience digitally. Augmented Reality Augmented reality is how individuals interact in a metaverse, using the real world as a background. For this, they have the possibility of using different resources such as glasses or specific helmets for this reality. If you wish to enter this kind of reality, you can do so, for example, with the well-known Niantic game Pokémon GO. Another eye-catching version of augmented truth is provided by Google with its widely identified glasses (Google Glass). However, while augmented reality technologies remain quite elaborate in corporate spaces, they are still lacking in the widespread consumer market. Metaverse Games There is a very well-known game that you can enter by having a computer with minimum requirements and a Steam account, we are talking about the game VR chat, which is a world in which you can be the person you want to be while living with people from all over the world in different spaces that simulate reality places such as bars, open spaces, hotels, restaurants and so an infinity of things. The game requires the use of a virtual reality helmet for complete immersion, but it is not necessary since you can see and move around the world through your monitor, mouse, and keyboard.

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Starbucks launches loyalty program through NFTs

Starbucks made it known in September 2022 that it would be launching an NFT game for its new integration via Web3, this would be launched on Polygon’s blockchain and would be called Starbucks Odyssey. In this situation, Starbucks has confirmed the start of the pilot program where a select set of chosen users are going to be able to participate in Starbucks Odyssey “Journeys”, which consist of a sequence of interactive and fun occupations to achieve collectible NFT Journey Stamps as well as Odyssey points that will unlock entry to novel and interesting perks and experiences. Initial invitations were sent to a small number of users on the waiting list as well as Starbucks allies in the last month of the year, and from January 2023 people will continue to be invited on a month-to-month basis. Starbucks promises more creations in 2023 for its Web3 experience Competing Odyssey users are going to be able through the Starbucks Odyssey marketplace, powered by Nifty Gateway, to market NFT stamps directly with a credit card, without the need for a crypto or cryptocurrency wallet, which means it will greatly expand the modes of purchase. Early next year, users of the program are going to be able to obtain unique “Limited Version Stamps” (NFT) through the Starbucks Odyssey marketplace. Sales of NFT stamps integrate a beneficial element, with donations for reasons relevant to Starbucks partners and Starbucks Rewards members.

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Celebrities who already own a land in the Metaverse

The concept of the metaverse has become so widespread that there is a gigantic proportion of people who believe that there is a virtual “place” that serves as an access point. What does exist are a multitude of proposals that fall under the Metaverse initiative, such as virtual games, digital universes to connect to for socializing, or other types of initiatives. Celebrities in the metaverse: Snoop Dogg He has landed in The Sandbox which is one of the metaverses on the Ethereum blockchain. This space is going to create a virtual representation of his real mansion that he has in California. He has already announced that, once his virtual home is open, he will use it to arrange various events, such as car shows, virtual concerts where he will perform himself, or pool parties. Quite a few people are still waiting to go to Snoop Dogg’s virtual mansion, and best of all: there is someone who has applied for the chance to be Snoop Dogg’s virtual neighbor, so he has bought the house next door. Paris Hilton Paris has also brought her real mansion to the virtual realm, so her fans will be able to see it up close. Not only that, but she mentions that one of the attractions of being able to go to her mansion virtually is that users will be able to go into her closet and digitally merchandise several of her clothes. Other celebrities in the Metaverse Celebrity Lim Junjie, one of Singapore’s most celebrated artists, has invested a huge proportion of money in buying land in Decentraland. Model Sara Sampaio has bought a private island in Sandbox while Vashu Bhagnani has invested in buying a virtual place known as Poojaverse to be used by his organization. Also, tennis player Stanislas Wawrinka has bought a private island in Sandbox. Metaverse costs Land values in the metaverse have grown enormously in 2021: if we take the data from the analysis, in the first month of the year of 2021 they had an average cost of $100, however, already in the last month of the year of that same year, the figure climbed to $15,000 on average. Along the same lines, according to Forbes, around 8,000 virtual lands were sold per month in the two worlds (The Sandbox and Decentreland), at an average transaction cost of 3.5 Ethereum between November 2021 and January 2022.

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Creator of the iPod classic partners to create a new Wallet

Tony Fadell is the author of the iPod Classic and has partnered with Ledger to build Ledger Stax, which is to be the latest wallet device from the firm. A new version of Wallet This new wallet will be the size of a credit card and will incorporate a huge e-ink screen, a capacitive touch screen, wireless charging, Bluetooth, and other new features, such as a curved e-ink screen on which the holder’s name or other wallet data can be enlarged, like the cover of a book. Tony Fadell has designed Ledger Stax in collaboration with the industrial design organization Layer, trying to find “ease of use to extend the stability of digital assets to all kinds of users”. New approach The Ledger Stax wallet costs USD 279 and is significantly more expensive than Ledger’s previous wallet, the Ledger Nano S Plus because it adds new features. Ledger explained that this new wallet seeks to facilitate the assignment and signing of transactions, for which it has a touch screen and a larger display. Thus, Ledger, also argues that this wallet “allows consumers to select the type of experience they want”.

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Who are the owners of the metaverse?

In an increasingly digital world, the line between the real and the virtual is becoming blurred. The purpose of Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, and other monumental technological leaders is to produce a virtual network through which individuals can interact and do business online. This is how technological entrepreneurs, with their revolutionary ideas, have become the enormous visionaries of the 21st century. We are talking about personalities such as Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk. The virtual universe One of the consequences of the aforementioned technological evolution is that the line between the real planet and the virtual one is increasingly blurred. We have even been able to immerse ourselves in video games thanks to virtual reality or insert virtual resources into the real world through aumented reality. In other words, we are doing more and more of our daily work from the Internet and, in this way, we depend more on the whole virtual world than on the whole real world in various areas of our lives. What is the Metaverse? The metaverse will be a realm in which humans could interact both socially and economically through avatars in cyberspace, which functions as a reflection of the entire real world, but without the physical restrictions of the real world. Interactivity: It has to have the function of influencing objects and users. Incorporeality: The metaverse removes physical barriers and the closest thing to corporeality would be found in resources such as our avatar, which would represent our identity. Persistence: The metaverse will become more concrete and will converge in the alliance of diverse technologies in assignment with virtual immersion so that our life there will enjoy continuity. Who are behind the metaverse? For the metaverse to see the light of day, the promotion of the leading organizations in technology and novelty to a universal degree is needed, and this is how it is being: the advances are notorious and the investment will expand in the following years. Next, we learn what both organizations that are currently leading this plan remain accomplishing. Epic Games The company author of Fortnite or Roblox made a taste on April 13, 2021, an investment of about one billion dollars for the work of a “long-term perspective of the metaverse”. Even Sony Group Corporation has contributed to the cause with an additional investment of two hundred million to enter fully into the plan and give both its technology and its entertainment avenues. Facebook The company led by Mark Zuckerberg was achieved with the company Oculus, specializing in virtual reality glasses. In 2021, Facebook made taste the construction of 10,000 jobs on the European continent over the next 5 years to develop the metaverse.

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Opera browser will give the option to mine NFTs

Susie Batt, Opera’s executive, assures that the tool will have no platform usage quotas and will allow free exploration of the NFT area. Quick creation of NFTs Users will be able to access a drag-and-drop media file functionality in the browser, which writes a smart contract and uploads the document to a blockchain, converting the files into NFTs. Web3 Immersion According to Susie Batt, an executive at Opera, this will let users explore Web3 and contribute to the ecosystem. “Now, our own users are going to be able to generate NFTs quickly and simply with no platform usage fees, encouraging more people to explore the burgeoning NFT industry.” The tool will let users get a taste of the Web3 economy, allowing artists from diverse spaces to generate NFTs in a less complicated way. “Our partnership with Opera bridges the technology gap between classic creatives and the Web3 creator economy so that anyone can benefit from the opportunities that blockchain technologies provide,” he added. Opera Crypto Browser On Jan. 19, Opera launched the beta version of the Web3 browser for Windows, Mac, and Android to enable users to enter decentralized applications, games, and metaverse platforms. Opera’s dedicated Web3 browser, dubbed Opera Crypto Browser, has now ventured into the realm of non-fungible tokens with this latest tie-up.

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How can we enter the Metaverse?

Mark Zuckerberg has announced the Metaverse as the greatest thing his company has ever achieved and shows us a diverse future in which we will have the ability to transport our daily lives into immersive universes. Facebook’s Metaverse is in creation, however, there are already immersive experiences outside of Meta’s technology. Glasses and controls for a more immersive experience. To enter the many possibilities that already exist you can use the Oculus Quest 2 glasses which are lightweight, adapt to the size of your head, do not need cables, have a fast processor, and have next-generation graphics. With these multipurpose devices, you will be able to work, play, and similarly browse web pages as we do with smartphones and laptops. The hand controls are necessary because with the buttons you can choose the game possibilities, and they give the feeling that your virtual hands are synchronized with yours. Virtual events With Horizon Venues you will have full passes to concerts, comedy shows, and sports without leaving your home and in the front row. They also can experience video games in first person and experience horror, the battle for survival, adrenaline, or other complicated and captivating emotions. Likewise, through Beat Taste, you can attend concerts by artists such as Billie Eilish or Imagine Dragons. Working in the metaverse Quest for Business is a business solution to generate immersive virtual reality experiences for businesses, which can be accessed through Facebook. At the end of this year, they will start to give a private beta version for several companies and until 2023 it will be available for each of the organizations. Slack and Canva Services like Slack, Dropbox, Canva, Facebook, and Instagram fast will work in virtual reality as 2D dashboard applications in Horizon Home. Presence Platform Is a vast array of artificial intelligence and machine perception abilities that enable the generation of realistic voice, assignment, and mixed reality experiences that seamlessly blend virtual content with a customer’s physical planet. They integrate Passthrough, Spatial Anchors, and Scene Understanding tools to produce complex experiences in domestic spaces. Experience that seeks to feel more physical Yes, the initiative is to make you feel like you are picking up an object, to perceive its texture with Interaction SDK, which will feature high-quality manual collaborations and a library of tactile gestures. The Samsung Metaverse As part of the news announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022, Samsung Electronics America opened the doors to its Metaverse, a virtual real estate located in Decentralised, which simulates its physical New York City campus. To live the full Samsung 837X experience, you must produce an avatar and know the areas where the company gives knowledge of games, new releases, and unique and exclusive NFT badges. “The Metaverse makes it possible for us to transcend physical and spatial parameters to generate unique virtual experiences that could not happen otherwise. There are 2 possibilities to enter Samsung 837X: one is to create a session, generate an avatar and register the MetaMask digital wallet with which they can collect cryptocurrencies, exchange digital assets and succeed in wearables.

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Car brand Porsche enters the NFT world

In the last 2 years, brands started to embrace a world that combines physical and digital environments. In July 2021, Coca-Cola issued and sold NFTs to benefit Special Olympics International. Now Porsche is entering this world. The luxury sports car maker made its official foray into Web3 known and revealed early plans for its decentralized future. These NFTs have a great opportunity to grow The first Web3 plan planned by Porsche is a collection of 7500 NFTs based on the traditional Porsche 911. Toutiao helps flesh out your NFT design after purchase. Each route embodies a specific aspect of the Porsche brand identity and influences the overall design and identity of NFT. Ultimately, with this new virtual brand showcase, Porsche aims to extend its eye-catching automobile and integrate coveted artwork into the digital planet. To this end, as he outlined the aesthetics of the 3D images, Porsche’s Director of Innovation and Procedure, Lars Kraemer, commented that the equipment “will leverage Porsche’s heritage, the brand’s traditional resources, and modern lifestyles to produce an exciting. He further emphasized that Porsche leaves some independence to car owners who “can manifest their style and mood as they wish.” “We are involved for an extended term and our Web3 team has full independence to develop creations in this area,” mentioned Lutz Meschke, Vice President and Executive Committee for Finance and IT at Porsche. These NFTs have a great opportunity to grow In addition to NFT which was launched in the first month of the year, Porsche is additionally doing work to integrate blockchain technology into its recent (and future) processes. Especially, the company’s innovation administration accessories pose that it hopes to convey its purchasing and supply chain vivacity to Web3. What the strategy will look like To spread the word about the NFT launch and provide a better understanding of other Web3 initiatives, Porsche organized a panel discussion, as well as a 5-day event, The Web3 Metropolis where Porsche team members will discuss their Web3 access with visual artist Vexx. Web3 is providing the company with a way to deliver transformative digital experiences to customers. In addition, NFT and other Web3 technologies extend the creative process, enabling brands to co-produce with their consumers and deliver more personalized experiences.

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Examples of the Metaverse

We are years away from seeing the metaverse in action. At least, that is what Meta (Facebook) says, who is already working on a virtual world where users will be able, among other things, to communicate with their friends or relatives in a way very similar to how they do it in reality. In any case, Meta has not invented the term metaverse either.  The term metaverse comes from a virtual world where we can interact with other individuals, this concept has been present for years in the video game industry, although not exactly with that name. Fortnite Metaverse While the game is based on competing against dozens of players on a map until remaining the last one standing and winning the game, the game’s ecosystem became a huge platform where interacting with users through avatars. Fortnite makes it possible for players to customize their characters with ‘skins’ that have the possibility of being purchased in the in-game store. These are presented in the games, and other players can admire or even acquire them if they want to. It is also possible to chat with other players through voice chat or make moves that have the possibility of representing friendship. Users can even make their character dance. Habbo and Second Life are also metaverses. Habbo is another representation of the metaverse. This platform, created by the Finnish company Sulake, is very similar to the metaverse that Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, wants to build since this virtual world is a space where users can interact with each other through different virtual spaces. Curiously enough, Haboo (also called Habbo Hotel) offers the possibility of chatting with friends through chat rooms in the shape of hotel rooms. Habbo also has its virtual currency, the ‘Habbo Coins’, which can be exchanged for real money. Second Life metaverse Second Life is another huge example of a metaverse before Meta. This virtual platform, in particular, enables the relationship between users through avatars and different spaces known as viewers. The digital possessions of Second Life are a criterion very similar to that of the NFTs since they can only be used virtually. To trade an object on the platform, in addition, a virtual currency called the Linden dollar is required, which is only available in Second Life. NFTs and cryptocurrencies are important in the virtual world, and they come before Meta. Both NFTs and cryptocurrencies could also be considered part of the metaverse, and they also come before Meta. NFTs are digital possessions that the user can only interact with virtually, just like cryptocurrencies. Both assets, moreover, have different uses in virtual worlds. For example, it is possible to acquire an NFT of an object or add-on for a virtual game based on the metaverse, and proof of this is the yacht in the video game The Sandbox that was acquired for 149 Ethereums, about $650,0000 at approximately the exchange rate. They also called non-fungible tokens, in short, are digital possessions with which the customer can only interact virtually, just like cryptocurrencies. Of course, the metaverse that we could see in a few years will be much more advanced than that of Habbo or Second Life.

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