Author: Evan Ezquer

Are you ready for the coming of the metaverse? While the concept of a 3D immersive virtual world sounds a lot more like science fiction than reality, most of the world’s biggest organizations have either modified their business models or made a full pivot in preparation for this future. The fact that your search led you here indicates that there is a chance that you want to be a pioneer in the next technological revolution. We have spent countless hours scouring the web to compile the most relevant, legitimate, and up-to-date metaverse statistics, which will be updated periodically. Little did…

Investing in bubbles or investing in the future? Why are people spending hundreds of millions of dollars on parcels of land that don’t exist in real life? Whether you believe in a “Ready Player One” type of future or not, virtual land has been booming with more conventional investors looking towards how they can take advantage of the industry. The big question is, should you? There is no way metaverse real estate could replace actual houses where people live, but could there be another use case we aren’t seeing? Maybe the metaverse isn’t meant to replace reality but to enhance…

Metaverse schmetaverase. We’ve all heard of the term by now. It is a hypothetical new phase of the Internet as a single immersive virtual universe that serves as an extension of the physical world. And while a lot of the attempts that came before it (hello Second Life) didn’t really pan out, many technologists swear that it is inevitable. And with titans like Meta (Facebook) going all-in, many players in various industries such as gaming, fashion, sports, blockchain, etc., are getting into virtual worlds to help build infrastructure and expand into this new domainless territory. And with expansion comes risks,…

There are over 500 companies building the metaverse today. But the most promising of them all is still unaccounted for. When we think of the metaverse, Neuralink isn’t the first company to come to mind. After all, virtual worlds are not even a priority for the neurotech company right now. But a Neuralink metaverse would blow your mind more than anything Meta or the blockchain industry creates. This article dives deep into the future of the metaverse. Neuralink and the Metaverse When Dogecoin enthusiast Elon Musk acknowledged that his company, Neuralink, could one day bring individuals into full virtual reality,…

I don’t know how you got wind of xNFTs, but you came to the right place if your goal is to understand it as early as now. Most of the hype in web3 and NFTs has died down amidst a looming recession and the Russo-Ukrainian war, among other global events. The current creator royalty war is obviously not helping. And the Solana ecosystem, no, the entire NFT industry; appears to be at a standstill. The trade volumes are drying up, there are fewer headlines, and even the haters are growing silent when it comes to NFTs. Thankfully, the builders of…

Not so long ago, play-to-earn (P2E) games were hailed as the next big revolution in the gaming industry, enabling gamers to play while earning a decent income. But today, many players argue that blockchain games left a sour taste in their mouths. Most of the games have been called ‘garbage’ or ‘outright scams’, as the distrust (and disgust) from the gaming community heightens. These days, gamers see GameFi as nothing but mere fronts for Ponzi schemes. And while you’ve probably heard the term before, what exactly counts as a Ponzi? A Ponzi scheme is a widely used scam where a fraudster…

What goes into your mind when you think of the metaverse? A new world full of wonder? An escape from reality? When we think of the idea of staying in our rooms with some VR headgear glued to our faces all day, it doesn’t sound quite healthy. That kind of life doesn’t correspond with our human biology. And it’s a poor way to live, no matter how immersive and fun virtual worlds can be. This is one of the motivations for developing a metaverse that doesn’t escape physical reality, but seamlessly merges with it. The metaverse could augment our physical…

Paras has one of the most active communities in the NEAR ecosystem thanks to the fact that it is the go-to marketplace for buying, selling, and minting non-fungible tokens (NFTs). What started out as a decentralized social media platform quickly turned into a full-blown marketplace after the founders realized the steady growth of Ethereum NFTs, which proved that there was a lot of demand. Fast forward to the present, we now have one of the fastest and most easy-to-use marketplaces in all of crypto, running on the NEAR blockchain. What is Paras? Paras is an NFT marketplace on the NEAR…

Play-to-earn (P2E) has revolutionized gaming by allowing players to earn while playing. …is what many blockchain gaming companies declare. But not everyone agrees. Most definitely not traditional gamers. No surprise there. P2E has essentially reduced gaming from a recreational pastime to a job. Ever since Axie Infinity rose to prominence, almost every new blockchain game that came out were more profit-driven, attracting players that are motivated to play exclusively for the earnings. Despite bringing immense opportunities for people to make a living, especially in third-world nations, P2E has also alienated traditional gamers by shifting its focus to the blockchain features…

In what Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey asserts to be his “most important contribution to the Internet”, a new documentation has been released, which he calls Web5, outlining his team’s new vision for the World Wide Web. But the thing is… The blockchain space is still working on web3, and web5 seeks to invalidate the former, creating tensions between a once-trillion dollar industry and Dorsey, who is still a major shareholder of the platform most crypto users hang out: Twitter. Web5 is touted by Dorsey and his company, TBD, to be the right solution for decentralizing the web instead of the…