A metaverse project that would provide a digital hub for creators gave the community the opportunity to walk the streets of their digital city and explore an early version of the vision it aims to achieve.
Last week, the content creator economy protocol Web3, DEIP, launched an event within its metaverse. With DEIP CEO and co-founder Alex Shkor acting as a virtual tour guide welcoming participants with a speech, Cointelegraph explored the city while listening to the guide.
In an interview with Cointelegraph, Shkor explained that the space was created with the goal of empowering creators and connecting them with each other. Shkor said:
“We wanted to create the space where creators could meet, collaborate, and learn more about the latest technological advancements that enable the transition to the decentralized creator economy.”
The platform hopes to provide creators with a platform to discover, appraise, license and trade “intangible assets” such as works of art. It also aims to transfer data storage from centralized publishers to a decentralized platform, giving creators more control over their works. Aside from this, DEIP also aims to give creators better monetization opportunities.
According to Shkor, the space was created by the Arhead Metaverse ecosystem, the Balagan creative agency, and the Atrium architecture studio. The team has also partnered with Near Protocol and the Octopus network to help drive their ecosystem.
During the event, one of the most notable attractions was a blue balloon dog. Shkor mentioned that it is Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog (Blue), which is a physical sculpture that was turned into digital art to be exhibited at the event.
While holding an event within a metaverse is an interesting step forward, the event also showed signs that metaverses are still in their early stages. Wandering around the digital venue, Cointelegraph ran into some minor hiccups like disconnections and audio outages.
Meanwhile, metaverse tokens are doing well despite the current bear market. According to a report by Kraken Intelligence, digital assets related to metaverses/digital worlds have outperformed other token categories by 400% year-on-year.
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