CrowdConscious - Surfing The Cryptoverse

Image Source Virtual reality continues to be a hot topic in the world of tech as more startups are formed and new technologies see the early days of VR integration. Those of us operating on a day-to-day basis in the cryptocurrency community understand the power of blockchain tech while exhibiting an explosion of startups leveraging VR to raise capital via initial coin offering. However, nothing quite measures up to the uniquely creative virtual platform that  Decentraland  has become along with other innovative projects like CryptoKitties. Digital objects now gain an identity  through blockchain and  other technologies integrating with virtual reality  will allow for a  deeper immersive experience.  One example of a technology which will be able to integrate with VR are projects utilizing the Non-fungible Token (NFT) standard, ERC-721, which is turning out to be quite an interesting development. CryptoKitties  is an example of a Non-fungibl...

I am the author of this piece and the original article can be found on my Medium blog here. Image Source I don’t know about you, but I  keep on hearing more and more virtual reality commercials  while listening to music or watching YouTube videos. With the launch of the new movie  Ready Player One , I can’t help but get  more excited for the Decentraland Metaverse to officially launch!  It’s like a trail of breadcrumbs that lead to us learning about an entirely new Metaverse experience.  Keeping an eye out for Morpheus with the Red or Blue Pill option. http://readyplayeronemovie.com/ Since its March 29th release date, the movie has  raked in a whopping $476,077,946  in worldwide gross sales. Statista research (based on PricewaterhouseCoopers research) places the  average cost of a movie ticket across the globe at $5.16 .  This means approximately  92,250,000 people across the globe have seen  the VR-base...