Since that time Mark Zuckerberg announced at the end of October last year creating a metaverseand even the parent company of Facebook has been renamed MetaHe did not stop talking about this technology, which was called to revolutionize the world, as the Internet did in its time.
Despite the fact that the project of the founder of the famous social network attracted all the media attention, there are several of them. metaverses on the walk They have already begun to change the way we interact, both socially and economically.
Two of the best known decentralized and GEN (Above the Truth). Both sell the plots of their virtual regions so that the owners can develop their business and activities there.
Unlike Decentraland, which builds its own virtual world, OVR’s uniqueness is a digital layer on the real world It is made of hexagons of 300 square meters.
There is Over 1.6 billion of these OVRLands encompassing the entire planet, each with specific coordinates and represented by a unique name of three random words, for example blue.sky.dream.
These plots are for sale through their website or apps and awarded by auction. The average starting price is around 6 OVR, depending on how much the region is quoted. OVR coin currently costs 1.35 euros, so owning a virtual piece of land in this augmented reality metaverse may only cost you 8 euros if no one else bids for the same space. Auctions close 24 hours after the last bid.
And why would anyone want to buy it? would be today for reasons: developing, selling or renting virtual events or works in these venues currently only accessible with augmented reality glasses and mobile screen.
Since these spatial fields are mapped real geographic locationsthe owner of a store can reproduce it in 3D so anyone can visit it remotely via mobile.
Some people from Alicante are taking their first steps in this genre. immersive experiences, offering voice option and even interacting with other users. So, somewhere in the city centre, someone has installed a Ferrari that can be seen in detail in 3D, inside and out, from home or wherever you are.
Others planted it in the middle of their plots a big dinosaur and a dragonWhile on the Esplanade, you may encounter some kind of spaceship or giant drone that supports the shields of the Alicante Fire Brigade and Civil Guard.
The possibilities offered by this technology are innumerable, but tourism and culture are the leading sectors in its use.
OVRLands ownership (in practice non-tradable tokens, famous NFTs) gives you control of augmented reality experiences in the defined geographic location. In this way, for example, if the Archaeological Museum of Alicante (MARQ) wanted to make a 3D exhibition that could be visited from the virtual place corresponding to the OVR with its physical facilities, it would have to own or transfer these digital plots. .
Likewise, if a company is a passerby or avatar, some sort of advertising effect you will have to own that virtual land or lease the service from the owner via smart contracts. The same goes for holding virtual events like roundtables, concerts or fashion shows, something that already happens in the Decentraland metaverse.
And this is where it comes in speculative factor. For example, suppose an individual today acquires one or more parcels of sandbox in real life occupied by EUIPO, Ciudad de la Luz, Alicante City Council, Rico Pérez or any other institution.
If the OVR meta-universe ends in a few years, as things show, if one of the dominant and aforementioned entities wants to dispose of geo-located virtual lands in their physical centers, they will need to negotiate with them, unless these are free. your headlines buy or lease. Currently there are companies in Decentraland that pay up to 1,500 euros per month for the transfer of a small piece of land.
This is something similar to what is happening today, although less so in Internet domains. In his time, the former head of the Generalitat Valenciana, Edward Zaplanamade the mistake of explaining the name of the theme park he was going to build in Benidorm before registering the “purest” Internet address, which in this case would be terramitica.com. A clever person or company stepped forward and asked him for money in exchange for a domain name he did not pay for, so he registered terramiticapark.com on the official Terra Mítica website.
In case of OVR’s decentralized metadata store there will be no possible alternativeunless the physical center of the institution is moved elsewhere… and that virtual plot is no longer occupied.
“A very profitable investment”
An Alicante user of the platform, which we will call Eugenio because he wants to keep it. anonymity, It has a small collection of OVRLands, including part of Alicante Town Hall and places like Santa Bárbara Castle and Alicante-Elche airport. All this for only about 150 euros.
Eugenio considers it a “mid-to-long-term investment that can be very profitable.” They tell me I’m crazyIt’s like throwing money away, but I’m convinced that unless you want to buy an entire space, aside from the fact that you spend less, everything will be worth much more”.
Another factor that he considers positive to enter this world is: “Learning”. “This is a way of forcing you to stay informed about emerging technologies. decentralized economy these will mark our future,” he adds.
The OVR platform includes a beta version. creator of “experiences” so any user can become an interactive content creator on the plots they buy.
Spain in the leading group
OVR is an already owned metastore. reach across the planethowever, the draft varies a lot by country.
At the close of this report, there were more than 990 virtual land auctions active in OVR. Out of a total of 821,000 plots sold worldwide to date, More than 88,000 in SpainThe silver one behind the USA and ahead of Turkey on the world podium.
Most of the purchased land in our country is located in Madrid and Barcelona, but the province of Alicante is one of the most active and already exists. More than 2,500 sales.
Which ones top purchased domains In the city of Alicante? Anyone can see which ones are sold, which ones are on auction, those that are still free, and even those with previous experience can be visited by visiting the platform.
this The entertainment area of the Port of Alicante, for example, is one that appears with almost no free space. You can find out about the owners only their electronic wallet addresses and when and how much they made the purchase. In the case of port lands, most of them are registered to the same address and were purchased two months ago at an average price of 5.4 GEN each.
Geographically located areas with the highest concentration of land sold correspond to these areas in almost all cities. busiest and busiest in real life.
That’s why another area that OVR investors take over in Alicante is two-story street.
Virtual tour of the street Alfonso El Sabio, Esplanade and Plaza de los Luceros it also lets you see many “Sold” signs.
Inside alicante city There are more than 770 parcels owned. elche about 150, Torrevieja over 200 and Benidorm Already close to 400. Despite the rapid increase in purchases lately, there are still many “virgin” locations.