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.
But despite the fact that the project of the founder of the famous social network attracted all the media attention, there are several. 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 over the physical world It is made of 300 square meters of hexagons called OVRLands.
There is Over 1.6 billion of these OVRLands covering the planet, represented by a unique name of three random words, each with specific coordinates, for example blue.sky.dream.
These plots are for sale and are awarded. by auction. The average minimum starting amount is around 6 OVR, depending on how much the area is quoted. OVR token 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 businesses in these areas that can only be accessed with augmented reality glasses or mobile screen.
As we said, these 300 square meters of hexagonal spatial areas are individually mapped in real geographic locations. Like web domains, OVRLands’ property (in practice tokens are not tradable, NFT) gives you control of augmented reality experiences in the defined geographic location.
Augmented reality and virtual reality
For example, if the Archaeological Museum of Alicante (MARQ) wants to realize a future, augmented reality exhibition or virtual reality in the virtual translation of their physical facilities in OVR, they should own the digital lands.
Likewise, if a company is a type of person passing by in the form of an avatar. advertising effect You have to own this virtual land or lease the service from the owner via smart contracts. The same would be true for holding a virtual event like a conference or even a concert.
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 tomorrow’s OVR’s metaverse ends up being dominant and one of the aforementioned entities, as some things show, they’re going to have to negotiate with your headlines if they want to have sandboxes corresponding to their physical hubs, if they’re not free. a possible purchase or lease.
This is something similar to what is happening today, although less so in Internet domains. In his own time, the former head of the Generalitat Valenciana, Edward Zaplanamade the mistake of explaining the name of the theme park he was going to establish in Benidorm before registering the “purest” address, which in this case would be terramitica.com. A clever person or company demanded money from him in return for not accepting payment, so he registered terramiticapark.com on Terra Mítica’s official 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”
A man from Alicante, whom we will call Eugenio because he wanted to protect. anonymity It has a small collection of OVRLands, including part of Alicante Town Hall and places like Santa Bárbara Castle and Alicante-Elche airport.
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 unless you want to buy an entire space, I believe everything will be much more valuable, in addition to spending less”.
Another factor that he considers positive to enter this world is: “Learning”. “It’s a way of forcing you to stay informed about emerging technologies and the decentralized economy that will define 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 at the beginning of the acquisitions
OVR is an already owned metastore. World reachhowever, the draft varies a lot by country.
Yesterday, there were a total of 426 virtual land auctions active in OVR. Today there are 747 units. Of the total 819,172 plots sold, 302,000 are located in Spain. world leaderThe United States and Turkey followed suit.
Most of the land purchased in Spain is located, as expected, in Madrid and Barcelona. But the Valencian Community and especially Alicante they also add a significant number of OVRLands owners.
Which ones top purchased domains In the city of Alicante? Anyone can see which ones are sold, which ones are on auction, and which ones are still free by visiting the platform.
this The entertainment area of the Port of Alicante, for example, is one that appears with almost no free space. Only their electronic wallet addresses and when they made the purchase can be known about their owners. 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 plots sold correspond to the real-life and busiest in almost all cities.
That’s why another area that OVR investors take over in Alicante is two-story street.
Also, Alfonso El Sabio boulevard, Esplanade and Plaza de los Luceros display numerous “Sold” signs.
There are more than 650 owner-owned plots in Alicante. Central elche while his face hardly passed, Torrevieja over 200 and Benidorm Already close to 400. There are many “virgin” regions, although purchases have increased rapidly lately.
Total OVR land sold worldwide in October was just 350,000 and now over 800,000so in just a few months the purchase has more than doubled.