Metaverse, which has made a great impact all over the world, promises a brand new experience where digital worlds come together. Metaverse, also defined as the next generation internet, combines a fictional universe with the real world. In the Metaverse world, activities in life such as travelling, playing games, socialising, working, investing, starting a business, going on holiday and shopping are carried to the virtual platform. The Metaverse, which brings interaction over the Internet to a different dimension, represents the beginning of a new era. We have witnessed many firsts developing without slowing down.
The new generation internet world consists of many platforms. You can have unique experiences, trade and maintain your corporate presence.
Let’s take a look at the popular platforms of the Metaverse.
1-Roblox
Roblox is a 2D video game platform where millions of players around the world come together to play and build games. Roblox is one of the most popular names in the metaverse world, especially with its collaborations with giant brands. Players who come to Nikeland, born from the cooperation between Nike and Roblox. Also, they can dress their avatars in metaverse Nike virtual clothes as well as fun games such as dodgeball. Another brand joining the Metaverse universe with Roblox is Gucci. In the project called Gucci Garden experience, visitors can walk around the garden concept area. That area specially designed for the brand with their avatars and buy Metaverse Gucci digital products.
2-Fortnite
Another name that has transformed from a gaming platform into a metaverse universe is Fortnite. Fortnite, which made a name for itself with the virtual concert event of world-famous rapper Travis Scott, gave the participants a unique concert experience. Balenciaga, one of the giant global brands, introduced its 2021 Autumn Collection in Forntine’s ‘Afterworld: Age of Tomorrow’ playground and entered the metaverse world with the Fortnite game platform.
3-Decentraland
Decentraland is one of the first virtual platforms based on the metaverse. When you create your avatar and step into the world of Decentraland, you can travel, play various games, shop and buy metaverse land. You can also build buildings on the land you have purchased. Samsung’s first virtual store is also located on the platform consisting of virtual plots. The design of the store, named Samsung 837X, is an adaptation of the brand’s largest store in New York City to the virtual universe.
4-Axie Infinity
Inspired by Pokemon, it is one of the popular gaming platforms of the metaverse world. On the platform where the play-win logic comes together with cryptocurrency and NFT, players turn what they earn in the virtual world into earnings in the real world. Axie Infinity is a virtual world filled with Axies, cute and powerful creatures. Axies can be used to fight, breed, collect and gain resources. Also, currently, Axie Infinity’s AXS token price is around 4.50 USD and its daily trading volume is about 27.6 million USD.
5-HyperVerse
HyperVerse is the reflection of a collection of planets designed in millions of different universes in the metaverse world. Users on the platform, which offers a travelling experience between planets and universes, are called Voyagers. Here, users can communicate with each other and explore the universe in groups.
6-The Sandbox
The Sandbox, one of the most popular 3D-based metaverse universes, is a project that allows you to buy and sell land and earn money from it. In The Sandbox universe, there is a reward system with various missions and games. In the virtual world supported by Etherium, players create NFTs and turn these NFTs into earnings. The Sandbox is a blockchain-based virtual world where users can create, build, buy and sell digital assets. This platform allows users to use their NFTs in-game for monetisation purposes. Users can interact in the crypto world by making voxel designs.
7-Ufo Gaming
Another popular space-themed universe, Ufo Gaming is an ever-growing game ecosystem. Ufo Gaming allows users to create their own worlds within the game. Each game has its own planet on the platform, which is based on a play-win system. NFT marketplace and interplanetary land sales turn games into profit. UFO Gaming ($UFO) is a fully decentralised gaming platform that brings traditional games onto the blockchain. It offers players the opportunity to earn while playing games.