| > The latest crop of "metaverses" are almost all intertwined with blockchain. Most of the hyped "blockchain" metaverses never went live. All hype and NFT sales, no 3D metaverse at all. Of the few that did go live, Decentraland has 111 users in world right now,[1], Somnium Space has about 1 (yes, one)[2]. Sandbox doesn't have a public counter, but one source says 616 users in Q4 2022.[3] There are people just selling parcels on maps, such as Upland. Otherside, the world from Bored Ape Yacht Club, has run two live demos for a few hours each, but they're just demos of Improbable's technology with some of their game art.
There was supposed to be a third demo in Q2 2023. We're coming up on the end of Q2 2023.
They raised US$400 million selling land, and the SEC is investigating. Reality: blockchain based metaverses did not happen. [1] https://decentraland.github.io/catalyst-monitor/ [2] https://steamcharts.com/search/?q=Somnium+space [3] https://beincrypto.com/mana-has-379-active-users-sand-has-61... |