The Sandbox is a 3D user-generated gaming platform that is based on the Ethereum blockchain. The game uses voxel-style graphics. Users can exchange cryptocurrency for access to virtual plots of land and, can trade in-game items as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The platform is owned by Animoca Brands, which purchased the rights to the original The Sandbox mobile game in 2018. The first Alpha event on the blockchain version of the platform was opened to the public in November 2021.

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Greetings Hackers,It’s that time of the week again when we share an exciting business, from our tech company database, making its mark on the internet and in the hearts and minds of its users.This week, all roads lead toThe Sandbox—a platform designed to foster boundless expression, creativity, and experimentation in the digital world. As a pioneering force in the metaverse, The Sandbox supports a dynamic virtual playground where users can build games, participate in immersive experiences alone or with other users, and own digital real estate. Request Your Tech Company Page on HackerNoon The Sandbox <> HackerNoon Tech Community The Sandbox sponsored the Enter the Metaverse writing contest on HackerNoon which, in 3 months, generated 221 published stories,  about a million reads, and over 5 months of reading time! See the finalists’ stories and the winner’s announcement here. Learn How You Can Run Your Writing Contest! Meet The Sandbox <> Fun Fact The ecosystem's voxel-based art style was heavily inspired by classic video games like Minecraft and Lego. This nostalgic aesthetic has helped attract a wide range of players, from hardcore gamers to casual enthusiasts. The Sandbox has always shown a commitment to empowering players and creators within the metaverse. Sébastien Borget, co-founder of The Sandbox, has expressed the company's vision in various interviews and statements. The following quote encapsulates their goal. We believe that the future of gaming is decentralized and user-generated. The Sandbox is a platform where players can create their own games, worlds, and experiences, and own them as digital assets. Share Your Company's Story via HackerNoon That's all this week, folks! Stay Creative, Stay Iconic! The HackerNoon Team Greetings Hackers, It’s that time of the week again when we share an exciting business, from our tech company database, making its mark on the internet and in the hearts and minds of its users. This week, all roads lead to The Sandbox —a platform designed to foster boundless expression, creativity, and experimentation in the digital world. As a pioneering force in the metaverse, The Sandbox supports a dynamic virtual playground where users can build games, participate in immersive experiences alone or with other users, and own digital real estate. The Sandbox Request Your Tech Company Page on HackerNoon Request Your Tech Company Page on HackerNoon Request Your Tech Company Page on HackerNoon Request Your Tech Company Page on HackerNoon The Sandbox <> HackerNoon Tech Community The Sandbox <> HackerNoon Tech Community The Sandbox sponsored the Enter the Metaverse writing contest on HackerNoon which, in 3 months, generated 221 published stories,  about a million reads, and over 5 months of reading time! See the finalists’ stories and the winner’s announcement here . Enter the Metaverse Enter the Metaverse here here Learn How You Can Run Your Writing Contest! Learn How You Can Run Your Writing Contest! Learn How You Can Run Your Writing Contest ! Learn How You Can Run Your Writing Contest Learn How You Can Run Your Writing Contest Meet The Sandbox <> Fun Fact Meet The Sandbox <> Fun Fact The ecosystem's voxel-based art style was heavily inspired by classic video games like Minecraft and Lego. This nostalgic aesthetic has helped attract a wide range of players, from hardcore gamers to casual enthusiasts. The Sandbox has always shown a commitment to empowering players and creators within the metaverse. Sébastien Borget , co-founder of The Sandbox, has expressed the company's vision in various interviews and statements. The following quote encapsulates their goal. Sébastien Borget We believe that the future of gaming is decentralized and user-generated. The Sandbox is a platform where players can create their own games, worlds, and experiences, and own them as digital assets. We believe that the future of gaming is decentralized and user-generated. The Sandbox is a platform where players can create their own games, worlds, and experiences, and own them as digital assets. Share Your Company's Story via HackerNoon Share Your Company's Story via HackerNoon Share Your Company's Story via HackerNoon Share Your Company's Story via HackerNoon That's all this week, folks! Stay Creative, Stay Iconic! That's all this week, folks! Stay Creative, Stay Iconic! The HackerNoon Team

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Let's learn about via these 79 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the to find the most read stories about any technology. The Sandbox Game /Learn Repo 1. Everything You Wanted to Know About THE SANDBOX The Sandbox is a gaming metaverse, a platform designed to promote creativity and experimentation in the digital world. 2. Play-to-Earn and its Positive Impact in the Real World: A Philippine Perspective Why are play-to-earn games good? What is their positive impact? How do they affect the lives of people in a positive way? 3. Merging the Physical with the Virtual in the Metaverse Metapunk reckons the metaverse is more than just a virtual playground. What happens when what you do in the metaverse affects the real world? 4. 5 Famous Examples of Music in The Metaverse Music in the metaverse stems from video games. In fact, video games will be the entry point to the metaverse for most people. 5. Gaming Metaverses: All You Need To Know You hear of people pouring hundreds of hours into games like Fortnite, Warcraft, or Roblox. These game worlds are otherwise known as metaverses. 6. The Gaming Metaverse Writing Contest With a $5800 prize pool, The Gaming Metaverse Writing Contest is an opportunity to share your knowledge and opinions on the metaverse. 7. The Sandbox - An Overnight Success (10 Years in the Making) Sandbox is one of the most successful metaverses in Web3 with more springing up overnight. There are more than 2 million wallets registered to TSB 8. How I Earned $20 Worth of SAND with Just a Simple Design As part of the BlockchainSpace PH mini-series of competition, their community managers encourage the people to join their weekly contests and win $20 Sand-worth 9. Frank and Ettore Argue About FTX. Should NFTs and Blockchain Games Be Seriously Worried? The FTX collapse is already hurting NFTs and blockchain gamedev. The biggest threat is something most gamers never think about: government, taxes, regulation. 10. On The Metaverse with Anndy Lian The metaverse is a virtual digital world that exists alongside the real world. This is how I see it, what about yours? 11. The Sandbox vs. Decentraland Land in both Sandbox and Decentraland can be quite expensive. 12. Inside the Sensorium Galaxy Metaverse Sensorium implies leveraging some of the world’s top technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Blockchain 13. #EnterTheMetaverse Writing Contest 2022: Round 2 Results Announced! Gamers, Assemble! It’s time to #EnterTheMetaverse. Here we are with the Round 2 results announcement of the writing contest hosted by HackerNoon and The Sandbox 14. The Metaverse is Coming and There Will be Millions of Them The metaverse will change the Internet as we know it today. It will let us socialize, play, and work online in new, more immersive ways than ever before. 15. #EnterTheMetaverse Writing Contest 2022: Round 1 Results Announced! Heyo Hackers, welcome to the Round 1 results announcement of #EnterTheMetaverse writing contest. 16. The Sandbox Season 3 vs. Roblox: Is this The Future of Gaming? Despite ease of access, monetization, and potential controversies, most players will look to these platforms based on the simple desires of entering new worlds 17. Utility Is the Driving Force of NFT & Metaverse Adoption in 2022 Despite the fast growth of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) over the last year, creators need to one step ahead of the market to succeed in 2022. 18. GameFi On The Internet Computer: A Multiplayer RPG Sandbox Called Cubetopia Cubetopia is a Web3 game that brings the world of Minecraft to World of Warcraft on the blockchain. 19. The Gaming Metaverse and the Rise of  Virtual Globalisation Gaming metaverses will usher in a new form of globalisation, in the form of virtual globalisation. 20. 5 Gameplay-Focused Blockchain Games In this post, we'll take a look at five blockchain games that are primarily concerned with gameplay. 21. How You Can Invest in the Metaverse Today Wondering how you can invest in the emerging metaverse industry? It's actually easier than you think, and I'll walk you through the 3 main options! 22. The Boy Who Cried Blockchain After the Kinect, PS Vita, and a plethora of gaming tech flops, I was ready to exit the hype train. but thanks to blockchain gaming, I just bought a new ticket. 23. How to Get Paid in the Metaverse Creator Economy Today Master the Metaverse creator economy. Design NFTs or use the picks and shovels strategy creating tools or services for NFT builders & virtual world inhabitants. 24. Stop Forcing Me to Explore Your World Last year, when I started playing Immortals: Fenix Rising, I was excited to play a far more colorful open-world action game. After years of realistic, tiresome Open-World games that Ubisoft had become known for, Fenix Rising looked to be a breath of fresh air that seemed to take inspiration from all things, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. However, when I claimed my first tower, the game instantly bloomed with tasks to do, items to collect, all in the name of "encouraging" me to explore Fenix Rising's vast world. 25. Why CyberKongz is the Most Undervalued Metaverse Play Right Now Here is a detailed analysis into why the CyberKongz is one of the most undervalued Metaverse plays right now. 26. "Don’t Get Lost in the Metaverse: Follow the White Rabbit" The metaverse is a set of digital objects and avatars, presented in code of virtual space as objects and actors, having their own digital identity. 27. The Gaming Metaverse: A New Battleground for Democracy The rise of Gaming Metaverses will realise a clash between two heavyweight political ideologies. Democracy and authoritarianism. 28. Facebook Owning The Metaverse Poses a Threat to User Privacy Facebook is interested in the metaverse because it presents a chance to become a tech leader in the coming decades. 29. What is the Metaverse and What the Future Holds? Metaverse has been rapidly developing for the last 2 years. What is Metaverse? What to do in Metaverse? Why should businesses enter Metaverse? Read the article! 30. Enter the Metaverse v2021 A metaverse is an extended reality which may or may not resemble the physical world. A shared realm where we spend a lot of our time, energy and resources. 31. Introducting Kripto Galaxy Battle: A New Idle “Play-to-Earn” Game on KardiaChain Kripto Galaxy Battle is a perfect combination of NFT gaming and Defi by Cyforce Game Studio & Defi-platform BecoSwap 32. Please, God, Give Me a Gaming Metaverse The promise of a truly intergrated metaverse to supplement conventional gaming is an enticing one. Be it Roblox or the Sandbox, there are choices. 33. The Metaverse Big 3 Decentraland and Sandbox are two of the top metaverse projects available. I'm here to make the case that lesser-known Wilder World belongs at the top as well. 34. The concept of the Metaverse - vision for the future of the internet and communication What is the metaverse - a game, another social network or a new era of the Internet and Web 3.0. Metaverse projects that we can explore 35. PoW-Based NFTs in 2021: A Comparison There are three currently known PoW based NFTs for readers to compare and consider which would be the next hotspot and opportunity in the NFT market. 36. Why NFTs Need Cross-Chain Technology and Blockchain Agnostic Markets Day by day, NFTs are making the case for cross-chain technology stronger. At the very least, they make a case for blockchain agnostic NFT marketplaces considerably more compelling for those in the know. As the market has grown, it has expanded across multiple chains from Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Avalanche, Solana, and layer two solutions such as Polygon and Immutable X. 37. 3 Reasons to Be Bullish on The Sandbox Metaverse Since I’ve found myself repeating the same things over, I decided to write out the three main points on why our team focuses only on building in The Sandbox. 38. How The Metaverse Relies on The Data Economy The Metaverse isn't just built on the Data Economy, the Data Economy is the Metaverse. 39. Why Most Metaverses Will Fail Metaverse has been a bit of a buzzword in 2021 and early 2022 and yet I think that most metaverses will fail. So which ones have the best chances of surviving? 40. An Intro to 5 Gaming Metaverse Platforms for Newbies I am a newbie and I think I'm in over my head trying to understand computers and get involved in the crypto gaming metaverse. Am I going in the right direction? 41. Metaverse: The Gateway to an Alternate Reality There has been a sudden surge in interest regarding metaverses, with people waiting eagerly to see what the Internet giant has in store for us. 42. On the Music and Movie Industries Entering the Metaverse The metaverse represents an entirely new medium of storytelling in movies and musical experience. Who will be the first to push the boundaries of immersion? 43. NFTs and Crypto: Earning Money by Playing Video Games Immersion is key in gaming and earning crypto and trading in-game NFTs can make the game immersive. Both gamer and dev should be able to earn from the game. 44. How Fortnite Became the Modern-Day Community Center Fortnite became the modern community center or outdoor basketball court where people came to socialize, regardless of their actual skill level in the game. 45. 4 Ways to Grow Your Brand in The Sandbox Metaverse Brands in different industries should create games in The Sandbox metaverse to extend their identity. 46. Saving the Future with A New 'Meta' Universe: An Interview I pin my hopes on the metaverse, hope that it will create a truly new digital society, where freedom of speech is more important than advertising or subscribers 47. The Evolution of Fashion in the Metaverse In 2021, Adidas launched its own NFT drop in partnership with NFT giants such as Punks Comic and Bored Ape Yacht Club. 48. Blockchain Gaming & The Metaverse: Everything You Need to Know Top things to know about Blockchain Gaming & Metaverse, which will give you more insights about play to earn games and with your knowledge it can make you rich. 49. Mighty Jaxx Develops their First Metaverse Experience - Spooky Season Mighty Jaxx enters the Metaverse on The Sandbox along Sideshow. Players can explore the spooky Halloween special experience, solve puzzles and win rewards. 50. Comparing Axie Infinity and GameInfinity Let us try to analyze two blockchain games, Axie Infinity and GameInfinity, and learn about them in-depth in this article. 51. Friendships, Passion, Knowledge… This is My Metaverse Not only has Sandbox given us an opportunity to escape from what we were experiencing but it has also created economic support. This is my metaverse! 52. 4 Companies Providing Education in The Metaverse The metaverse can be a place where students connect with each other and the teacher, and study in an enjoyable way. 53. My Top 5 Experiences in Alpha Season 3 of The Sandbox Alpha Season 3 of The Sandbox concluded not too long ago. They drove a lot of players to the 90 different game experiences. 54. Why The Metaverse will be Bigger than Facebook and Google Combined What is the metaverse and what blockchain-based games are pioneering the way to make metaverse happen? Read that and more in the interview with Mickey Maler. 55. 4 Best IGO and Play2Earn Launchpads to Keep an Eye On in 2021/2022 Initial Game Offering (IGO) and Play to earn (play2earn) is a new trend in crypto industry. Also it's called GameFi. Here are top 4 IGO launchpads 56. To the Metaverse and Beyond: The Future of Gaming and Social Media Explore the Metaverese, NFTs, DAOs, and the possibilities all of these interconnected technologies provide. 57. The Gaming Metaverse will Decide the Future of the Video Game Industry This article talks about gaming metaverse and in-game items being used in game development as the next frontier for the gaming industry. 58. Is the Metaverse Ready for Cyberattacks? The metaverse is the next generation of the Internet. But is the metaverse prepared for cyber attacks? Because it will ultimately face cybersecurity incidents. 59. A Comprehensive Guide on How to Buy Land on Sandbox Like lands are extraordinary assets in our physical world, they are also remarkable virtual assets in the decentralized space... 60. How Non-Fungible Tokens Will Intersect with Virtual Reality The strategic use of NFTs in Virtual Reality Environments and Worlds will unlock an exciting new range of use cases and possibilities for both technologies. 61. What is the Roblox Metaverse? Roblox is a game where players, mostly children, are able to create their own worlds, game modes, and do whatever they want. 62. Understanding the Minecraft Metaverse Minecraft is like digital Lego with infinite possibilities within an infinite digital space, allowing anyone to create their own metaverse within it. 63. "You Can’t Build a Metaverse Without Blockchain Technology" The Metaverse is a 3D digital representation of the real world, of sorts. Users will be represented by ‘Avatars’, a digital version of themselves. 64. Gaming - Not DeFi - will Provide Mass Crypto Adoption Can gaming be the killer app for cryptocurrencies? Lepricon thinks it can. 65. How I Became a Landowner (in the Metaverse) How I became a land owner in The Sandbox...and why you should too. 66. Game Developer to Launch House Party Metaverse A Metaverse in the making, created by the community, for the community. 67. HackerNoon Contributors Launch First Irish Pub in the Sandbox Metaverse This is the first Irish Pub to launch in the Metaverse. 68. The Growing Crypto Gaming Industry: 7 Platforms You Should Know About NFTs and other gaming crypto are a way to provide an exciting gaming experience for users and players while offering them incentives within their ecosystems. 69. My Experience with Blockchain in Decentralized Gaming The intersecting of Blockchain and gaming has always been an interesting
world. In this new world, the lifelike reality is possible in a
virtual world. 70. Who Are the Top 3 Frontrunners in the Metaverse Empire? Three metaverse experiences walk into a bar but only one walks out wearing a VR headset. 71. MetaHistory: Memoirs of a UMN Genesis Citizen Due to dissatisfaction with many of the current nations on Earth, some pioneers succeeded in the building the biggest nation on Earth in the metaverse. 72. The Metaverse is the Next Generation of Digital Interaction in Virtual Reality The Metaverse is the latest and the most innovative addition to the internet. It aims to revolutionize the digital experience using modern technologies. 73. Video Games, NFTs, and Hamburgers from The Metaverse Discover the main reasons why you would choose the RFOX VALT retail and entertainment metaverse over The Sandbox gaming metaverse. 74. How to Explain Blockchain Gaming to Your Grandma Is your grandma or idiot friend constantly pestering you for the untold secrets of blockchain gaming? Say these words and you never have to talk to them again! 75. Reinventing the Legendary Fish Shooting Game Using Blockchains With the emergence of new technologies like AI/ML, AI, and Blockchains, the gaming industry today is ready to bring new advancements in the gaming field and create a whole new experience for gamers worldwide. While other techs are slowly picking up the pace, blockchain-based gaming platforms have already started to revolutionize the sector. With their transparent and decentralized ecosystem, they have become sought-after games for players worldwide who are looking for more than just an enhanced gaming experience. Fishcoin is one such blockchain game that is intending to revolutionize the ever-famous fish shooting game by taking it on a blockchain ledger. 76. The Metaverse Endgame The world, as we know it, is changing faster than we realize. With a metaverse future just on the horizon, what implications does this hold for humanity? 77. Tavern Lecture Two: A Fantastical Discourse on NFTs, Tokens, Milk, and an Inebriated NFT Avatar Discussions intended to impart knowledge to the reader about a variety of topics related to the emerging fields of blockchain gaming, Metaverses and NFTs. 78. Tavern Lecture One: A Fantastical Discourse on Blockchain, Metaverses and NFTs Fantasy short stories designed to educate the reader on the topics of blockchain games, metaverses, avatars and NFTs whilst also providing entertainment. 79. What is The Sandbox Metaverse? We spoke to Gecho, a LAND owner and active member of the community to understand just what The Sandbox metaverse really is and what value it brings. Thank you for checking out the 79 most read stories about The Sandbox Game on HackerNoon. to find the most read stories about any technology. Visit the /Learn Repo

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The Sandbox Metaverse is a really interesting opportunity for branded activations and game experiences at the moment. In their last curated Alpha Season 3, . And the best game experience got close to 500k visits. The got on average 50 minutes of play time per user. We could like see even more players in Alpha Season 4. each game experience received an average of 200k visits and 20 minutes of playtime game experience by Ledger I don’t know of any other metaverses right now that can guarantee branded experiences as close to those numbers as The Sandbox. As more and more game experiences are created in The Sandbox however, the bar to get featured for Alpha Season will get higher and higher. The games where it’s about exploring and collecting items won’t cut it because they’re not innovative and there’s too many of them. The Game Maker software keeps improving so it makes sense for the publishing team to want to feature games that are using the latest features of the engine. Games that were showcased using features from older versions of Game Maker will probably not get the nod in the future. Alpha Seasons Criteria For consideration in Alpha Season, games must have a duration of 30-45 minutes during the initial play-through. This requirement is important to The Sandbox because they want players to fully experience each game. A game experience within this timeframe strikes a balance; if it were too short, it would lack satisfaction, and if it were too long, players may not complete it. Furthermore, longer playtimes encourage players to spend more time within the platform, increasing their likelihood of coming back. This duration criterion also serves as a means for Sandbox to control the quality and positioning of the games created. They want to avoid hypercasual games that only last a few minutes, as such games are better suited for mobile. Instead, the play session length should align with the platform, favoring PC experiences. So considering this 30-45 minute play session requirement, let’s look at some types of games that would work well in The Sandbox. Paid Mobile Games As mentioned earlier, hypercasual games don’t translate well to The Sandbox because each game play is really short. Free to Play games don’t translate well either because there’s no definitive start and end. This might change in the future with more updates to The Sandbox platform. Paid games like Monument Valley however, work really well. The average completion time for it is 1.5 hours. A game inspired by Monument Valley could be created specifically for The Sandbox with a condensed level structure that takes less time to complete, ensuring player satisfaction upon finishing. In fact, there is already a team working on a game of this nature for The Sandbox, which is highly anticipated. There are hundreds of ideas. We can look through the current and past Top Paid Games charts for inspiration. Steam Games When it comes to Steam games, smaller indie titles that have a clear beginning and end can be intriguing additions to The Sandbox. The PC-based nature of the platform makes games like The Escapist an interesting prospect to explore and integrate into the ecosystem. We’re looking into how to create a Jail Break type of game like this for The Sandbox. https://youtu.be/wpF3LFlXgSc?embedable=true Older Console Games Taking inspiration from older console games, such as those from the SNES and NES eras, can also be a great approach. These games often have simple gameplay mechanics but provide a high level of enjoyment. One example is this game below that looks to be inspired The Firemen game, showcasing how the nostalgic appeal of these titles, adapted for The Sandbox can thrive. The game was the top entry for a Game Jam. https://youtu.be/GVLuFJwldSE Single Levels / Missions Another intriguing concept is incorporating a single level or mission from a larger game into The Sandbox. For instance, rather than attempting to recreate a full-fledged real-time strategy game, such as Starcraft, which may not translate well for Alpha Seasons, focusing on an individual campaign or mission could work really well. For The Walking Dead-themed game jam in The Sandbox, we re-imagined the nostalgic 20-minute survival campaign from Starcraft. In our adaptation, players had to defend their settlement against relentless hordes of walkers for 20 minutes. The goal was to survive long enough for a helicopter rescue. In essence, we created a real-time strategy game that had a definitive time limit. https://youtu.be/lYn9Gx0dQik Conclusion In conclusion, The Sandbox’s Alpha Seasons offer a remarkable opportunity for brands to harness the immense potential of game experiences. The carefully curated 30-45 minute play session requirement serves as a catalyst for effective brand building and storytelling within the platform. By striking a balance between satisfying gameplay and ensuring completion rates, brands can craft immersive experiences that captivate players and leave a lasting impression. Whether through paid mobile games, indie Steam titles, nostalgic console-inspired creations, or innovative adaptations of existing campaigns, brands can leverage The to unlock their creative potential and forge deep connections with their audience through the power of interactive storytelling. Sandbox Metaverse Also published . here

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Speaking as an OG Hackernoon Author and even a 2022 Noonie finalist, I am delighted to present to Hackernoon readers my passion project with fellow Irish woman Lisa Gibbons (also an author on here). The passion project is to create the world’s first Irish Pub in the Metaverse and to launch it on Sandbox. It has taken more than a year to arrive at this place. Lisa and I had the idea two years ago and spent 12 months trying to find a metaverse that liked the idea (hint – all of them did) and then to find a metaverse that would back the project – and this came from from Sebastien Borget Sandbox. We’d interviewed Sebastien before and then last year in April we attended the NFC event in Lisbon, Portugal. Sebastien really liked our idea and helped us secure funding to build the project, the contract which went to in Brazil. Hermit Crab https://twitter.com/NFCsummit/status/1636020941397323779?embedable=true It has taken a year to build the Irish Pub and included weekly meetings with Hermit Crab, The Sandbox and Lisa and I – this is a serious project. And on St Patrick’s Day, 17 March 2023, we launched the Irish Pub complete with its own NFT collection. https://twitter.com/hermitcrabgame/status/1636744480752533504?embedable=true It will be live for 12 days. People will be able to visit, undertake quests, mint NFTs, see local artists and find a treasure trove of Irish lore and fun. The first Irish Pub in the metaverse is reflective of the popularity of Irish-themed pubs across the world. Most cities boast an Irish pub where the craic (Irish for fun) is mighty and the welcome warm. Lisa Gibbons, forager and Web3 journalist said: “Someone said to Jill and I that they felt homeless in the metaverse – that they had no place to go. I thought of the Irish Pub to provide an easy way to discover Irish Culture, artists and support a whole sector of creatives.The Irish pub is a place of comfort in every city around the world. Who knows, maybe there will be an Irish Shebeen in every virtual environment in the future, just like the real world.” “It is a space that encourages people to interact, it will include gamification, showcase artists, musicians, poets, dancers and storytellers. We will feature Irish Culture, artists and support a whole sector of creatives,” continues Gibbons. And here I added my tuppence worth as we say in the Emerald Isle - “As a homelessness activist here in Ireland – and a woman whose home was repossessed by the banks – the idea of being homeless on the internet was a shocking one. We can’t give everyone a home but we can give them a place to go and feel welcome and at home.” The Irish Pub is partnered with Kinahan Whiskey to give away an exclusive bottle of Irish Whiskey as part of the launch. The Irish Pub is supported by: Kinahan’s Whiskey, Danny O’Brien, comedian, The Wicklow Brewing Company, Mick Flannery, Irish NFT gal, Zade Taher NFTArtist, NOVABLOX, Zodi Apes NFT Artist, Sarah Woods Artist, Techstars Web3 Accelerator, Joyce Moloney NFT Artist, Paddy's Odyssey, NFT Collection, Grafton Barbers, The Irish Horse Welfare Trust, The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland, Údarás na Gaeltachta, The HR Company, G-P, Susan Jefferies photography, The Panel, Power of Words Literary Festival, Wexford GAA, Sigmar Recruitment, Mythical Ireland, Kathrine Geoghegan artist, Arthur Broomfield, Poet, John Lowe, the Money Doctor, Farrelly Irish Paint Company, and the Limerick Writers centre. To enter the Sandbox - view this two minute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4sVzthe88g&list=PL_AqeWVYruhqQqksgvtkJGli0g3iFEggx&index=4&embedable=true -74, -89 The Irish Pub is located at Land https://www.sandbox.game/en/map/?zoom=4&lat=-89&x=-74&y=-89&lng=-74 About the two co-founders Jillian Godsil is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and author. She changed the law in 2014, ran in the European Parliament Elections earning 11,500 votes, and is now an advocate for women in Web3. Lisa Gibbons is a passionate storyteller with over 15 years experience. She has a Masters in International Tourism. Most recently she spoke at the Women in Technology series in London about the future impact of NFTs.

HackerNoon Contributors Launch First Irish Pub in the Sandbox Metaverse

Los colaboradores de Hackernoon lanzan el primer pub irlandés en el Sandbox Metaverse

Les contributeurs de Hackernoon lancent le premier pub irlandais dans le métaverse Sandbox

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Alpha Season 3 of The Sandbox concluded not too long ago. They drove a lot of players to the 90 different game experiences. During the 2 months, they had about 360k players, averaged 30k DAU, and average session length of 20 minutes. I tried all 90 experiences and here are my picks for the top 5. #5 Nine Chen’s Wonderland This was a multiplayer experience, and the game design revolved around exploring the map. All multiplayer maps are about exploring at this point in The Sandbox. It had great visuals and some really amazing assets, like the one shown above. #4 Lululand Lululand was another multiplayer experience with gorgeous landscapes full of hidden areas, perfect for exploration. Beyond that, they also implemented an innovative workaround to show ads inside The Sandbox. They created their own NFTs which allowed them to manually update the image metadata on IFPS. I noticed this after jumping into the experience on different days. In the same location, I noticed two different images. I knew that functionality wasn’t possible in The Sandbox so I dug into how this was done. Well done! #3 Sueco’s Split Personality This was a fun single-player game that used multiple game mechanics: trivia, mini-parkour, and a few fighting battles. If a game was created using just one of those mechanics, it would feel very grindy. I really like that those mechanics were used sparingly, making the game feel fresh. The quests were also well designed. One particular thing I liked about this experience was that when you finished one of the quests, you were immediately teleported to the scene of where the next quest would start. I also thought this was a very good brand integration as I still remember some of the details about Sueco. #2 The Walking Dead: Stay Alive This game experience was extremely on-brand. The Walking Dead universe is all about having limited resources, endless waves of walkers, and never about direct fighting with walkers. This game experience captured many of these things. Combat was indirect. Instead of fighting walkers head-on, the player has to trick them to walk into barbed wires, which would kill them. There wasn’t many unique assets that were created, which is fine. The quests were fun, but felt a bit long. That was the main reason why it didn’t get the number 1 spot. #1 Hanjin’s Music Palooza This was my favorite experience in Sandbox Season 3 by far. It was very fun, and had a Crossy Road feel. The game design used different elements like parkour, climbing, fighting, and some trivia. Again, had the full game been just parkour, or climbing it would have felt like a grind. Finishing a quest sent the player to another one nearby. It was very well thought out. I noticed this was a problem with many of the experiences in Season 3. A player would finish a quest, and then have to walk across the entire map to get to the next one. That’s where a large drop-off in players would occur. For a further breakdown on each game, check out this clip: https://youtu.be/CTJvaHDoN2g?embedable=true Concluding Thoughts The multiplayer experiences in Season 3 had very little gameplay. The developers of those experiences did their best based on the limited functionality of the GameMaker. The best multiplayer experiences thus relied on having great visuals and unique assets as was in the case of Nine Chen’s Wonderland, or a well-designed map for exploration as was in the case of Lululand. The best single player experiences were well-designed games. It had a good onboarding, the quests were fun, and were clearly playtested. If I got stuck on a part of a quest for more than a few minutes, I left the experience completely and didn’t come back. All in all, the future of The Sandbox is looking bright. I hope to see even more fun experiences in Season 4 as well as showcasing the game our team has been working on. Also published . here

My Top 5 Experiences in Alpha Season 3 of The Sandbox

I started my digital journey in 2002 when a 5-year-old kid got a PC on his birthday. I didn’t know much about technology at the time but games and movies were always my favorite. And then one fine day, a friend gave me a DVD containing a whole new gaming experience. It was GTA Vice City and the moment I started playing, I become a fan forever. But why, what was different about this game?? Why? Video Game summers got me playing Mario, Contra, Roadrash, and many more, but they were all designed to be played in a deterministic storyline. I was always constrained in what minimal I can choose to do apart from a decided path. The “awe” moment for Vice City was that I could do whatever I wanted in a whole city apart from the storyline. I could snatch other NPC cars, buy guns, rampage on roads, drive a tank, and the possibilities seemed limitless. Okay, What About Metaverse? To understand the metaverse, just extrapolate the same videogame - “Vice City”. Although the possibilities seemed limitless, there was a lot you couldn’t do, like - Reselling an estate, entering all buildings, creating new graffiti, playing with friends, and all the unlimited imaginative tasks one can think of. I visualize Vice City as the primitive metaverse, which Rockstar Games enhanced in their next-generation projects like GTA San Andreas, GTA V, GTA online, etc, but were still focused on the gaming community and their experience. The 3D world became more realistic and capable in features but was still built on the web2 native ideas. So What is the Metaverse? Simply stated Metaverse is the 3D extension of our digital life. Currently, we interact with our devices in a 2D space, scrolling for half a day on social media apps. Just think if you could actually enjoy the digital experience with a whole new understanding. With just a pair of VR headsets, one can visit his favorite destination, join the office team meet in 3D, enjoy a roller coaster, try on new Air Jordans, or even learn favorite subjects without leaving the comfort of a couch. With the current crypto trend, people often confuse Metaverse with Blockchain Technology, but the truth is that we don’t know how this next-generation internet will turn out to be. Many Metaverse projects solve different problems with the help of new cutting-edge technologies like AI, IoT, Blockchain, and web3, but they certainly need not adopt crypto every time. Enter Web3!! Now to understand this bit, we need to understand blockchain. Coming back to the GTA Vice City, it didn’t have any concept of NFT or digital assets, was it not a metaverse? Do we even need blockchain to enjoy the metaverse? To understand this we need to seek the benefits blockchain brings to the table. Starting with the concept of Bitcoin. It was created as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system without depending on any central intermediary, i.e. Decentralised. And almost a decade later thanks to the most popular altcoin in the space, Ethereum popularises the notion of smart contracts. With the help of these smart contracts, creators can now own and monetize their digital assets. Digital data is easily replicated, whether it be music, photograph, digital art, or even a piece of code, and proving the origin of any such content is extremely difficult. But with the help of smart contracts, anyone can convert their digital creation into an NFT (Non-Fungible Token). Simply put, this will help creators own their digital content and benefit from its intellectual rights. NFT + Metaverse Again in simple terms, NFTs help determine the custody of digital assets, and to think about it, metaverse has tonnes of digital assets. Leading projects like Decentraland and Sandbox offer these digital lands, estates, characters, and objects to their users, which can be accessed using crypto wallets. These assets can be transferred, sold, or rented using marketplaces like Opensea, Minatable, Magic Eden, etc. Also, users can create their own digital assets and unleash their imagination on the most advanced blank canvas. This completes the important piece of the puzzle by bringing back the power in the hands of the user community, i.e. decentralization. Future Of Internet Just imagine how much user data is exploited by social media companies, and all because of some greedy people making decisions for us. This could be changed with the decentralization nature of blockchain integrated with Metaverse. Facebook realizing the potential of the metaverse, quickly changed its branding to “Meta”, but would it really bring good by trusting the same people entering into the new Internet era? Or would it be better to have custody of your data and Assets? Think about it, DYOR, and help make the Internet beautiful again!!

The Metaverse Story: From GTA Vice City to the Sandbox

The Sandbox is a gaming metaverse, a platform designed to promote creativity and experimentation in the digital world. It allows players to create worlds and characters that can be used to publish a game or virtual goods for users to purchase. The platform provides users with visual tools for creating 3D games, where they can shape the landscape in any way they want, design buildings and characters, and interact with our environment through their own personal objects. The Sandbox Metaverse has been operating since 2012. In the beginning, it was only available on iOS devices, and then first came on Android in February 2013. The Sandbox Game Engine, also known as The Sandbox Game Engine or TGE, is a free and open-source game engine. It is built for the educational and experimental purposes of developers, artists, and modders. The goal of the project is to provide free alternatives for those who want to create a 3D game without having to learn complex programming. The Sandbox Game Engine allows the development of games within a sandbox environment where users can shape any environment they want. In addition, it offers tools to develop various types of virtual items, such as clothes, weapons, and animals that serve as characters in the game. In June 2017, The Sandbox released an update for Game Maker, where players were given the opportunity to make their own games in 3D. All ASSETS and developments can be published on the platform. It is useful for players who are interested in monetizing their own NFTs. This update allowed not only the creation of a game but also the embedding of it in various web platforms: YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, etc. In September 2017, The Sandbox conducted a survey that showed that 42% of the registered users are game developers who want to create and monetize games, while 20% of them are artists who want to become game developers as well. It was officially recognized as a "Sustainable Project" in 2018 by the Stanford Social Innovation Review. The Sandbox has received several grants for its development. These include a grant from Turing Labs, a grant from Samsung NEXT, and a grant from the Ethereum Foundation. In November 2017, the project won the $1.5 million Smart Dubai Award. In July 2017, The Sandbox was certified as an authorized developer of virtual assets by Apple for iOS 10/11 in accordance with Apple's new ARKit platform (Markerless Augmented Reality). In August 2017, The Sandbox was one of the first few companies to receive this certificate. The Sandbox Game Maker uses Unreal Engine 4 and is free to download from the main website. It includes an import/export tool that allows users to export their creations from The Sandbox Game Engine and import them into Unity or Game Maker for the final step of building games. It also includes Blender as a 3D modeling tool, as well as VRML for developing webVR applications. In my opinion, metaverses will become more popular in the coming future than it is now. So, embrace yourself for the changes.

Everything You Wanted to Know About THE SANDBOX

There are many metaverses in Web3 with more springing up overnight. Some bright spark recently called the metaverse just space on someone’s computer (or more correctly computers) but on February 15, JP Morgan issued a report on metaverses which concluded by saying that the  metaverse will most likely infiltrate every sector in some way in the coming years, with the market opportunity estimated at $1 trillion in yearly revenues. It’s a bit loose on specifics but the report leaned much more heavily into the hype than reality (from the title of the report). Someone who knows first-hand the opportunities involved in the metaverse, before it was even given that common term, is Sebastien Borget, co-founder of Sandbox (TSB), arguably one of the most successful metaverses and certainly leading the pack in this increasingly crowded field. Today there are more than 2 million wallets registered to TSB, a growth of 1000% year on year. There are 18,500 LANDS owners, a 375% increase year to year. The current value of the TSB world based on the secondary market price is close to $1.5 bullion while the TSB marketcap is $3.3 billion and ranked #37 overall by total market cap, per . CoinMarketCap Borget himself comes from a gaming background. As a teenager he began playing video games and was hooked. “I really wanted to make my own video games but creating games on consoles was prohibitively expensive and you needed big teams and a publisher. It was out of my reach.” Then in 2011, he got his first smartphone and instantly realised it would be possible to create a mobile game with just one or two people. With his colleague and fellow games producer, Arthur Madrid, they founded Sandbox to allow game creators to develop their 2D pixelated characters and games. The platform was predicated on user generated content. “It took off. Over the next eight years we attracted 40 million installs and 70 million user generated worlds. And the game generated good revenue for the company. “So that made us happy, but we were also frustrated as we could not reward the creators of these worlds, these games, and typically they would leave after a year or so.” Then in 2017, Borget and Madrid found out about blockchain technology. “We tried playing crypto kitties. Now the breeding of new kitties was not new, but the fact that cats were NFT digital assets that could be owned, transferred outside the game and sold to other people – that made us sit up. Creators could now monetise their work outside the game.” This led to the precursor of . The concept was to take user generated content and NFTs and provide utility for those in a new platform. The game moved from 2D to 3D, from single player to multiplayer and from mobile to both PC and Mac. the Sandbox metaverse “We spent the last four years building more than a game, we were developing a virtual world platform with creation tools, a free editor, game maker, a map and a marketplace. We are proud of what we have achieved so far and are building on more.” This is where the ‘overnight success’ title is rejected. This was eight years in mobile gaming and four in blockchain. Still Borget’s real pride lies in the fact that they can reward creators for what they develop or even for staying on the platform. “The timing is right.” Sandbox has also been very successful in attracting brands to the platform, including big names such as The Walking Dead, Atari, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Care Bears, The Smurfs, Shaun the Sheep, and Binance. With his cofounder Madrid, Borget credits both the entire team and the community for its growth. “We’ve been unlucky at times and also lucky. I wouldn’t pretend we invented anything. The ingredients were all there and we were able to piece them together with meaning, value and utility. Now we are focused on how we develop this form of entertainment. We started with gaming but we are open to any kind of entertainment and want to bring in more culture, more lifestyle, more immersion and more socialisation in ways not seen before.” Currently the Sandbox is run as a centralised entity, but the economy is being decentralised through NFTs – Borget calls it a progressive decentralisation. “We want to give our vision and then to inspire others but in time we will probably step away and let the community take over.” Also published here.

The Sandbox - An Overnight Success (10 Years in the Making)

Finding a metaverse where you get to immerse yourself and enjoy the experience is very exciting, and the Sandbox vs. Decentraland metaverses are a prime example. These are some of the top decentralized (or at least, aiming to be) metaverses. What is The Sandbox Metaverse? The Sandbox is a massive virtual world where people get to explore, buy their own plots of land, complete all kinds of quests and immerse themselves into the experience. You also have numerous tools available that can help you build casinos, concerts, galleries, games and pretty much anything you want. The control you have over these things is unparalleled, and it goes to show the uniqueness of the world. At its core, Sandbox is a browser based platform that offers you the tools to create many amazing 3D assets. Then you can tokenize them in the form of NFTs. You can trade them without any issue, and you will find yourself quite amazed with the numerous features provided here. The Sandbox has a flexible voxel based engine. With this engine you are able to mint voxel creations as NFTs, and these can be vehicles, weapons, animals, plants and more. It’s a very nifty and cool concept, one that you will find to be enjoyable and very immersive. The Sandbox also has an avatar creation tool. What is Decentraland? Decentraland is the older of the two metaverses. The project started in and it’s made to be a very immersive and powerful metaverse which is fully 3D. Here any player is able to purchase land and also explore a massive world. 2017 On top of that, you can easily use the MANA coin they provide in order to get various LAND tokens. The coin can also be used to pay for wearables, avatars and all kinds of items. Sandbox vs. Decentraland Token price Generally, the Sandbox vs. Decentraland comparison will show that at least when it comes to tokens, their prices are and ( . So yes, this further shows that both projects are actually very similar to each other, yet they are constantly evolving. These prices are valid at the time of this writing. But due to the nature of each project, prices fluctuate quite a bit. Yet it does show that both projects maintain a very similar nature and thus their prices are quite similar to each other. $0.7 for Decentraland $0.8 for The Sandbox as of the writing of this article) Land price in The Sandbox and Decentraland Land in both Sandbox and Decentraland can be quite expensive. The cheapest land plots in Decentraland are actually . That’s subject to change, due to the ever-evolving nature of this process. The Sandbox has a similar thing, their prices are usually , sometimes a bit more or less. Simply put, buying land in these unique environments is definitely quite interesting but it does have its fair share of challenges too. 3.7 ETH 2 ETH You get to enter a massive metaverse in both situations, and buying land does open up a plethora of unique possibilities. Graphics/game content and partnerships Both Sandbox vs. Decentraland are going on to create various partnerships. They are focused on launching on consoles, mainly PS5 and Xbox as well. On top of that, they are looking to make the world a lot more immersive, with Sandbox actually thinking about adding things like in-game jobs. That’s a cool idea and a very interesting concept that will definitely attract a lot of people. Decentraland has a visual style focused on a combination of cartoony and realistic elements. It’s very similar to Roblox, which does make it quite impressive and engaging at the same time. They are constantly working on a variety of graphic elements and it certainly shows the clarity and uniqueness of the entire world and creativity involved here. The Sandbox on the other hand does a very good job at maintaining a voxel based graphics style. It’s similar to Trove and Minecraft, which is great because a lot of people are excited about this type of projects. The innovation here is incredible and it shows just how creative and impressive a world like this can actually be. Sandbox vs. Decentraland: Main Differences Decentraland has around 90601 parcels of land. These are grouped into plazas, districts, estates and individual parcels. Sandbox has 166464 land plots and you can group them into districts or estates. When it comes to Decentraland, you have MANA, WEAR and LAND Tokens. In the Sandbox you have 4 tokens, LAND, ASSETS, GAMES and SAND, with the latter one being the currency you can easily buy and sell. Each one has its own objective in the specific metaverse. Decentraland is backed by the Digital Currency Group, CoinFund and FBG Capital. Softbank is the largest backer for The Sandbox. You don’t need a wallet to explore Decentraland, but you need one if you want to earn anything or to acquire NFTs. You do need a wallet for Sandbox, and there are 3 wallets supported by them. There are also specific fees here too. For Decentraland, you have a 2.5% MANA cost, and this applies to all transactions. The Sandbox actually has a 5% fee applied to most transactions. And aside from that, both metaverses have their own transaction gas fee. so please DYOR before making any investments. Fees are subject to change, Conclusion In the Sandbox vs. Decentraland debate, which is the better option? It mostly depends on what you want and what you are interested in. We can safely say that both of them are great metaverses and they are constantly evolving. The fees can be quite high, which is a challenge. The Sandbox comes with better graphics, it’s also newer, and it has a detailed roadmap. However, Decentraland strives to be more complex. Both of them are great, it mostly depends on what you are interested in, and there’s something to like in both metaverses.

The Sandbox vs. Decentraland

The metaverse as a concept is more popular than ever. Thanks to the push from huge companies such as Meta, more people are getting engrossed with the idea of living virtual lives in a virtual world. This push has brought with it massive platforms like The Sandbox, an online collection of games and setpieces built on blockchain technology. However, The Sandbox is far from the first platform to provide these features in the first place. Many people are probably much more familiar with , known for its thousands of user-created games and hangout spaces. The many comparisons that can be made between the two must surely lead to a battle of The Sandbox vs. Roblox in the minds of metaverse enthusiasts. Roblox Which one will serve as a prime example of the future of gaming? Comparing The Sandbox and The Roblox This comparison will focus solely on what is offered by each platform. Features like profitability won’t be considered due to the volatile nature of cryptocurrency, but monetization and community aspects of The Sandbox (Season 3) and Roblox will be considered. Ease of Access The Sandbox is a platform built around cryptocurrency and the blockchain. As a result, the process of creating an account is somewhat more involved than Roblox. , a virtual wallet must be linked to the account during creation. This is because many features found within are built around NFTs and cryptocurrency, both of which would become unavailable to players otherwise. This ties into its monetization aspects at the cost of its ease of access. Anyone without these wallets, from children to adults unable to sign up for them, will be unable to use The Sandbox without outside help. To enter The Sandbox On the other hand, Roblox is one of the most accessible platforms out there. It’s not even necessary to make an account to start playing. While additional verification methods are required to access more features on the platform, joining an experience can be done at will. There are very few limits on any content on the platform outside of cosmetics and user-created worlds. A few of those worlds require Robux, in-game currency that can be purchased with real money. One can see Roblox as a precursor to the metaverse, and while it’s not as deeply integrated with the concept as The Sandbox is, it’s undeniably much more accessible. Monetization and Community A prime point of contention in The Sandbox’s favor is how involved it is with monetization. While it’s a bit more difficult to enter than Roblox is, its play-to-earn model allows pretty much anyone to start earning genuine cash simply by visiting worlds and completing quests. This is reflected in its community of crypto enthusiasts. While smaller than Roblox’s community, The Sandbox has hundreds of fans looking to create and share robust experiences with others. The barriers to entry make for a group that’s more tightly-knit, making The Sandbox a very welcoming place for those creators unhappy with Roblox’s policies. Roblox’s greatest strengths — its ease-of-access and large community — are also its greatest weaknesses. Because it’s extremely easy for anyone to join, people from all ages are using Roblox to this day. This includes children, which means prior verifications are required for those wishing to start earning money. It’s also much more difficult to actually earn anything on Roblox, as many prizes are only usable within the game worlds themselves. This large community has also faced controversies in the past, from to . At worst. It’s extremely unlikely that these issues will appear in The Sandbox anytime soon, and it makes a strong case for why greater barriers to entry might be a good thing. the exploitation of young developers the exposure of sexual content to kids Overall Content Despite ease of access, monetization, and potential controversies, most players will look to these platforms based on the simple desires of entering new worlds and playing many different games. The Sandbox is still in its Alpha phase, and unfortunately that fact is made very apparent during gameplay. Many official worlds have only simple text-based quests, and the “combat” found within is nearly nonexistent. Every world also shares the same blocky style, from buildings and structures to characters and weapons. There isn’t much variety to be found in The Sandbox even when exploring some of the more obscure worlds within. There’s the very likely possibility that it will evolve over time, as even Roblox was stuck with a certain style at first, but it still has a long way to go before that happens. In terms of variety and content, Roblox once again takes the cake. Not only are there literally millions of different experiences on the platform, but the variety they boast is immense. Art styles, objectives, and even entire game genres are represented in hundreds of different ways. It makes sense that Roblox has such an incredible amount of content, having first released over 15 years ago, but it doesn’t change the fact that this content only continues to grow. Anyone is guaranteed to find something they’ll enjoy in Roblox whereas only a specific group of people will find themselves interested in The Sandbox. Final Thoughts on The Sandbox vs. Roblox Roblox is the clear winner here when purely considering gaming aspects. shares many features and qualities with Roblox, and in time it could very well become even more popular and beloved. But if metaverse games and experiences want to lay claim to the future of gaming, they’ll need to put heavier focus on making their experiences fun and varied rather than focusing wholly on monetization and crypto-based technology. In the end, these virtual experiences are still seen as video games, even when they try to be more. Should The Sandbox embrace that, it’s likely to surpass Roblox’s popularity within the decade. The Sandbox

The Sandbox Season 3 vs. Roblox: Is this The Future of Gaming?

The Sandbox Season 3 vs. Roblox: ¿Es este el futuro de los juegos?

The Sandbox Saison 3 vs Roblox : est-ce l'avenir du jeu ?

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サンドボックス シーズン 3 vs. Roblox: これがゲームの未来か?

The Sandbox Season 3 vs. Roblox: este é o futuro dos jogos?

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The Sandbox offers everyone — from crypto investors to thrill-seekers — a chance to play unique and fun games while earning cash. Upon , players will get the chance to explore new worlds and complete creative quests within them. There are even collaborations with popular franchises that can be found in this metaverse. One such franchise players can find in The Sandbox is The Walking Dead, a hit franchise about zombie survival that has boasted collaborations with other games before. The Walking Dead: A Day in Alexandria is the official world featured in The Sandbox Alpha Season 3, though the amount of official content featured in the world is somewhat lacking. entering The Sandbox The Sandbox Alpha Season 3 - The Walking Dead: A Day in Alexandria When players first find themselves entering A Day in Alexandria, they’re greeted with an interesting set piece. Mounted soldiers fend off nearby zombies amongst broken, rusty cars and buses. Fans of the series will quickly find themselves face-to-face with Michonne — someone that should be very familiar to them. She’s the first one to direct players to the iconic Alexandria Safe-Zone, complete with its walls and numerous residents. Players will find the names of other familiar characters such as Eugene, Rick, and Negan, but there are also a couple of named survivors not present in other Walking Dead media. This ties into the world’s story, making some notable departures from events found elsewhere in the franchise. Rather than following an exact timeline, the version of The Walking Dead featured in The Sandbox seems to be a collection of famous characters all together in one famous location. There are many aspects of this world that don’t line up with the hit TV series or other media. Even some characters that can be found in places like the novels or the show don’t reflect their Sandbox counterparts at all, though this might simply be a case of common names showing up in more places than one. It could be argued that this was done on purpose, though more critical fans might wonder if any writers involved in The Walking Dead had any input on this collaboration at all. The “Gameplay” of A Day in Alexandria Despite any arguments that can be made about A Day in Alexandria’s faithfulness, one can’t help but acknowledge how heavily it focuses on its writing. Every quest is focused around getting the player to connect with Alexnadria’s inhabitants through dialogue and worldbuilding. The player is never in any danger, but the constant air of mistrust and aggressive nature of some survivors can still lead to tensions rising every now and then. The world acts somewhat similar to a visual novel in that sense, using its quests to tell a story for the player to get immersed in. Unfortunately, this focus on storytelling leads to extremely poor gameplay. For a franchise so heavily focused on survival, betrayal, and conflict, there’s no point in which players will need to fend off anything. Even the walkers found outside of Alexandria are nothing more than animated statues unable to harm the player. This wouldn’t be too big of an issue on its own, but the quests given to players don’t offer a very good substitute. They simply involve running from place to place, occasionally carrying an item over to another survivor or just inspecting random areas within the safe-zone. The most these quests offer is busywork, and though players still get rewarded for completing them, it’s hard to feel engaged with them and their stories. Final Thoughts on The Sandbox Version of The Walking Dead It’s hard to recommend The Walking Dead on The Sandbox for any reason other than earning rewards from quests. A lot of the references to The Walking Dead itself are very surface-level, and the quests surrounding them don’t offer any sort of challenge or variety. It’s especially a shame because there are many Sandbox worlds that offer a lot more than this, so to see such a grand franchise represented so poorly can only make one wonder where it all went so wrong. A big reason why the concept of the metaverse turns people away is because there haven’t been many metaverses that rival the creativity and variety of other games out there. The Sandbox has numerous tools and resources to allow that creativity, but many of the official worlds don’t make use of them. It makes sense when considering worlds based around celebrities, but not with major franchises like The Walking Dead. Interestingly, this isn’t the first time The Sandbox has collaborated with The Walking Dead. They featured a Game Jam back in 2021, giving players the chance to make their own game based on the franchise. Some of these games are actually very fun and creative, pitting players against massive hordes of zombies. It’s a wonder the official experience featured in The Sandbox Alpha Season 3 turned out so poorly in comparison. A Day in Alexandria makes one thing clear. If major franchises want to make a leap into the metaverse, they have to push themselves harder than simply plastering their name onto a virtual world. There’s a potential for entire Triple-A titles to be published on metaverses like The Sandbox, but if there’s not much effort put into the games themselves, this possibility isn’t going to lead anywhere.

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Revendo The Walking Dead na 3ª temporada de The Sandbox Alpha

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回顾 Sandbox Alpha 第 3 季的行尸走肉

The push for metaverse projects is greater than ever thanks to the efforts of hundreds of companies. Today, there are numerous games that make use of , NFTs, and countless other features. Of these projects, few stand out more than The Sandbox, a sprawling metaverse with unique blockchain currency and user-created worlds. cryptocurrency Web 3.0 Crypto enthusiasts around the world will benefit greatly from knowing how to enter and play games in The Sandbox metaverse. The sooner they get started on that, the sooner they can begin playing to earn as they enjoy hundreds of unique game worlds! What is The Sandbox? For those unfamiliar with , it might be easier to think of it like a crypto-based ROBLOX. The Sandbox The Sandbox is a massive selection of virtual worlds created by users and developers alike. These worlds range from social hangouts to lands with game-like quests and adventures. Each world is known as a LAND, and multiple LANDs can be combined to form an ESTATE. Through the use of cryptocurrency alongside buying and selling, players can create LANDs with their own unique experiences. Many of these LANDs are free to play, though it’s possible for players to create LANDs that require payment before being accessed. As mentioned, many of The Sandbox’s qualities center around cryptocurrency and NFTs. A big reason why people play in The Sandbox is to earn the unique SAND cryptocurrency. SAND is required to make purchases across all of the metaverse’s content. This includes certain user-made games, LAND, and ASSETs to be placed within LANDs. ASSETs are yet another example of The Sandbox’s connection to cryptocurrency, acting as player-made creations that are converted to NFTs upon completion. Players can even use NFTs as their own personal avatars. In simpler terms, The Sandbox is designed around allowing players to earn and use cryptocurrency while playing a wide selection of games. How to Enter The Sandbox As one might expect, you’ll need a cryptocurrency wallet to access all features of The Sandbox. Supported wallets include Coinbase, MetaMask, Bitski, Venly, WalletConnect, Wombat, Opera Crypto Wallet, and Brave. All of these methods except for Bitski and Venly use Web 3 to connect you to The Sandbox. When you enter , you’ll find a button to sign in that will lead you into the registration process. The Sandbox’s main website Registration through Web 3 is simple; just choose your preferred account and you should get a pop-up from your browser extension asking to link your signature. If you use one of the email methods, you’ll simply have to log into your account after choosing it on The Sandbox. Once everything is prepared, you’ll be able to enter your email and username to finalize your account and start playing in this vast metaverse! After creating an account, players will want to download The Sandbox’s app version. As the game is currently still in its Alpha version, you should be able to do so by clicking the “Download Alpha” button found on the main website. After downloading and installing the app, you’ll be able to log in directly to The Sandbox. From there, you can visit and discover hundreds of different user-made worlds. You can also use various resources such as__ __ to make your own game within the metaverse. The Sandbox Game Maker How to Play Games in The Sandbox Because much of The Sandbox is user-generated, one of the easiest ways to start a game is simply by joining one of the many LANDs you’ll find in its app. However, those who want to take full advantage of The Sandbox itself should instead consider checking out . the Play tab on its website This will lead to a map filled with official LANDs created by developers and partnered franchises. There are even a few worlds centered around celebrities such as Snoop Dogg and Steve Aoki. Depending on when you decide to play, some worlds might be unavailable and grayed out. If you want to play a world that available, simply click on the LAND and hit the Play button that appears. Your browser will launch the application for you and send you right into the LAND! is The Sandbox is currently still in Alpha, and many of the games available in it are very simplistic. They all follow a third-person exploration formula, with many official worlds not even featuring any enemies to battle. Players aiming to follow the play-to-earn angle will likely want to play these worlds, following every quest within them. Even though many of these quests are simple and at times repetitive, it’s difficult to argue against them when the rewards can result in actual cash prizes. The Sandbox’s simplicity is its greatest weakness, but it also serves as a fantastic strength, allowing players of all origins to jump in and begin earning cryptocurrency. In the future, many features of The Sandbox might change. Once it leaves Alpha, players can expect a wider variety of worlds, content, and features to look forward to. This article should help out in knowing how to enter and play The Sandbox if players want to jump in immediately. Those that still find themselves having trouble understanding everything can also check out . Some information within is currently outdated, but it will still serve as a great primer to the metaverse and its systems. The Sandbox Knowledge Base

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Heyo Gamers! is back with MASSIVE rewards for the HackerNoon community. Remember the success of the ? This time we have chosen a more actionable tag for y’all - . The Sandbox Gaming-Metaverse Writing Contest Enter the Metaverse Writing Contest HackerNoon and The Sandbox are pleased to bring you the opportunity to flex your knowledge of Metaverse gaming and the entire blockchain gaming industry. By submitting an article to HackerNoon with the tag, you’ll be eligible for up to 2,000 SAND tokens from a prize pool of 18,000 SAND tokens. #EntertheMetaverse Need more info on SAND Tokens? Check out the . Sandbox’s CoinPage You can write about anything surrounding the metaverse and metaverse development. Here are a few suggestions to get you going: Metaverses Metaverse Education Metaverse Fashion Metaverse Entertainment Metaverse Music Blockchain Games Decentralized Gaming Play-and-earn Game Monetization NFTs NFT Marketplaces Prizes Awarded Each Month 1st Place - SAND tokens. 2,000 2nd Place - SAND tokens. 1,500 3rd Place - SAND tokens. 1,200 4th Place - SAND tokens. 800 5th Place - SAND tokens. 500 Check out the for more info. PS: Sand tokens can be easily converted into other cryptocurrencies or fiat on Binance, Uniswap, Crypto.com, and many other marketplaces. Sandbox’s CoinPage #EnterTheMetaverse Writing Contest Rules & Guidelines Must be 18+ to enter​ Story content must cover at least 1 of the contest topics* (see full list below) Contestants can win more than one prize each month (the more stories you submit, the higher your chances of winning) Must create a HackerNoon account, as winners will be contacted via email Who Can Enter the Contest?​ ​Anyone over the age of 18. There are no location restrictions. Can I Write Under a Pen Name? ​Yes! You can use your real name on your HN profile, a fake name, or even create a persona to write under. You can also enter the contest as both an individual or as a company writing under a branded account. How Long Will the Contest Run?​ September 1 - September 30, 2022 Round 1: October 1 - October 31, 2022 Round 2: November 1 - November 30, 2022 Round 3: Can I submit more than one entry to the contest? Yes. Contestants can submit as many #gaming-metaverse stories as they want each month. The more, the merrier; the more you submit, the more chances you have of winning. How are the winners selected? ​Each month, we’ll take the top 10 story submissions that generated the most traffic. Those 10 stories will be voted on by HackerNoon staff, and the 5 stories with the most votes win. Can I win more than one prize? ​Yes! If you submit multiple stories, each has a chance to win. ​ Nominees are selected by total traffic each month and then voted on by our team. If 2 of your submitted stories that month are in the top 10, both of them are eligible to win a prize. Meaning you could potentially bag both first and second place in the contest if 2 of your stories make it to the top 10. If I win a prize in round 1, can I still submit another entry into round 2? Absolutely! Please feel free to enter each round of the competition. Get writing; let’s enter the metaverse!

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In my Zoom calls with projects and brands looking to build in the metaverse, I’ve been asked over and over what I think about Sandbox vs other metaverses such as DCL and CryptoVoxels. Since I’ve found myself repeating the same things over, I decided to write out the three main points on why our team focuses only on building in The Sandbox. Here’s the TL;DR: The team behind Sandbox has a long track record of shipping successful games. The Sandbox is the actually 3rd iteration of the Sandbox franchise. The previous The Sandbox mobile games have done a combined . ~50 million downloads The Sandbox game is a perfect combination of both Roblox and Minecraft, the two most popular games with kids and young adults. Brands and projects want to create entire interactive worlds, not just a single building in the metaverse. Team has a long track record of delivering products The two founders, Sebastien and Arthur have founded previous companies before. One of them is Pixowl, which still exists and is a mobile games studio. Pixowl published many games, including known IPs such as Garfield, Goosebumps, Adams Family and Peanuts. They’ve also published several called The Sandbox (not a coincidence). This Sandbox mobile game lets players create their own content, whether it’s some kind of pixel art or a mini-game and publish it to a gallery where other players can play. Sound familiar? Below is a table from AppAnnie, a mobile analytics tool that estimates the number of downloads The Sandbox mobile games have had since their release. This includes both iOS and Google. They conservatively estimate the total to be 30 million downloads worldwide but I believe the real number is closer to 50 million downloads. All you need to know is… that’s . A LOT of DOWNLOADS In essence, I’m betting on the people that are creating the product. The Sandbox game is the perfect combination of Minecraft and Roblox Minecraft and Roblox are arguably the two most popular games for kids, with Fortnite being third. Roblox and Minecraft seem like similar games but quite different under the hood. There are a few ways to play Minecraft, but the two main ones are 1) building things aka virtual Legos and 2) surviving a world full of enemies. The building aspect is a huge part of Minecraft, and you can easily find YouTube videos showcasing building time-lapses that have millions of views. As such, Minecraft tends to attract players who like to construct buildings and structures. Roblox games, on the other hand, are all user-generated. It’s in essence a game-design engine and platform. You don’t see many Roblox building time-lapses on YouTube. So instead, the players it attracts tend to be ones who want to create games, and fun experiences. The Sandbox game is a combination of both these things. There’s the block construction aspect. There’s the game design aspect. And there’s even one more - voxel asset creation. This attracts gamers who are also artists. So now, we have The Sandbox, which through its 3 main gameplay mechanics will attract the next generation of builders, artists, and game designers. Sandbox could be the most popular game in the future, but I also know if that were to happen, it’s going to take quite a while and there’ll be many roadblocks. But a 5-year horizon is feasible. Brands want to build experiences, not just buildings in the metaverse Brands entering the metaverse is an entire discussion on its own and won’t be covered in depth here. But we’re starting to see more and more brands create interactive experiences inside games. There’s and inside Roblox. There’s and buying land in The Sandbox. You don’t just see brands creating single buildings. You see complete experiences. Vans World Nikeland Adidas Warner Music Why are brands doing this? Ultimately, brands want to sell their products but their timeframe for recouping the dollars spent on advertising is much much longer. A small e-commerce business that runs a Facebook ad might expect to recoup the ad dollars within 30–60 days. A brand that spends ad dollars is looking to recoup those same dollars 5–10 years later. Brands are looking to in a younger demographic when they grow up and have disposable income, they will a brand and its products. buy mindshare so that remember There are many ways to buy mindshare- television ads, website banner ads, Facebook ads, etc. The best is creating an interactive experience, like a game that you and your friends can enjoy. We still talk about 16-bit Nintendo games but we can hardly remember Superbowl commercials from a year ago. And by building inside popular game worlds, brands don’t have to spend additional dollars to drive users to that experience. That’s why we see brand integrations in Fortnite, Roblox, and . previously Minecraft So if you’re a brand that wants to build an interactive experience, which of the metaverses do you look into? Well, a single 1x1 parcel of LAND in The Sandbox is about than the average parcel in DCL and CryptoVoxels. So for a brand looking to build something other than a single building in DCL or CryptoVoxels, they’re looking at $300–500k for just the land. Then add on an equivalent amount for development. In total, a brand could be looking at around $500k on the lower end to build out an interactive world inside DCL and CryptoVoxels. They can do that for about $50k in the Sandbox, 1/10th the cost. 10–15x bigger Brands have money, but they also need to mitigate risk in the wild wild west of the metaverse. Finally, ask yourself this: “if DCL and CryptoVoxels are already live, why didn’t Adidas or Warner Music buy a plot of land there?” Here’s one more reason why I’m bullish for Sandbox: They have significant funding (raising $93M in their latest ) that will give them room to try things and “fail fast”. Do I believe they will create something 100% according to their vision and on time? Probably not. But having a financial war chest allows a company to pivot if needed, to build the right features to achieve product-market fit, and to not die. series B The future will be multi-verse There’ll be hundreds of metaverses, just like there are hundreds of social media sites today. But there’ll only be a handful of metaverses that we go to every day. Metaverses are the next iteration of social media sites and we’ll have a specific use case for each one. In web 2.0, we use Facebook to connect with our existing friends, Twitter to get updated to date news or to talk about Crypto, and YouTube to learn a specific topic. We’ll do the same in the future with the metaverses we choose to visit. Learn More About Tentango We are inspiring the next generation of creators to build even greater things. We partner with brands to in The Sandbox and other metaverses to drive engagement. create immersive experiences

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I often talk with potential clients about building in The Sandbox and the one question I get asked a lot is, “what do we build”? Companies are looking for a way to effectively in the upcoming metaverses, with The Sandbox being the biggest and most promising. create brand exposure When I think about the types of advertising that would be closest to marketing in the metaverse, TV ad spots come to mind. If we consider that each TV commercial essentially creates one engagement for the brand (unless someone re-watches that commercial on YouTube), then we can use engagement as the measure of effectiveness of a metaverse marketing campaign. For the purpose of this article, let’s define the following terms: are fun online activities that users can participate in. From time to time, I’ll use the word interchangeably for a gamified experience. Gamified experiences game as the users that participate in these gamified experiences or games. If a gamified experience is fun enough, players will come back to it time after time. Candy Crush Saga is a gamified experience on the mobile phone that is so fun, that players come back to it day after day. Players Let’s say that each play of a gamified experience equals one engagement for the brand. And so, a brand will naturally want as many engagements as possible. The following are gamified experiences in The Sandbox and the industry it would best match with. It’s not an exhaustive list but one that I hope will grow over time. 1. Social Hub Great for: every industry, especially music events and influencers Every brand will need to have this and will be the first experience they’ll build. In the web 1.0 sense, this is the company’s website. In the web 2.0 sense, this is the social media pages (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok). The social hub is going to give the player the first impression about the brand or company. Upon first look, they will ask the web 3.0 equivalent of “does this website look up to date or does it look like it was created using Geocities”? While the social hub isn’t engaging by itself, it can be gamified by adding a collection aspect. For example, a game can be created where the player has to find all the gold coins (or some other item). Some of the items can be hidden behind secret entrances or puzzles. Players who find all the coins can get a reward, possibly an NFT from that business or brand. For influencers, this is a very interesting option because it’s their virtual residence. Fans already think it’s a big deal when they can play a game of Fortnite with their favorite YouTuber. How much more if fans can get access to the ONE hangout where their favorite online celebrity resides virtually. That's exactly what . Snoop Dogg did 2. Zelda-ish Game Great for: Intellectual Properties, influencers, or brands that have a main character This type of gamified experience is one where players solve puzzles and do not fight any monsters. Another question I hear a lot from brands is, “can the avatar not carry a sword?”. A lot of brands are family-friendly and want to stay away from any illusion of violence. While there is fighting in Zelda games, they are mainly known for really hard puzzles. Here's a great video talking about the puzzle game mechanics in Zelda. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwHqY_4nsJ4 This type of gamified experience has a lot of levels, and new ones can be added with an update. Level-based gamified experiences to retain players better than non-level-based ones. More levels mean players will come back which means more engagements with the brand. Just look at the highest level you’ve gotten if you have ever played Candy Crush or know of someone who has. tend This gamified experience utilizes LAND very well. In the screenshot below, you can see how our team laid out the levels. This game experience works great for intellectual properties like Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Walking Dead, Tomb Raider, etc. The gamified experience below was actually created by us for a past game jam utilizing the Beast Quest IP. We told the story of the main character, Tom as he goes on a quest to obtain his sword. Here’s the trailer for the Beast Quest game jam submission. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snm07C_0U9Q&feature=emb_logo 3. Collect and Craft Game Great for: any brand that sells a physical product This game is one where the player has to go on different mini-quests to collect items that is used to craft a final product. That final product should be used to solve a problem, like escaping from zombies or obtaining a reward. This gamified experience will work for . It is a very good way of educating players on how a particular product is created in a fun way. any brand that sells a physical product Let’s use Nike as an example of what they could create. (Disclaimer: we are not working with Nike but if you are, we can build this!) The final item that’s created is a legendary shoe, the Air Jordan 1. In order to craft the shoe, players have to go collect all the in-game items that go into making it. Maybe they have to find the insoles in a secret location at a particular factory. Maybe they have to take on a quest by an NPC in order to get the design. Maybe players have to go to the CEO’s house (also in the Sandbox but on a different LAND) in order to get the swoosh logo. Then finally, maybe they have to talk to an in-game version of Michael Jordan in order to get his endorsement because that is also what went into making the shoe. What a cool, fun way to tell an origin story! Now, once the final in-game product is created, the player is rewarded with an NFT that they can take to the store and get a discount on sneakers. That discount reward is available for the player that completed the game. Now we just tied the digital with the physical. only Below are two Sandbox games that utilize this collect and craft mechanic. Playthrough of Professor Stitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_P4anKpu10&t=1729s Play-through of The Breakdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWTtiZtm6tI&t=1s 4. 1st Person Trivia Maze Great for: educational company or any company that has to do a lot of educating in order to sell its products or services This gamified experience is essentially a trivia game but in a 3D maze setting. It combines interesting facts with a beautiful set design. It works very well if the questions are themed around a specific topic. I first thought of this when speaking with a client that was an educational company. They wanted a way to bring their content into a game. How could they do it? My initial thought was to create some kind of trivia game. After some research, I found that Microsoft created a game called Mind Maze way back in the day (1993 to be exact). It was for their Encarta Encyclopedia. And actually, people still play it and do walkthroughs of it on YouTube! Something like this can be re-imagined in The Sandbox easily. The dialogue system already works very well in the Sandbox. Combine that with being able to create a really beautiful set design and you get a 2022 version of Mind Maze. This also works well for a company that needs to educate its customers a lot before a purchase is made. Let’s take a financial services company for example. Actually, let’s use a crypto-lending company because it requires educating its user base even more. The would-be game could be created around facts about how money and crypto work, how collateral lending works, how much they would save compared to getting a traditional loan, etc. We could do so much with the game’s world design! If we wanted to point players to how they are slaves to the fiat system, we could start players in a dungeon. Players would have to answer questions correctly about how money works in order to progress. Once they get to the crypto-related questions, maybe the setting is now a palace because being your own bank allows people to have freedom. I hope these give you some ideas if you’re considering building a gamified experience for your business or brand. Also published . here Learn More About Tentango We are inspiring the next generation of creators to build even greater things. We partner with brands to in The Sandbox and other metaverses to drive engagement. About Us. create immersive experiences

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Last Tuesday, April 5th, The Sandbox Co-founder and COO Sebastien Borget held a press conference at the Non-Fungible Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. Borget introduced the latest Sandbox releases and some exciting news that promises to shake the gaming platform and the Web3 ecosystem. The HackerNoon team got the scoop and rushed to tell you, our most curious readers, all about it. First things first, how’s The Sandbox doing? The Sandbox numbers have undergone an impressive growth both in terms of adoption and engagement as well as the landowner community, which is now at more than 20,000. The number of unique landowners is particularly remarkable, looking back a year ago when Sandbox was at 4,000. Albeit these figures already hint at a success trajectory, the full force of Sandbox can be attested by its other developments: 350,000 active users, 2.3 million registered users with wallets, 20,000 landowners, 200 employees, and many partnerships with famed fashion and music names and brands, such as Gucci, Adidas, Snoop Dogg, and other. Moreover, The Sandbox just concluded the Alpha Season 2, held in March. It collected 10 million SAND Tokens (approximately $30 million at today’s exchange rate) from the team and distributed it to over 10,000 users. Borget also released other interesting metrics achieved by the Alpha Season 2: 350,000 MAUs 1.12M hours played 4.7M visits to the Experiences 17M quests completed 75M+ $SAND staked on Polygon. These are some remarkable figures, but what about the new releases? New Partnerships and Interoperability During the press conference, one of the central topics was interoperability within The Sandbox metaverse. The foundation’s team is currently working on NFTs interoperability, making all Non-Fungible Tokens usable in the metaverse, whether that may be in avatars, land, game assets, etc. And this is where the newly established partnership with World of Women comes to play. The prominent World of Women NFTs collection acquired $25 million from The Sandbox to continue its development and roadmap. In turn, WWM NFTs owners will be able to access them on Sandbox and get their in-game avatar to reassemble the woman drawn on their NFT. The Sandbox COO noted the diversity brought by the collection as one of the driving forces for this partnership, as well as the foundation’s desire to invite women into the metaverse, blockchain, and Web3. Other famous NFT collections have been offered similar deals, such as Snoop Dogg’s Doggies, a series of 10,000 avatars in 3D created by the well-known rapper for use on the metaverse. But the news doesn’t stop here! Borget announced the latest metaverse song, composed by Snoop Dogg. The song’s trailer was exhibited at the press conference, displaying the rapper’s mansion on Sandbox. In the future, collaborations with Blond:ish and Steve Aoki can be expected. Through partnering up with artists, Sandbox is interested in seeing how they’ll leverage all of the possibilities behind NFTs to engage with their fans. In addition, the metaverse will also work with Warner Music to develop an amusement park where fans can connect with their favorite musicians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD38OueA5zk When it comes to partnerships, one stole the spotlight: The Sandbox partnership with Arianne, a fashion company. The COO of Sandbox disclosed they've collaborated with Arianne to create a scan that will allow the buyer to use their clothes on and off-screen: on themselves and as NFTs on their avatar. This partnership aims to close the gap between physical clothing and its digital twin in the metaverse. Cybersecurity with Ledger The Sandbox Foundation has demonstrated concern over their users’ security online, wishing to improve education on the topic - this is where Ledger, the cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider, intercedes. Ledger will operate within Sandbox to promote crypto education in a gamified way, tapping on topics such as security, wallets, and crypto. This collaboration aims to help users protect their digital assets and achieve authentic digital ownership. True digital ownership is very powerful but also comes with the idea that you are responsible yourself for the security of your content. And unfortunately, there is also a certain number of bad actors in this ecosystem, like there's always been in any new technology, so it's not specifically new. - Sebastien Borget Decentralization: the next step for Sandbox The Sandbox has been a mix of centralized and decentralized metaverse. However, ongoing efforts have been made to turn it fully decentralized, a feat that could be expected in two to three years, according to Sebastien Borget. Although The Sandbox grants its users many abilities through SAND tokens, it still lacks full user autonomy regarding roadmap and gameplay control. However, steered by the desire to turn it into a user-driven metaverse where everyone would be able to develop independently, The Sandbox foundation may become a DAO. Lastly, Sandbox is working on a mobile version of the app, as well as console games, an option still under maturation.

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HSBC, the second-largest banking and financial services provider in Europe, with assets of $3 Trillion, operations in over 70 countries and a network of over 5,100 branches, is the first multinational bank to enter the Metaverse — through a partnership with The Sandbox. The partnership between The Sandbox and HSBC will have HSBC acquire a plot of land, a virtual real estate in The Sandbox's virtual & Metaverse world, according to a tweet on The Sandbox's Twitter account & blog post which can both be found & . here here HSBC will be launching a "Sports Zone" on their virtual real estate plot, to be able to connect sports, esports & gaming enthusiasts together. Says The Sandbox. “The metaverse is how people will experience Web3, the next generation of the Internet — using immersive technologies like augmented reality, virtual reality and extended reality. At HSBC, we see great potential to create new experiences through emerging platforms, opening up a world of opportunity for our current and future customers and for the communities we serve,” says Suresh Balaji, Chief Marketing Officer, Asia-Pacific, HSBC. “Through our partnership with The Sandbox we are making our foray into the metaverse, allowing us to create innovative brand experiences for new and existing customers. We’re excited to be working with our sports partners, brand ambassadors, and Animoca Brands to co-create experiences that are educational, inclusive and accessible,” continues Balaji. “We’re pleased to see large, trusted institutions such as HSBC join The Sandbox open metaverse and embrace the culture of Web3, connecting with users through entertainment, gaming and user-generated content,” says Sebastien Borget, COO and Co-founder of The Sandbox. “We believe this is the beginning of a broader adoption of Web3 and the metaverse by institutions driving brand experiences and engagement within this new ecosystem,” says  Borget. HSBC will be joining multiple existing partnerships that include: Adidas, Gucci, The Walking Dead, Snoop Dogg, Warner Music Group, Ubisoft, Atari, CryptoKitties, The Smurfs, Care Bears & more. As of March 16, 2022, HSBC's stock is up by 2.61%. And The Sandbox's cryptocurrency "SAND" is up by 10.39%.

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