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In October 2021 Decentraland hosted a four day music festival, with acts including [[Deadmau5]] and Autograf, among 80 other artists, attracting 40,000 people. <ref name="mcdowell2022">{{cite news |last1=McDowell |first1=Maghan |title=What fashion week looks like in the metaverse |url=https://www.voguebusiness.com/technology/what-fashion-week-looks-like-in-the-metaverse |access-date=3 February 2022 |agency=Vogue Business |date=1 February 2022}}</ref> |
In October 2021 Decentraland hosted a four day music festival, with acts including [[Deadmau5]] and Autograf, among 80 other artists, attracting 40,000 people. <ref name="mcdowell2022">{{cite news |last1=McDowell |first1=Maghan |title=What fashion week looks like in the metaverse |url=https://www.voguebusiness.com/technology/what-fashion-week-looks-like-in-the-metaverse |access-date=3 February 2022 |agency=Vogue Business |date=1 February 2022}}</ref> |
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In November 2021 the government of [[Barbados]] announced plans to open an official diplomatic embassy in Decentraland on a plot of land for a reported cost of $5,000 to $50,000 which is planned to be funded by a grant by Decentraland.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wyss |first1=Jim |title=Barbados Is Opening a Diplomatic Embassy in the Metaverse |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-14/barbados-tries-digital-diplomacy-with-planned-metaverse-embassy |access-date=19 January 2022 |work=www.bloomberg.com |date=14 December 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref> |
In November 2021 the government of [[Barbados]] announced plans to open an official diplomatic embassy in Decentraland on a plot of land for a reported cost of $5,000 to $50,000 which is planned to be funded by a grant by Decentraland.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wyss |first1=Jim |title=Barbados Is Opening a Diplomatic Embassy in the Metaverse |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-14/barbados-tries-digital-diplomacy-with-planned-metaverse-embassy |access-date=19 January 2022 |work=www.bloomberg.com |date=14 December 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:47, 4 February 2022
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| Original author(s) | Ariel Meilich, Esteban Ordano[1] |
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| Developer(s) | Decentraland Foundation, community |
| Initial release | February 20, 2020[2] |
| Written in | C#, GLSL, and HTML |
| Available in | 1 languages |
List of languages English (official) | |
| Type | Virtual world |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Website | https://decentraland.org |
Decentraland is a 3D virtual world browser-based platform[3]. Users may buy virtual plots of land in the platform as NFTs via the MANA cryptocurrency, which uses the Ethereum blockchain.[4] It was opened to the public in February 2020,[2] and is overseen by the nonprofit Decentraland Foundation. Users can develop the land by using the Decentraland's own editor, or importing 3D models from external software like Blender. Cosmetic gear, like t-shirts and hats, are independently owned as well, and users can trade those items freely. [5]
A desktop internet browser and a crypto wallet (optional) is needed to access. After loading the user is prompted with a character creation screen. A menu lists current events, clicking "Jump In" transports the user to the event. Users can navigate the world using the keyboard and the mouse.[6]
History
Decentraland was created by Argentinians Ari Meilich and Esteban Ordano,[1] and has been in development since 2015.[5] When it launched in 2017, parcels of digital land sold for about $20,[7] and mana tokens sold for $0.02.[1] The game's first map, Genesis City, was made up of 90,601 parcels of land.[5] It raised $26 million in its initial coin offering (ICO) in 2017.[1]
In April 2021, during a surge in popularity for NFTs, parcels sold for between $6,000 and $100,000.[7] In June 2021 London-based auction house Sotheby's created a digital replica of its New Bond Street headquarters as a virtual gallery in Decentraland to show digital art.[8] New York-based digital real estate developer Republic Realm paid the equivalent of $913,228 for 259 parcels of Decentraland that it planned to turn into a virtual shopping district named Metajuku, styled after the Tokyo shopping district Harajuku.[9][10] Because of the relatively small pool of mana, the currency is volatile, spiking to as high as $5.79 after events like Facebook's rebrand to Meta and favorable press releases.[3]
In October 2021 Decentraland hosted a four day music festival, with acts including Deadmau5 and Autograf, among 80 other artists, attracting 40,000 people. [11]
In November 2021 the government of Barbados announced plans to open an official diplomatic embassy in Decentraland on a plot of land for a reported cost of $5,000 to $50,000 which is planned to be funded by a grant by Decentraland.[12]
In December 2021, the platform reached 500,000 monthly active users. [11]
In January 2022 the Australian Open deployed a virtual Melbourne Park hosting replays of matches from the event, including a tennis minigame in Rod Laver Arena, and a minigame to collect tennis rackets. [13] The closing concert featured performances from Tigerlily, Masked Wolf and Steve Aoki. [14]
Reception
In March 2020, Luke Winkie, writing for PC Gamer, described the game as "rickety", noting numerous bugs and the game's "brutally long loading times", as well as hard-locks related to the game's cryptocurrency-based authentication process. Winkie described the platform as having a strongly libertarian political bent, saying "Decentraland is a truly fascinating concept. It peels back like an onion, revealing a Randian fever-dream built with Roblox textures".[5]
Activity on the platform is unclear, with the world mostly empty and with a number of concurrent users of around 1,600 in 2021, a figure that might include inactive users who remain logged on.[3] Eric Ravenscraft of Wired wrote that Decentraland was buggy with poor moderation.[3] Users have minted NFTs of avatars with slurs in their names and at one point the name "Jew" was for sale for $362,000.[3] Despite the community voting in favor of adding "Hitler" to the banned names list, there were not enough votes for the decentralized autonomous organization's (DAO) smart contract to execute.[3] Ravenscraft also said the game currently feels reminiscent of an early access game.[3]
In January 2022, a video clip of a rave in Decentraland was posted to Twitter by DJ Alex Moss. The clip went viral and was widely mocked on social media.[15][16][17][18] Zack Zwiezen, writing for Kotaku, unfavorably compared the clip to similar virtual concerts and parties in AdventureQuest 3D, Fortnite, Roblox, and VR Chat, and described the look of the game itself as similar to “a fictional game that was tossed together in a few hours for an episode of CSI: Whatever City, in which the investigators are trying to solve a murder that involves some 'new' and 'popular' online world."[18] Prompted by the clip, Jason Koebler of Vice investigated other raves held on the platform, and described the experience as mostly empty and plagued by technical bugs.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d Russo, Camila (2018-06-13). "Making a killing in virtual real estate". Bloomberg.
- ^ a b "The gates to Decentraland have opened!". Decentraland. 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g Ravenscraft, Eric (2021-12-26). "The Metaverse Land Rush Is an Illusion". Wired. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
- ^ NFTs: The Center of Attention at Sotheby’s Virtual Decentraland Gallery Helen Holmes, Observer Media, June 7, 2021
- ^ a b c d Winkie, Luke (19 March 2020). "Inside Decentraland, the surreal Second Life for crypto true believers". PC Gamer. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ a b Koebler, Jason (20 January 2022). "Was the Viral Metaverse Rave Fun? An Investigation". Motherboard. Vice. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ a b Marquez, Alexandra (2021-04-05). "Welcome to Decentraland, where NFTs meet a virtual world". NBC News. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ Goldstein, Caroline (2021-06-07). "In Its Ongoing Bid to Draw Crypto-Collectors, Sotheby's Unveils a Replica of Its London H.Q. in the Blockchain World Decentraland". Artnet News. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ Howcroft, Elizabeth (2021-06-30). "Crypto billionaire Novogratz leads funding for virtual real estate firm". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ^ Feitelberg, Rosemary (29 June 2021). "Metajuku Shopping Center to Play Up Digital Wearables". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ a b McDowell, Maghan (1 February 2022). "What fashion week looks like in the metaverse". Vogue Business. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ Wyss, Jim (14 December 2021). "Barbados Is Opening a Diplomatic Embassy in the Metaverse". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ Kelly, Zachariah (17 January 2022). "So This Is What It's Like Inside the Australian Open's Metaverse". Gizmodo Australia. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ Kelly, Zachariah (31 January 2022). "I Tried To Go to a Concert in the Metaverse. It Didn't Work". Gizmodo Australia. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ Alston, Harry (20 January 2022). "I Spent A Day In Decentraland's NFT Metaverse So You Don't Have To". TheGamer. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ Mercado, Mia (20 January 2022). "Here's What a Metaverse Rave Is Like, I Guess". The Cut. New York Magazine. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ Ross, Gemma (21 January 2022). "Reviews are in for the metaverse 'rave' — they are not good". Mixmag. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ a b Zweizen, Zack (20 January 2022). "NFT Bro's 'Metaverse' Rave Looks Boring, Dead". Kotaku Australia. Retrieved 24 January 2022.