Series A Funding round led by Somnium Space and Artur Sychov – founder and CEO of Somnium Space – joins the board of directors of the company. Yesterday – in a Medium post – Somnium Space announced that they led a 4M$ Series A round at Lynx, the developer of a full featured Mixed Reality…
Immersive VR Learning Experiences from the first British Online School inside of Somnium Space. Sophia is a UK based EdTech pioneer, bringing on-demand private tuition and online education options to clients both in the UK and from around the world. And they’re taking the Metaverse seriously; not just entering and observing, but shaping the future…
I’ve been following the aftermath of the total collapse of LUNA and the UST “stable coin”. It has sent shockwaves through the crypto community and affected the lives of many people who had put their trust – and savings – into a protocol they believed was rock solid. UST was the central narrative of Terra’s…
For all Metaverse enthusiasts, here’s a tip: Check out this 50+ minute long episode of ‘Engineering the Future (Season 2)’ on Curiosity Stream. It focuses on the Metaverse and there is a prominent spot for Artur Sychov, founder and CEO of Somnium Space. Curiosity Stream is an American media company and subscription video streaming service…
Somnium Space, the open and persistent VR world that is built on the blockchain, uses the Unity platform as its game engine. And since the availability of the Somnium Space Unity SDK, users have been able to create and upload their own 3D avatars and items. What’s more, owners of Somnium WORLD NFTs can design…
Somnium Space‘s plans for ‘live forever mode’ has made headlines in recent weeks. The likes of Vice, New York Post, The Sun and CNET all dedicated articles to this bold and visionary idea to use AI to simulate people roaming the Metaverse, long after they’re gone. Way before other media covered this feature, Olysounds, multi-talented…
Somnium Space came with a great announcement yesterday: From April 18th to 28th, there will be a new Land Offering on OpenSea, the NFT marketplace. 100 parcels, 10 WORLDs and 1 Exclusive 9-XL Estate will be on auction. And what’s special? They’re all listed in Somnium CUBEs, Somnium’s very own utility token. This is great…
Somnium Space WORLDs are NFTs that enable owners to develop complete immersive experiences and place portals to those on NFT land parcels inside Somnium. Anyone visiting the parcel can jump right in. As I own a WORLD – a small founders edition (S FE) allowing a total upload size of 125MB – I decided to…
We’re more than two years in and it has been one hell of a ride thus far. We’re talking about Somnium Space of course, which officially launched on February 20th, 2020. There’s plenty to look at when you enter Somnium: Galleries, offices, stores, night clubs and even entire worlds are silent witnesses of a building…
The other day someone asked me an interesting question: Whether I believe there will be a time where we will spend the majority of our waken time in virtual reality. He pictured a bleak scenario where people rarely leave their homes, have minimal interaction with others and instead live their lives hooked up to their…