The Metaverse, an evolution from the foundations of Web 2.0 shaped by social media platforms, streaming services, and e-commerce giants, is set to revolutionize our digital interactions. Our trusty smartphones have become indispensable tools, enabling us to seamlessly share on social media, stream content, shop online, and so much more. However, as we navigate this…
Ever since gamers started to pay for “skins”, the apparel or the avatar they can play as in the highly successful battle-royale game Fortnite, one has to admit that something has profoundly changed in Internet usage. This event is highly significant for Web3 development because, even though it is not directly related to NFT or cryptos,…
Article brought to you by the SOPRG gallery operating in Somnium Space metaverse – on behalf of the gallery – Milan & Gustavo. Some of the most prevalent aesthetics in NFT art and metaverse art is the Y2K aesthetics. This type of style preference for visual arts, music, video games, and design was fused with tech motifs, predicting a…
Article brought to you by the SOPRG gallery operating in Somnium Space metaverse – on behalf of the gallery – Milan & Gustavo. One of the big takeaways from the so-called “crypto winter” is that NFTs for a large part still don’t have a clear use case (except for high utility NFTs in Somnium Space that is) that makes…
Metaverse art is one of the main things driving metaverse adoption, as it provides something to do with ease inside its confines. Meaning there is still not a lot of business logic for the metaverse, except for the arts. For users, the main thing to do is watch art. Whether that is in the form of a concert or an art exhibit, experiencing art is one of the main use cases for the metaverse. This is partly because the people developing and providing the assets to populate the metaverse are artists themselves. So, it stands to reason that the first uses for the metaverse are art-related.
Museums and art galleries have made metaverse incursions. Why does it make sense? Museums and the metaverse’s futures seem to be interlocked. Museums have had to adapt to all iterations of the Internet, and have done fairly well. From just providing content, to having a presence on social media to interact with users and potential…
The first ever NFT issued by Czech National Theater is being auctioned exclusively via OpenSea until Monday, October 24th. Swan Lake, a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76, is one of the most popular ballets of all time, and it’s a majestic sight, seeing the first soloist of the Czech National…
Art and creativity could become new domains for AI and computing. The metaverse is already being rolled out and all it needs is a mass adoption by the population. It still has a long road ahead when you think of the things that are going to be done in the metaverse. The economy, the work…
Is physical reality more “real” than the metaverse? Let’s look at the philosophical dilemma. When one thinks of the metaverse, you could be forgiven for having vertigo at the prospect of diving into a virtual world, that you are going to experience with your senses in a completely immersive way. Reality, and the world, can…
Written By: SOPRG Milan & Gustavo Generative art as a form of expression brings new questions regarding humanity. Regardless, NFTs and blockchain have made it more commonplace. With modern technology, art now can be generated by systems that are considered autonomous. This is how a new form of art was born: Generative art. The term…