Introduction What is the Metaverse? Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) have existed for decades. The term “Metaverse” was coined by Jaron Lanier in 2009 to describe the Internet of things that can be experienced in VR. In…
You may think the metaverse will be a bunch of interconnected virtual spaces – the World Wide Web but accessed through virtual reality. This is largely correct, but there is also a fundamental but slightly more cryptic side to the metaverse that will set…
Non-fungible token (NFT) sales in 2021 were worth close to $25 billion (roughly Rs. 1,85,722 crore), proving that the sector saw tremendous growth within crypto assets, according to CoinMarketCap. Artificial Intelligence-generated NFTs are expected to be the next big boom within the…
“Meta” is what it is all about. Meta this, and meta that. The currency and relevancy of meta are ever present and participatory in our cultural and technological discourse, with recent announcements on the “race to the metaverse” — the unknown, much…
There’s no shortage of data in this world. Neither is there a shortage of data-driven business plans. In fact, we are sitting on gluts of both. So why are companies still struggling to get the right data in front of the right…
Let’s talk about tokenization If you’ve hung around the blockchain or crypto space long enough, then you’ve no doubt heard a few common sayings. Things like “Blockchain enables trustless, peer-to-peer transactions and replaces expensive intermediaries and middlemen;” or “fractionalization enables completely new…
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