Zilliqa, a Layer 1 blockchain protocol, will soon launch Metapolis, an extended reality (XR) metaverse that offers its partners a MaaS platform.
What is Mobility as a Service (MaaS)?
Mobility as a Service started to gain weight when, thanks to smart devices, the possibility and importance of real-time connectivity became apparent. Today, with the development of Big Data, artificial intelligence or IoT, solutions such as mobile applications emerge that allow to have all the transports in a single app to be able to make a customized itinerary.
Therefore, Mobility as a Service is just that, being able to bring together in a single platform or tool all types of transport both public and private to create a more sustainable and user-centered mobility that combines the best offers and routes.
As solutions like these have developed, the importance of users has grown. Creating fast, convenient and easy-to-use applications is key to this new way of getting around.
With all this, a further step is taken in the digitization of services creating increasingly smart cities focused on the needs of citizens.
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is expected to become a pillar in the mobility and transportation of the future and will continue to gain followers.
With Metapolis, Zilliqa provides users with a fully customizable, data-centric XR experience accessible via web/artificial reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). Metapolis is already building cities with a host of brands in the gaming, eSports and music industries, with $2 million in pre-launch revenue from the initial partnership.
Built on the zilliqa blockchain – which uses sharding technology – Metapolis is highly scalable and affordable, with less energy consumption than other blockchains, making it more environmentally friendly. Essentially, Metapolis is a blank canvas; brands define their space to be whatever they want it to be.
Metapolis creates digital locations that are tailored to the unique needs of each of its clients. For example, a world where users can connect with their favorite artists will vary greatly from a world for interacting with sports teams.
Metapolis highlights include:
- Built for interoperability – Open teleportation between Metapolis cities ensures that it is a connected metaverse without digital boundaries.
- Advanced game engines – Unreal Engine and Unity are used, ensuring that each location is visually appealing and fully operational.
- Prioritization of user safety – Metapolis is built with Know Your Customer (KYC) controls and monitoring to ensure the highest level of security.
By now, you’ve heard of every other innovative metaverse project (including the petaverse, which as it sounds, is a metaverse you access with your pet). But Zilliqa has managed to open up a new dimension: the metaverse as a service (MaaS). Known as Metapolis, it is expected to launch soon and brings together some of the best app and game studios in the industry. ZIL’s price shot up 150% following the announcement of Metapolis.
The Zilliqa development team announced Metapolis on Reddit. “Leading the charge is the innovative and game-changing Metapolis, which will allow Zilliqa to extend its meta-wings across a range of verticals and blockchains,” the announcement read.
To officially launch Metapolis, Zilliqa will hold a VIP event in Miami in a week’s time on April 2, complete with live music by world-class DJs and the unveiling of the MaaS platform. Those who want to attend can win an in-person ticket by writing to the lead developers about what excites them most about Zilliqa and Metapolis. The top five entrants will win a VIP ticket to the event, and the top 10 will win a limited edition NFT.
In addition, Zilliqa’s head of metaverses and NFT, Sandra Helou, will host a live Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Wednesday, March 30, where she will answer all questions about Metapolis.
Zilliqa has also announced that it has partnered with global talent awards app Agora to promote content creation in Metapolis. Creators can upload content to Agora and the content that receives the most votes will appear on Metapolis. There is also $150,000 in scholarships and prizes up for grabs.
At the same time, Zilliqa announced that it became the blockchain of choice for major eSports brands RRQ, Ninjas in Pyjamas and MAD Lions. The blockchain network will partner with these brands to implement Web3 solutions such as NFTs, metaverse activations and tokenization.
ZIL, Zilliqa’s native blockchain token, was the big winner of the announcements. The token soared from $0.047 just before Metapolis was announced to reach $0.1225, rising more than 150% in hours. At press time, it was down slightly to change hands at $0.1091, giving it a market cap of $1.37 billion.
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