Avalon raises $13M to build an interoperable digital universe
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Avalon Corp. has raised $13 million in funding to build a new interoperable digital universe. Or maybe you could call it a chunk of the metaverse.
The company was founded by leaders from games including EverQuest, Call of Duty, Diablo, God of War, Assassin’s Creed and Elden Ring among others.
The Orlando, Florida-based company believes it has the unique experience among its leaders to solve the problems that creators and designers will face in the near future.
The company is building a platform for games that could one day take advantage of the metaverse. It foresees an interoperable universe, tied together through technologies such as game engines and blockchain technology. It’s not calling its own platform a “metaverse” because “we imagine that a single company can’t build that,” said Sean Pinnock, CEO of Avalon, in an interview with GamesBeat.
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“We imagine that, in the future, people will work together with tools that make it really easy to build worlds and experience those dreams. Those experiences put together could create something like the metaverse,” Pinnock said.
“We have an opportunity to change the digital world and we truly believe we are the right team to ensure these changes are beneficial for both creators and players,” said Pinnock. “We know that engagement is driven through play, creativity, and human connectivity, all critical elements that are severely lacking in most self-proclaimed metaverses, and it’s exactly
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