The Digital Pets Company launches crypto dogs for the metaverse
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The Digital Pets Company said it is launching AI-driven 3D digital dogs as companions for the metaverse.
The dogs will be secured as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which can be used to authenticate unique digital items. It’s the antidote to NFT cats, which another game startup, Tiny Rebel Games, announced in March with the goal of creating digital cats. Both companies are confident that the concept of Nintendogs will work well with NFTs.
To commercialize its technology, The Digital Pets Company has raised pre-seed funding from Outlier Ventures, Hawk Digital, MaxStealth and the angel investor Rafi Gidron, who started Chromatis and sold it to Lucent for $4.8 billion. The startup is holding discussions with additional potential investors.
The interoperable persistent-state digital companions will enable owners to interact with them, across virtual reality worlds, augmented reality, mobile devices, or web apps.
Combining AI, extended reality (XR) and blockchain technologies, the company is creating a continuous two-way emotional relationship with a virtual being across virtual environments, apps, and games. Each dog is unique in its appearance and personality, powered by the startup’s proprietary PetOS technology.
The company’s mission is to create lifelike interactions using voice, visual, and touch communication to allow people to interact with their Digital Dogs in the same way as their physical pets. They can give them a name, train them, and play with other people and their digital dogs when they meet.
All the Digital Dogs, along with their visual and personality traits, are secured as NFTs on the Ethereum
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