The Sandbox metaverse hits 2M users and launches Alpha Season 2
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The Sandbox, a division of Animoca Brands, has been toiling for years to create its own metaverse. And even while it is still in testing, the virtual world now has more than two million registered users and is launching Alpha Season 2.
The current build of The Sandbox, dubbed Alpha Season 2, opens today and it will feature a wide variety of showcases that companies have been building on their virtual land in The Sandbox’s blocky version of the metaverse, the universe of virtual worlds that are all interconnected, like in novels such as Snow Crash and Ready Player One.
The Sandbox is a lot like the user-generated content worlds of Roblox and Minecraft, but the core underpinnings of The Sandbox are built on blockchain technology and nonfungible tokens (NFTs), which use the transparent and secure digital ledger of blockchain to authenticate unique digital items. In this world, players and creators can own their stuff.
And The Sandbox has had great success getting brands like The Walking Dead, Snoop Dogg, and Atari to buy their own virtual land in the world. Sebastien Borget, cofounder of The Sandbox, said in a briefing that there are various games being built in the world, including platformers, racing games, and role-playing games.
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The Sandbox has been signing up registered users for 13 months, and it has taken that long to get to two million registered users. Later this year, the world is expected to launch.
The Sandbox Alpha Season 2 will welcome all registered users, including those who sign up during the four-week event, with free access to more than 35 solo and multiplayer experiences
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