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Play Today and Golf in virtual worlds – Australia Metaverse News Australia

Laurel Papworth

Another Sport in the Metaverse – Golf Australia supported by Play Today have an app that is connected to blockchain (Blocto/Flow) and are about to launch into virtual worlds. The Play Today metaverse (world) is coming soon. So this is the virtual world. My name is Laurel Papworth. 00:00:46.450]. .”

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Facebook is Meta, But Does It Really Matter?

Jon Loomer

You have likely heard the news by now — because news travels fast. More news will come out. They’re betting everything on the “Metaverse” — a world where Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and social experiences collide. Our lives move into the virtual world.

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Illuvium and the Metaverse #Australia

Laurel Papworth

Kieran Warwick and brothers create Illiuvium with Illuvials battle pets, Illuvitars avatars and virtual worlds in the Metaverse. Metaverse means moving between worlds. It’s just a virtual world or just a virtual game or just an AR if it doesn’t have the traversable part.

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Automotive Companies in the Metaverse – NFTs and Saraswati

Laurel Papworth

Not sure where they are at now except Ferrari are showing up in virtual worlds like Roblox sans NFTs. Metamobility from Hyundai news release [link]. Basemark news release on BMW Group’s new iX and Augmented Reality [link]. Ferrari ~ 2022 ~ Talked it up for a year or so.

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Real investments in virtual worlds continue

The Way of the Web

Don’t forget back in 2004, David Storey paid $26,500 in Entropia , then Jon Jacobs invested $100,000 in a virtual space station in Entropia in November 2005, and of course Anshe Chung became a millionaire via Second Life in 2006. Out-of-world mainstream sees that, not the real news as to what is actually happening inworld.

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Australian Open and Roblox ~ Metaverse progression ~ Best selling Australian NFT

Laurel Papworth

When something like Web3 and Metaverse is being birthed into the world, there will be a change, continual change and sure enough, Australian Open has created a virtual world experience in Roblox and they had 120,000 visitors on the first day. [00:00:00.330] There are other experiences in world that look entertaining and fun.

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Metaverse and Korean Government – Strategy and Budget and Education

Laurel Papworth

I think what that means is to support startups and companies who are going to help with connected worlds that include reality. Or they don’t know that they’re inside an augmented layer or connected worlds they think it’s reality dressed up as usual. Support Projects – Gov Korea Metaverse News Release [link].