The emerging world of NFTs and metaverse has been increasingly filled with various wonders and amazing features. NFTs and Metaverse are intertwined and they work hand in hand as they enjoy a form of symbiotic relationship.
Generally, the concept of NFTs to laymen would be the conversion of physical assets to digital ones. And as digital assets they might be pictures, videos are songs. This is what the majority of the populace knows with a limited scope on its use cases. The NFT and the Metaverse space is a very dynamic space and It is ever evolving. This consistent revolution has broken the norm and explored some new areas that will be quite unbelievable to the populace.
This article seeks to examine some of these weird, unbelievable but true areas of the NFT and the Metaverse space.
Before diving into these weird occurrences, there are several “weird” NFTs out there that are quite unbelievable. An example of this is Charmin’s NFTPs. This is virtual toilet paper. Despite its funny and weird picture, this particular NFT was worth 1 ETH as of march 2021. Another excitingly weird yet selling NFT is the Twig NFT. Twig NFT is an original artwork curated by a dog for dogs. It is a stick found by a dog called Remy in New York City’s high-end Upper West Side. It promises to deliver the NFT to dogs and, in situations where the dog does not have an email address, the physical stick will be sent to the dog in the post. Isn’t this amazing?
Weird things in the world NFTs and The Metaverse
NFTs as wedding rings
Two Coinbase employees Rebecca Rose and Peter Kacherginsky March 2021, decided on the Metaverse method of marriage as they snubbed the use of physical rings for Tabaat NFT. This NFT was used for their wedding vows. In most cases, the sight of a bride and groom using their phones while at the altar taking their vows will be strange and bewildering. This couple broke the norm and exchanged rings while sending the ring to each other’s wallets. The Tabaat ring NFT features animation by artist Carl Johan Hasselrot and it was used to solidify their Jewish marriage, Tabaat means ring in English. This explains it all.
Still, on marriage, Dinesh SP and Janaganandhini Ramaswamy, a Tamil Nudu couple got married and hosted their reception in the Metaverse. This is far from the normal physical reception people are used to.
Talking NFTs (iNFTs)
Contrary to the existing belief that NFTs are just arts that cannot be interactive, artificial intelligence AI has broken a new frontier in the NFT world through Alethea AI. Through Alethea, intelligent NFTs with AI characteristics have been created. In creating iNFTs, Alethea creates two types of tokens: a body and a soul. These two are combined through Alethea’s iNFT protocol and users can have text-to-speech conversations with their NFTs. INFTs are made up of five AI engines that allow the NFT to talk, lip-sync, blink, move its shoulders, and even respond in real-time.
Science NFTs
NFTs have Indeed played an amazing role in the world of science. These NFTs are for different purposes. Some are used to raise millions of dollars for charity to save lives. Some are used to store complex scientific data and research on decentralized servers. Scientists have continued to find incredible ways to leverage NFTs.
For example, RMDS, a data and AI platform based in California is currently positioning itself directly on the border of STEM and NFTs. This is set to create the first blockchain marketplace for science and tech. To know more about the role of NFT in tech read this .
Buying of Lands In the metaverse
As ridiculous as this might sound, it is very much possible and it is happening in the metaverse. These lands are virtual spaces that can be used to work, play, sell NFTs, and a host of other things. As funny as this might be, it is a booming sector. As far back as 2017, a piece of land was sold for $20. But at the moment, it is being sold for about $15,000.
In this same digital land space, a total of $4.3 Billion has been recorded from a single transaction when a group of investors, Republic Realm sold their land.
Making Music videos
Still in the metaverse, musicians also explore the vast space by producing tracks and even making music videos in the metaverse.
For example, the crypto enthusiast and Musician, Snoop Dogg shot one of his music videos in the metaverse after investing in his Metaverse mansion, which he called Snoopverse. The music video does not only show what can be done in the Metaverse aesthetically, but it also shows the increasing value of land. Snoop Dogg’s initial investment of $300,000 in the metaverse land is now worth $4.8 million. This digital housing space can be seen in his “House I built” music video.This is not an exhaustive list as there are other weirdly amazing occurrences in the NFT and Metaverse space. Another example of this is the purchase of Gucci products through the Gucci-Roblox partnership. Hence there are other examples. But one thing is obvious, blockchain technology is open to all and sundry for relatively any type of purposes.
