There’s a New Year’s Eve fiesta in the metaverse called the Metafest 2022 Global Party hosted by the real estate firm Jamestown and the crypto investment firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) in Decentraland. Jamestown, who is the owner of One Times Square in Decentraland, will recreate the landmark site for the ball drop 2022, according to the announcement.
NYE meets the Metaverse
There’s New Year’s Eve ball drop celebration taking place in the Decentraland metaverse and it’s hosted by the real estate firm Jamestown and Digital Currency Group (DCG). DCG claims to be the largest landowner in Decentraland. Jamestown, however, owns One Times Square. DCG’s head of real estate, Simon Koster, explains how the digital world can meld with the real one.
“The metaverse is quickly evolving to bring together the most interesting and alluring parts of our favorite physical places around the world,” Koster remarked during the announcement. “From destinations, to gaming, education, retail and more, we can expect the metaverse to revolutionize our current online experience.” The DCG executive further added:
This show demonstrates the ability of virtual events to seamlessly integrate with actual ones, allowing for once in a life time experiences that are accessible to many who otherwise would not be able.
Virtual One Times Square will feature entertainment acts, Rooftop VIP Lounges and Live Feeds from NYC
Michael Phillips, the president of Jamestown agrees and he believes the future of real estate is “the thoughtful integration of the virtual and physical worlds, optimized for user experience.” According to the announcement, the virtual One Times Square in Decentraland will be located at section -106, -119. The party will feature music and entertainment acts including “rooftop VIP lounges.”
A live stream of the Times Square Ball Drop Celebration in New York will be available. “The metaverse is an important part of the evolution of real estate and the built environment,” Phillips added. “Whereas physical real estate is largely limited to people with geographic proximity, the metaverse can give people around the world meaningful access to places through immersive virtual experiences.” Phillips continued:
One Times Square is being recreated in Decentraland’s metaverse as part of a wider digital asset strategy. This strategy aims to improve and expand our physical real property for Web 3.0, and to open up new avenues for our assets to exist across multiple metaverses.
Paris Hilton is a Socialite and will be DJing an Electronic Music Set at New Years Eve in Roblox Metaverse
DCG, Decentraland, and Jamestown are not the only ones throwing a New Year’s Eve (NYE) bash. Paris Hilton is planning on playing an electronic set of music on NYE on her virtual Roblox island called “Paris World.”
“For me, the metaverse is somewhere that you can do everything you can do in real life in the digital world,” Hilton said in a statement. He added:
Not everybody gets to experience that, so that’s what we’ve been working together on over the past year — giving them all my inspirations of what I want in that world.
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