

None of this has been built or designed yet. “We can recreate what an educational digital experience is, in this new digital world,” he says. He envisions virtual classes, dormitory rooms that users can rent, and a full social experience. For Drew Austin, managing partner at venture capital syndicate RedBeard Ventures and leader for MetaCollective, it’s all about developing this corner of the future internet into a learning center or “university” for self-education on all things web3. MetaCollective has big plans for their blank squares. (Sometimes, they fly.) Click on a billboard, and you’ll see details of the NFT work and artist you’re viewing, with a link to OpenSea, the NFT marketplace. (Each of those pixels, or plots, is a property worth real money in general, the concept of scarcity is a farce online, but in these worlds-as in our physical one-it is often real.) Meanwhile over on Cryptovoxels, things feel more like an early-stage video game populated by blank walking mannequins.

Right now, if you open The Sandbox on a web browser, all you’ll see is a flat map of brand logos scattered throughout land-shaped masses made up of colorful pixels. Read More: NFT Art Collectors Are Playing a Risky Game-And Winning
