Getting started in the virtual world

The reality is that computer developers have not stopped for a single second during the last ten years. Right now there are hundreds and hundreds of platforms where you can enjoy the metaverse from the comfort of your home, and this number continues to expand. From a game where you can interact with virtual users in virtual worlds to group sessions with photorealistic avatars to ensure the seriousness of each meeting.

How to buy land in the metaverse

We know exactly how eager you are to start your adventure in the metaverse. For this reason, we have created a guide to show you the best virtual platforms that currently exist and how to enter them.

Metaverso decentraland

Decentraland is a virtual game in which you can buy virtual land and do all kinds of activities. You can play mini-games, buy and sell  cryptocurrencies, and even attend a casino.

To enter, the first thing you will have to do is to connect your “wallet”, that is to say, your virtual wallet. With it you will be able to make all in-game payments, from casino bets to purchases of accessories and clothing for your avatar. When you enter the Decentraland website, it will ask you to create a user and connect your wallet to Metamask. Once this is done, you will be able to surf the virtual terrains of this platform.

If you want to go one step further, you can also buy a “LAND” or virtual plot. Once you have bought it, you can build whatever you want on that land. There are people who have built references to their businesses and websites, others who have put leisure activities… There is a little bit of everything.

If you have the entrepreneurial feeling we all seek, you will also be able to sell accessories and items for Decentraland avatars. They will be sold in the Marketplace and anyone will be able to buy them.

Horizon Worlds

Although the official version of the Facebook metaverse has not yet been released, they have launched an application that we could call “the demo” of the main project. The Meta group is experimenting on this platform to then take the metaverse experience to the next level. It seems to be working, as they have over 300,000 users today.

To use Horizon Worlds it is necessary to have virtual reality glasses. As it could not be otherwise, the application is compatible with the Oculus glasses, owned by Facebook. What a surprise.

In it you will be able to talk with other users, create and attend social events, make meetings with company colleagues, and play mini-games with other users. As mentioned before, all through the VR glasses.

One of the strong points of this application is that it is a direct invitation to creators. You will be able to build experiences of all kinds for other users to try, as well as visit the projects of other people who also want to share their content.

Within Horizon Worlds you can literally create your own world, where your avatar can rest, build and modify even the smallest detail of it, and invite other people to discover it.

Other virtual worlds

Other virtual worlds also exist such as Fortnite, Sandbox, Second Life, etc.

Fortnite is a video game proper, but after adding tons of extra features for users, it’s starting to be considered part of the metaverse. They make concerts within the platform, creations of worlds in collaboration with other people, and allow you to interact in a thousand different ways with your environment. If that wasn’t enough, the company that created Fortnite, Epic Games, has invested a billion dollars in developing a platform for the metaverse. They are serious.

Sandbox is like Minecraft opening all its doors, allowing a marketplace between users of all kinds of virtual objects. Most people know this platform for being the one where “Snoop Dogg bought a virtual house” and then someone else paid a boatload of money to be his virtual neighbor. That’s how things work now.

These virtual universes have the appearance of ordinary games. It is true that they are the beginning of the metaverse, but they still have a long way to go. Spearheaded by Meta, Epic Games, and Windows, the  metaverse is a multibillion-dollar gamble that will pay off in the long run.