Arduenn Schwartzman Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 (edited) Yesterday, I bumped into a former colleague of mine whom I hadn't spoken with in years. He asked me if I was still into this Second Life thing and, after some chit chat, told me I should look into these new VR worlds I asked 'like Meta'? 'No, Meta's a joke. Have you ever heard of Wilderworld? Look it up. It uses the Unreal 5 engine and blockchain tech. It's really wild. There's a place called Wiami in there, with looped highways. Really crazy stuff.' So, at home, I looked it up. I watched the trailer (which looked impressive, a little too good, not made with in-game footage at all). And then all these mentions on their website: Ethereum, wheels, kicks, land, crafts, trading assets, '5D' (lol) As if someone had enormous fun making up these buzzwords. Also, actual 'in-world' footage was absolutely nowhere to be found. No client, no account setup - like the place doesn't even exist at all. Allegedly, it's still a work in progress. Has anyone ever followed up on the development of this thing called Wilderworld? To me, if you pardon my French, it looks like a giant scam, and 'all the people' who already 'joined' the bandwagon by buying assets and land (assuming they did, as inferred from their social media accounts) do not seem to admit that they fell for it - like an emperor's new clothes-type thing. Yet, as much as it seems scammy, it also seems like a relief. If this is the trend for upcoming new virtual worlds, then Second Life would not have to fear competition quite yet. Edited July 3, 2022 by Arduenn Schwartzman 'shoudl' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Arduenn Schwartzman said: Yesterday, I bumped into a former colleague of mine whom I hadn't spoken with in years. He asked me if I was still into this Second Life thing and, after some chit chat, told me I should look into these new VR worlds I asked 'like Meta'? 'No, Meta's a joke. Have you ever heard of Wilderworld? Look it up. It uses the Unreal 5 engine and blockchain tech. It's really wild. There's a place called Wiami in there, with looped highways. Really crazy stuff.' So, at home, I looked it up. I watched the trailer (which looked impressive, a little too good, not made with in-game footage at all). And then all these mentions on their website: Ethereum, wheels, kicks, land, crafts, trading assets, '5D' (lol) As if someone had enormous fun making up these buzzwords. Also, actual 'in-world' footage was absolutely nowhere to be found. No client, no account setup - like the place doesn't even exist at all. Allegedly, it's still a work in progress. Has anyone ever followed up on the development of this thing called Wilderworld? To me, if you pardon my French, it looks like a giant scam, and 'all the people' who already 'joined' the bandwagon by buying assets and land (assuming they did, as inferred from their social media accounts) do not seem to admit that they fell for it - like an emperor's new clothes-type thing. Yet, as much as it seems scammy, it also seems like a relief. If this is the trend for upcoming new virtual worlds, then Second Life would not have to fear competition quite yet. There are others here who will know far better than I, but . . . my sense is that the only real "metaverse" platforms at the moment -- which is to say, platforms with content and people and things to do -- are those that have been around a bit like Fortnite and VRChat. Or Roboblox and Minecraft. Most of the rest of them seem to scams, pyramid schemes, or dead on arrival. PS. What the hell have you done to your profile pic???? Edited July 3, 2022 by Scylla Rhiadra It's waaaay too late for me to be attempting to employ language 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arduenn Schwartzman Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: PS. What the hell have you done to your profile pic???? All this Wilderworld stuff reminded me of Carlos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, Arduenn Schwartzman said: All this Wilderworld stuff reminded me of Carlos. Clever and very edgy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akane Nacht Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 5 hours ago, Arduenn Schwartzman said: Have you ever heard of Wilderworld? Nope but I heard of the Thai Amazing Durian metaverse. And I once downloaded Mir4 thinking it was actually a game. So many crypto scams metaverses to choose from! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee Pancake Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 The only thing that patently clear right now is "metaverses" built around blockchains are not for regular people, they are for whale investors hoping to ride a rocket ship. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bree Giffen Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 It may not be a scam but it has all the mechanisms to perform a rug pull where the owners transfer all crypto coins to an anonymous account and shut down the servers. I like all the new slang they have for their products. We should do that in SL. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 8 hours ago, Arduenn Schwartzman said: Yesterday, I bumped into a former colleague of mine whom I hadn't spoken with in years. He asked me if I was still into this Second Life thing and, after some chit chat, told me I should look into these new VR worlds I asked 'like Meta'? 'No, Meta's a joke. Have you ever heard of Wilderworld? Look it up. It uses the Unreal 5 engine and blockchain tech. It's really wild. There's a place called Wiami in there, with looped highways. Really crazy stuff.' So, at home, I looked it up. I watched the trailer (which looked impressive, a little too good, not made with in-game footage at all). And then all these mentions on their website: Ethereum, wheels, kicks, land, crafts, trading assets, '5D' (lol) As if someone had enormous fun making up these buzzwords. Also, actual 'in-world' footage was absolutely nowhere to be found. No client, no account setup - like the place doesn't even exist at all. Allegedly, it's still a work in progress. Has anyone ever followed up on the development of this thing called Wilderworld? To me, if you pardon my French, it looks like a giant scam, and 'all the people' who already 'joined' the bandwagon by buying assets and land (assuming they did, as inferred from their social media accounts) do not seem to admit that they fell for it - like an emperor's new clothes-type thing. Yet, as much as it seems scammy, it also seems like a relief. If this is the trend for upcoming new virtual worlds, then Second Life would not have to fear competition quite yet. Using all those buzzwords would certainly get web search hits, if done right.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprout Evergarden Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 the moment i see the word "Blockchain" i write the whole thing off Blockchain will allways be a solution looking for a problem. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Bree Giffen said: It may not be a scam but it has all the mechanisms to perform a rug pull where the owners transfer all crypto coins to an anonymous account and shut down the servers. That would be the definition of a scam. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysistrata Szapira Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) I wouldn't touch anything using blockchain. That's just someone searching for a fool ready to part with their money. Ryan Schultz has discussed these scam virtual worlds on his blog before. They never show video from in world. Eventually, after they've milked it for all its worth, they take the bitcoin and run. Edited July 4, 2022 by Lysistrata Szapira grammar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 18 hours ago, Vanessa Amethyst said: Blockchain will allways be a solution looking for a problem. Don't knock solutions looking for a problem. That's exactly what lazer light was. It was invented but there simply wasn't a use for it. These days, there's hardly a solution that it isn't used for 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee Pancake Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, Phil Deakins said: Don't knock solutions looking for a problem. That's exactly what lazer light was. It was invented but there simply wasn't a use for it. These days, there's hardly a solution that it isn't used for The key difference being lasers were a brand new technology and people got busy pointing them at everything to see what happened. Blockchains are just ledgers wrapped up in an insane amount of unnecessary computation. There are no uses that could not be done far more efficiently with a regular ledger .. or better yet, a database. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 16 minutes ago, Phil Deakins said: Don't knock solutions looking for a problem. That's exactly what lazer light was. It was invented but there simply wasn't a use for it. These days, there's hardly a solution that it isn't used for My favorite use for lasers, is Sharks with lasers mounted on their heads (from Austin Powers). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akane Nacht Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 19 hours ago, Vanessa Amethyst said: the moment i see the word "Blockchain" i write the whole thing off Blockchain will allways be a solution looking for a problem. well, blockchain technology is also being used in logistics, eg Maersk/IBM TradeLens. Just that isn't nearly as exciting and newsworthy as bitcoin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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