Web3 Community Celebrates The Olympics In The Metaverse and Beyond
The Web3 community has launched a number of projects to help bring The 2024 Olympics to life digitally.
From Olympic-themed games that can be played in The Metaverse to non-fungible token (NFT) artworks, this year’s Olympic event may be the most open and inclusive thanks to blockchain technology.
It’s estimated that 15 million people will visit the Olympics in Paris this year. But for those who cannot attend, the 2024 Olympic games can also be celebrated in The Metaverse.
Sebastien Borget, Co-Founder and COO of The Sandbox – a Paris-based Metaverse company – told Cryptonews that The Sandbox has launched four different activations in honor of this year’s games.
“The Olympics are a once in a lifetime opportunity for many of the participating athletes, but also in-real life spectators,” Borget said. “Part of our goal is to increase global accessibility to events like The Olympics, encouraging people from all over the world to build, create, and play somewhere they may never get to experience for themselves in person.”
In order to ensure this, Borget explained that The Sandbox initially launched “The Sandbox Team Uniforms.”
“This rewards avatar owners with new styles that have a playful nod to athletic competition,” he said. “One of five sets were randomly distributed to avatar owners with the opportunity to collect them all throughout the month of July.”
Borget added that as part of The Sandbox Team Uniforms drop, the platform created an athletic competition in-game event with rewards.
“Rewards include The Sandbox token, SAND, and an exclusive burning torch NFT,” he said. “The content features events from the Games including soccer (football), boxing, and golf.”
Celebrate The Games with your friends in The Sandbox!
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