The Sales Of Real Estate In The Metaverse Is Expected To Increase This Year
Metaverse has become very popular among
investors, tech lovers and crypto users. Due to this, there has been an
increased demand for virtual real estate. Land property that has a similar
market as that of the real world. Last year according to analytics firm and
investors metaverse real estate sales reached $500 million and is expected to
double this year. The transition of Facebook to Meta last year contributed to
the increase in price and sales of virtual property. The virtual land is a plot
of digital space in a metaverse that can be bought. Plots of land in some
digital space has been as expensive as that of a real-world, says Tey Yong Qing.
While some investors are still trying to figure out how they can assign risk and value to this virtual asset with an unknown future. Other investors are already taking advantage of metaverse real estate and are already investing big into it. What you can do with the virtual land depends on the project you selected when buying the land. Presently there are different platforms in the metaverse selling real estate but the major ones include Somnium, Sandbox, Crytovoxels and Decentraland. Maybe because of how popular digital real estate is becoming, many new platforms are now being added regularly.
Metaverse
The term metaverse has been around for quite
some time but thanks to Facebook which contributed to its popularity. Almost
everyone on the internet has heard of metaverse but not everyone understands
how it functions or works. Metaverse is an alternate digital reality that makes
use of both virtual reality and augmented reality to provide a real-life
experience to its user. Where users can virtually do everything which includes
buying and selling virtual real estate. Which allow users to create a virtual
world of their own within the metaverse.
Any Opportunities For Investors In Digital Real Estate?
The answer to the question is yes. Digital
real estate provides various opportunities to investors that are ready to take
the risk. Investors can buy a digital plot of land and build anything they
want. They can choose to build an event centre for a musical concert or an
office space for business meetings. Real estate sales in the metaverse are
currently experiencing rapid growth as investors are investing millions of dollars
to buy virtual space. Virtual properties on the metaverse have the potential of
being profitable based on last year's performance. In Decentraland for example
a piece of land around mid last year was sold above $900,000 and with the look
of things price will keep increasing. With more people joining the virtual
world the price of digital real estate may continue to increase.
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