Montreal-based Lighthouse rolled out an open metaverse navigation engine that allows users to find places to visit in virtual worlds.
The platform indexes information about experiences and events from more than 20 blockchain-friendly virtual worlds, including Decentraland, The Sandbox, Voxels and Mona. It's releasing the platform following a successful beta in which over 40,000 testers registered, according to the company.$7 million funding round
“The biggest critique around the metaverse, which is a very fair one, is that it feels empty," said co-founder and CEO Jonathan Brun, adding:"Everyone that jumps in these worlds feels alone and there's never anyone around." But that’s not because of a lack of cool experiences, he said. “We talk to creators every day and we see what they've built. There’s super exciting stuff.
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