This week was a major milestone for Outlier and the decentralized web. Following on the launch of Born Ready, Outlier Ventures and Futureverse are proud to announce the Futureverse Base Camp Accelerator, dedicated to accelerating the best teams building on The Root Network.
More broadly, this program marks our renewed commitment to the future of The Open Metaverse as the next generation of the open web.
This newsletter unpacks what the future of the Web looks like, from the infrastructure to the culture, to the people who make it happen 👇
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Futureverse and Outlier Ventures Launch The Futureverse Base Camp Accelerator Program
As the technological and cultural foundation for the open metaverse, Futureverse’s cohesive ecosystem of content and technology infrastructure powers experiences across gaming, AI, and web3.
The accelerator will supercharge the best teams using The Root Network.
More than just a blockchain, The Root Network is a modular development toolkit prioritizing scalable, secure, and interconnected experiences. It's suite of protocols enable seamless user experience and asset interoperability within developer experiences and across the open metaverse.
Here's what we're looking for 👇
1. Protocol Infrastructure that Drives Adoption
The Root Network protocol utility
RPC API services & node explorers
XRP liquidity drivers
2. New Consumer-Facing Games and Experiences Built Using The Root Network
Is the Metaverse the future of the Consumer Internet?
Learn about what Futureverse founder Aaron McDonald thinks; some quotes from our podcast recording
"The metaverse is just the internet with an increasingly immersive experience. The boundaries between siloes that existed before across social, commerce, and finance and. gaming become blurred"
"If we think of the Metaverse as the internet that's more immersive and users are in control of those assets, their identity, their data, and their friends then that is a killer proposition that is not going to go away"
"The future of the metaverse is actually at the data layer. It's about portability of your identity. It's about portability of your social graph. It's about portability of your communications. It's about portability of your assets. That's what makes the metaverse interesting."
The Futureverse is Here with Aaron McDonald of Futureverse
In this episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Aaron McDonald, founder of Futureverse (and FLUF World), with the mission to build an Open Metaverse.
Aaron is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, discussing the inevitability of being in the ‘futureverse’ – no matter where you are. If you are a Web3 founder, tech founder, or simply curious about the Open Metaverse, this episode is for you.
You will:
Hear their opinions on the good and bad players in the industry
Learn what the Metaverse is
Learn about Aaron’s journey through Web3 and the FLUF World
Find out how Futureverse brings consumers into the space through storytelling
Get a wholistic view of the stacks making up Futureverse and their partnerships (including Ripple and FIFA)
Together with our partners Synergis Capital and Store No. 8, we're hosting a Web3 consumer happy hour to meet the best builders working on the future of consumer applications
Metropolis World announces a collaboration with Steve Aoki's Aokiverse, as part of their new Persona Parlor
Crucible launches Unity SDK for building interoperable avatars. The first step in realizing identity in a truly Open Metaverse
Learn more about AukiLabs' spatial computing infrastructure here
Congrats to Cheqd for the hugely successful launch of their latest product Creds! A real world use of Verifiable Credentials to build reputation in one community and take it with you to the next.
Kima Finance, one of our top tier DeFi protocols, has been featured on Entrepreneur. Read more here!
