made in france What if the metaverse could already be accessible to the general public? This is the bet of the French Wanderland application
The Wanderland application will be based on the augmented reality. — Opuscope
- On Tuesday, November 15, 2022, the second issue of 20 Mint, our media dedicated to Web3, was published.
- The latter was developed in collaboration with the community gathered on the first issue.
- It is dedicated to inclusion; whether they are people with disabilities, women, or people who are far from digital.
The metaverse is in the pocket. Jeans or a coat, it doesn’t matter, as long as it’s where. you put away your smartphone, sesame towards these new virtual worlds. It is in any case the party of Soraya Jaber and Tina Nigro. The founders of the French start-up Opuscope will officially launch Wanderland in early 2023 (but a beta version is already available). It’s a social network allowing to insert virtual objects in the real world thanks to his mobile phone, without entering a line of code.
The two entrepreneurs have worked for a long time; on the development of reality headsets Virtual. Before taking a break, discouraged by the general public’s lack of interest in these sharp accessories. “As long as they don’t look like this,” classic pairs of glasses, the adoption will not happen,” says Soraya Jaber, convinced that the transition from physical to virtual must be smooth.
Reclaiming public space
If they feed their share of fantasies, metavers are still far from being part of our daily lives. The technique is not alone in this; blame. “Consumers need to be grounded in the real world,” said Soraya Jaber. That’s why the Wanderland app will be based on the reality of augmented, like Pokémon Go. Paris, at about a demonstration that was taking place at the same time. A reappropriation of public space that inspires. Ambassador of the application, the artist Hermine Bourdin has on her side; inserted a sculpture displaying the flag of Ukraine in front of the Russian Embassy.
Another form of combat, that of representation and visibility. minorities. Giselle Mota, creator of the NFTY collective which works for the inclusion of underrepresented people in the metaverse she chose to have the NFTs representing people in wheelchairs at home. the entrance to the VivaTech show, last June. “We want to allow a reappropriation of public space and show that people from minorities participate in the advent of this new computing,” says Soraya Jaber.
Discord 3.0
Side moderation, the application will work via algorithms, human forces and community participation. “This third entity is paramount, says Stella Jacob, consultant on moderation tools in metaverses. The community has a capacity to manage content in a subtle and contextual way, which is not the case with artificial intelligence and outsiders.” A bit like on the community management application. Discord, where users must accept a charter of good conduct before entering a server.
Since its release, Wanderland has only been available on iOS. It will be necessary to wait until the following year to download it on Android devices, which are more numerous and less compatible with the technology of the application. A sign that it may be too early for such a project? “Difficult to know if the public will see the connection with the metaverse, replies Stella Jacob. It’s in any case one of the proposals that scares the least thanks to; its anchoring in reality.”