We hear so much about metaverses that it almost makes us dizzy. Everyone is getting into it and even giants like Facebook see it as the next promised land.
What is interesting about metaverses and what distinguishes them from traditional video games is the fact that players can own everything that constitutes the virtual world. Land, real estate, the characters themselves represent NFTs that can be exchanged with a simple click.
The concept is fabulous, there’s no denying it.
Currently, the most well-known metaverses are built on Ethereum, with Decentraland and The Sandbox leading the way. Unless you're as rich as Croesus or entered the crypto world before 2019, buying land is prohibitively expensive today. Even the smallest plot on one of these worlds would cost over $100,000…
And ever since stars like Snoop Dogg started buying land on the metaverse, prices have been steadily rising.
The good news is that there are other opportunities with new metaverses. This is typically the case with Pavia, the new metaverse built on Cardano.
Cardano – which has left many frustrated with the supposed slowness of its development (the question is open) – also has its metaverse and it would be good to take a look at it.
That’s what this article is all about. You will also see what are the good things about the project and the not so good….
Presentation of the team and the Pavia metaverse project
Pavia…Does that ring a bell? It's actually the name of the birthplace of the mathematician Gerolamo Cardano . Yes, founder Hoskinson wanted to pay tribute to him by naming his blockchain Cardano. The token name "ADA" is also a reference to the famous mathematician Ada Lovelace.
The development team behind the Pavia metaverse forms the company Pavia Corp, headquartered in the Czech Republic. The company has announced that it has received no venture capital investment in order to maintain its independence and "decentralization." The team is pseudo-anonymous. We have their first names, a 3D avatar, and a short biography… This could—given the current debate surrounding doxing —be detrimental to the project…
You should know that at the time of writing, the project is still in the beta development stage. the roadmap is very large and broad, which is normal given the scale of the project.
The world contains 100,000 plots which have been sold in 3 succinct phases, and successfully, since October 2021. The 3rd sale took place in February. Yes, it's still hot.
The land in Pavia
We can then see the map and the land but we cannot currently visit or develop anything on it.
If you look closely at the Pavia map, you will see that there are 6 types of plots such as sea, desert, land, sea, forest and mountain.
The plots for sale are green spaces and the other plots are public spaces. We don't really know what it will be, but rumors say it will be collective living spaces with community experiences, etc.
Parcels of land are sold in the form of NFT tokens on Cardano (cNFT). As on The Sandbox, adjacent lands can be grouped together to create larger domains. However, it would take 9 plots minimum and form a square or rectangle to form a domain. So each small square can be added together to make a larger one. This is what makes up the large plots that you see displayed (with the owners' logos or others).
How to buy land in Pavia?
At the moment, the floor price of land in Pavia costs around 500 ADA, or around $500, and it goes up to more than 10000 ADA for some land.
To buy land currently, you need to go to NFT marketplaces featuring Cardano NFTs such as cnft.io or tokhun.io.
Note: Before buying land, check the coordinates on the map carefully, this is how investing in plots becomes relevant.
The particularities of the Pavia metaverse
Like many metaverses, Pavia will be compatible with VR devices. The experiences will be more immersive and stronger. Thus, virtual stores, gaming experiences, visits etc. will be virtual experiences.
Moreover, this is the point that Pavia developers most wish to develop. They really want to make this the first metaverse with VR experience.
Of course, there are fields, but there are also, and more importantly, characters and avatars. Pavia worked on his avatars in collaboration with readyplayer.me . It's a website where you can create your avatar from a simple photo.
Moreover, you can create your own avatar by uploading your photo of your face. Not bad is not it? We did it to test. It’s astonishing, it must be said.
Interoperability
The other element to consider is that Pavia aims to be an interoperable metaverse. Essentially, avatars will be usable in multiple applications and in other worlds created on different networks. Specific areas like "Pavia Portals" could serve as "virtual teleportation" points (a better term could be found to define the idea) to access other metaverses such as Decentraland and Sandbox, for example.
New experiences
There is another rather interesting element about Pavia that we could not not mention in this article. This is PavsnotPets. It was on the Twitter of the official account that we were kept informed. This would be a feature where avatars could capture in-game creatures that they could domesticate. This type of Pokemon-like game could bring a little extra to the metaverse where many people get bored when there is no particular experience to follow.
The team hasn't shared details about this feature. Clearly, and like many ideas, it will be developed by the community. The Pavia metaverse is very clearly intended to be a community project, in keeping with the Web 3 ethos.
The PAVIA token
The PAVIA token is a utility token from the Pavia metaverse which would then serve as the official currency of the game. The total supply of PAVIA is 2 billion tokens. The token was created in December 2021 and was distributed like this:
- Aidrop and gifts for the community : Approximately 25% of the total supply of Pavie tokens was distributed by aidrops to land plot holders during the first and second land sales.
- Liquidity : Around 25% of tokens are allocated for liquidity providers.
- Project development and ecosystem development: Around 30% of the tokens are allocated to the development of the project and the ecosystem by offering grants to developers who would like to create elements of the game.
- Pavia team and advisors: Around 20% of the tokens are allocated to Pavia's founders, team and advisors. Tokens will be distributed according to a specific schedule.
The price of PAVIA will in theory follow the craze for the game and especially the use in the game. To the extent that the metaverse is not yet available, the token will not theoretically experience a large variation in its course. For some, it is then an investment token to the extent that we believe in the future and the expansion of the metaverse.
Where to buy Pavie tokens?
The Pavia token is traded on DEXs like SundaeSwap and MuesliSwap. You can read a tutorial on SundaeSwap here.
To buy PAVIA, you will first need to own ADA (which can be bought on all exchanges like Binance , for example). You will also need a compatible wallet such as
Similarly, you will need a decentralized wallet compatible with Cardano, such as Nami.
Criticisms and controversies of the Pavia project
Pavia has received very good feedback, especially from the Cardano community. However, there was a bit of controversy with the “Cardano Buzz” affair. It was the CMO’s pseudonym that was very visible and very present on social media. Then, suddenly and unexpectedly, his accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Youtube disappeared. Just like that, all of a sudden! Bang, gone.
This has not gone unnoticed by the community but CardanoBuzz has indeed left the team without there being any official communication on the subject. The more you want to hide something, the more suspicious it can seem. In any case, for the community, this was taken badly or fueled fears.
When someone leaves their position, we are always afraid that the other members will do so in turn. We are also afraid that there will be internal problems which will cause the project to burn.
In short, this has once again fueled the endless debate on doxing, especially since the BuzzFeed newspaper doxing of the founding members of the Bored Ape Yacht Club.
Final Word on the Pavia Metaverse
The Pavia metaverse is very promising, it would be crazy not to see it. The metaverse Pavia certainly wants to create a new metaverse but nevertheless wants to bring newness and innovations.
The question now is whether the team will remain anonymous… It's become a real problem not knowing who's behind a particular project. However, the crypto community is used to anonymity, it must be said and emphasized. Most major crypto projects are anonymous. It's only recently, and since the various scams and rug pulls, that we've started to be suspicious… Sometimes unnecessarily, perhaps.
Otherwise, looking at the current metaverse, we can say that it still looks very "simple". We just have to remember that not so long ago, Decentraland didn't look like much either. We have to look at the long term with the new projects.
Now, it's up to you to continue your research, read their white paper, and follow them on social networks.
As always 😉
- Official site Pavia.io
- Buy ADA on Binance
- Create your Cardano compatible Nami wallet
- Read the article on Cardano (ADA).
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