Allow me to set the scene. Dubai is no stranger to conferences or blockchain. In 2016, the ruler of Dubai H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum set out The Dubai Blockchain Strategy, aiming to digitize all government documents on chain and to become the first Smart City.
Fast forward to 2022, bearing in mind the world slowed with the big ‘C,’ Dubai has not only achieved its goal of becoming the world’s first paperless government it is doubling down on its promises by fostering a supportive environment for blockchain related businesses, investors and creators.
Enter BSV: the first BSV Global Blockchain Convention (GBC) was held in Dubai this May—in the same month Dubai created a committee to develop its Metaverse strategy which it aims to unveil within the next two months. Robert Rice’s presentation at GBC in Dubai is THE answer to any city developing a Metaverse strategy: Omniscape.
The Omniscape global metaverse platform is truly in a class of its own. Much like blockchain technology is misconstrued as “crypto” and by volatile noise of hodl, buy, sell, scam? When most people think Metaverse, they think of cartoon-like environments focused on selling tokens: “crypto” coins, and 2D image NFTs. The big boys in the space are stuck here, in comparatively unsophisticated tech. I’m talking about platforms like Decentraland, Sandbox, Second Life, Meta’s Horizons.
What is Omniscape’s offering to a city like Dubai? A full city scale digital twin: a…