Metaverse Landlords Are Creating a New Class System

Metaverse Landlords Are Creating a New Class System


Publication Title
WIRED
Publication/Creation Date
January 18 2023
Creators/Contributors
Joel Khalili (creator)
Decentraland (contributor)
Nico Rajco (contributor)
Sam Huber (contributor)
LandVault Inc. (contributor)
Philip Rosedale (contributor)
Roger Burrows (contributor)
University Of Bristol (contributor)
Vassilis Galanos (contributor)
University Of Edinburgh (contributor)
Sam Hamilton (contributor)
Hrish Lotlikar (contributor)
Persuasive Intent
Information
Description
"The evolution of virtual real estate is “profoundly political,” says Burrows. He sees virtual worlds as places people go to cocoon themselves among others who share their political beliefs. In this case, so-called cryptonatives have constructed a world over which they preside, as owners of the land, built around the same suspicion of government and public institutions on which the crypto movement was founded. Nominally, anyone is welcome, but only as a tenant.  

Burrows says metaverse worlds are simply reflecting what’s happening in the physical world, where ultra-wealthy people like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel separate themselves from “the great unwashed, the difficult and the messy.” The result will be a series of virtual enclaves populated by people with a “misunderstanding of the world” and “fear of otherness,” he says, eliminating any remaining hope that the metaverse will deliver on its promise to unite people from different walks of life."

HCI Platform
Wearables
Relation to Body
On
Related Body Part
Eye
Source
https://www.wired.com/story/landlords-rentals-decentraland-metaverse/

Date archived
February 28 2023
Last edited
February 28 2023
How to cite this entry
Joel Khalili. (January 18 2023). "Metaverse Landlords Are Creating a New Class System". WIRED. Condé Nast Inc.. Fabric of Digital Life. https://fabricofdigitallife.com/Detail/objects/5967