The new year has brought about new hype in the Metaverse. While the concept first gained momentum around the time of the pandemic it slowly lost the excited edge as Meta’s Horizon failed to deliver authenticity. However, creative projects and teams knew that most of us were still searching for new forms of online entertainment. For non-gamers, the Metaverse offers a new form of entertainment that never existed before.
In 2025, this idea around the evolution of online immersive spaces and the creation of fun, interactive online environments is gaining traction once again. So let’s take a closer look at some of the projects making noise to kick start the new year.
Wilder World
First up is Wilder World, quickly becoming a go-to resource for those who want to escape the physical world. There first Metaverse city Wiami are blurring the lines of entertainment. They are busy pushing the boundaries of virtual landscape design and exposing the team behind the streets of Wiami. The founder here has set out some ambitious goals for this year, including becoming the number one Metaverse project by global rank on coinmarketcap and to activate 100k monthly active wallets. https://x.com/real_n3o/status/1875610022052307284
Upland
After successfully using Sparklet to empower it’s player economy last year Upland continues to build momentum in the New Year. Upland is the go-to place for virtual land lovers who want to stake their claim for a slice of the Metaverse. Founder Dirk Lueth is a legend in Web3 and is also Chairperson of the Open Metaverse Alliance. Upland is not only fun to play, it allows players to get a taste of the Metaverse via mobile which is an achievement worth noting. The team at Upland are product gurus, constantly innovating and releasing.
LAMINA1
Neal Stephenson, renowned for coining the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, announced the Lamina1 Metaverse in partnership with Avalanche Blockchain last year and the team have been steadily pushing forward. Instead of building everything from scratch, Lamina1 relies on Avalanche’s infrastructure to enable decentralized virtual worlds inspired by sci-fi visions. With this partnership, Stephenson envisions a collaborative future for an open, interconnected metaverse. With their recent partnership with Korean based Another World and the Co-Founder Rebecca Barkin speaking about the future of creative spaces at CES they are off to a flying start for 2025.
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