South Korean metaverse platform Zep introduced a brand new partnership with Near Protocol. Using the Layer-1 blockchain platform Near Protocol, Zep goals to create on-line video games within the metaverse ecosystem and onboard extra customers onto its platform. Zep is a three way partnership between on-line sport developer Supercat and creator platform Zepeto. It claims to have 1.3 million month-to-month lively customers and eight.3 million complete customers that joined its platform this yr. In the approaching months, Zep plans to broaden internationally to the Japanese and Southeast Asian markets.
In a bid to assist Zep create a various vary of on-line video games within the metaverse, Near Protocol’s choices like giant scale user-oriented companies, user-friendly interface, and Web2-like stability will turn out to be useful. It is due to these choices, that Near-based Web3 apps have managed to rank 1st and 2nd amongst all blockchain functions as per DappRadar.
As a part of their partnership, Near Protocol and Zep are wanting to develop Web3 options that will not solely make the metaverse expertise extra immersive for finish customers, but additionally help builders in regard to the comfort of making.
“Through collaboration with dApps in the content and gaming fields based on NEAR, we will assist ZEP’s business expansion in the Web3 domain,” Mark Mi, Gaming Director of NEAR Protocol stated in an official assertion. “
South Korea has been evidently supportive in terms of exploring the metaverse industry. Last year, South Korean lawmakers had spoken about plans of investing over $177 million (roughly Rs. 1,370 crore) in supporting metaverse projects that will also trigger job opportunities in the sector.
In February 2022, Seoul’s Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning of South Korea allocated KRW 223.7 billion (roughly Rs. 1,400 crore) towards the development of a national metaverse project.
In December 2022, Shinhan Bank, named among the top four lenders in South Korea, launched a metaverse site named ‘Cinnamon’, where people get to access an array of services from financial, as well as non-financial sectors.
This support for metaverse from South Korean industry mammoths coupled with a nudge from the government and a big online gamer base, Near Protocol can also attempt at reaping big benefits from expanding its platform’s presence there.
“Based on this collaboration, ZEP’s partners are expected to easily issue and distribute various Web3-based digital assets, allowing users to enjoy a convenient Web3 experience in the ZEP metaverse environment,” the official press launch from Near Protocol stated.
