Somnium Space

Game Overview

Somnium Space is a virtual reality (VR) world built on the Ethereum blockchain. An open-source platform, Somnium Space allows users to buy digital land, homes, buildings, and myriad in-game assets of value in its online multiverse.

Playing Instruction

Somnium Space is available for all the major virtual reality PC VR headsets from Oculus, HTC VIVE, HP, VALVE, all Windows Mixed Reality headsets and other compatible major headsets. WebXR platform SomniumWEB allows anyone to access each land parcel from any device with a web browser even in VR mode.

The immersive dynamics of Somnium Space allow players to build, script, and monetize environments — all while exploring the creations of other participants. While a user might go swimming, visit a museum, or dine in a restaurant built by another player in the Somnium Space metaverse, the extent to which Somnium Space users can build unique experiences, worlds, and assets is essentially limitless. Unlike traditional multiplayer VR games where users are divided into sub servers and mirrored-instanced rooms, Somnium Space hosts all players in one vast world. Within that broader VR universe, users can create Somnium Space environments that are fully programmable, customizable, and independent VR experiences. Further, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and assets from within the Somnium Space are compatible with VR metaverses and platforms throughout the broader blockchain ecosystem.

Somnium Space offering is broken down into four elements: an SDK, which allows for creation and customization of avatars and property; virtual reality experiences; a builder module for creating environments and structures; and an NFT marketplace for trading land and NFT-based assets. Somnium Space has deeply incorporated NFT technology, allowing players to bring NFTs from around the decentralized ecosystem into the Somnium Space universe.

Somnium Space has developed UnitySDK to allow more advanced users to upload full body Avatars and complete scenes on to your land parcels inside Somnium Space. Our advanced SDK allows players to work with complete scenes, scripting and animations to fully enhance their experience. Finger tracking is also supported inside Somnium Space for further immersion. Full body tracking, lip & eye tracking are available inside our VR world. Features such as smell features from hardware such as multisensory masks or fans are also planned to be supported soon.

The Somnium Space Karma level represents how VR citizens perceive each other. Somnium calculates the Karma level of a player using key metrics:

• Ratings: How virtual citizens perceive them based on their interactions on the platform.

Engagement: The value of each player's economic activity, time spent gaming, land ownership, and world discovery rate.

• Other Factors: Building activity, public participation, and event organization.

Players earn CUBE rewards based on their resulting Karma level, as do those who provide value to the community by acting as tour guides and instructors.

In-Game Economy

Somnium Cube (CUBE) is an ERC-20 token that serves as the Somnium Space platform's native utility token. Total Supply: 100.000.000 The CUBE cryptocurrency streamlines in-game transactions between players and can be considered the equivalent of buying game tokens at an arcade. With an Ethereum wallet, players can hold ETH, CUBE, and NFTs (ERC-721 tokens). CUBE serves as a bridge between these assets to facilitate in-game, ecommerce transactions. As the Somnium metaverse expands, the CUBE token will develop in-world utility and allow players to exist more deeply in the VR metaverse.

Somnium Space conducted two of what it calls Initial Land Offerings (ILOs) when issuing Land Parcels (PARCELs) to platform stakeholders — both on the OpenSea NFT marketplace. If players want to build an independent Somnium world they must first obtain one of these land parcels. Players can also place any NFT on their land parcel and explore it in VR.

Somnium Space team took another step towards expanding the utility of the CUBE token by introducing avatar (AVATAR) tokenization. Players can now mint their own full-body VR avatars onto the blockchain using CUBE. To participate, players purchase an avatar using CUBE and it becomes part of their inventory. These avatars are compatible with virtual worlds across major digital platforms.

The CUBE token also allows players to buy another user's avatar as an NFT. CUBE in the buyer's wallet is exchanged for the NFT in the seller's wallet during the transaction. The ability to build avatars within the Somnium metaverse highlights the growing utility of CUBE tokens.