On the last day of the Korea Blockchain Week main stage conference, Metaverse and Web3 became the focus

Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) concluded its two-day main stage event tonight with a group of influential speakers including Everyrealm’s Janine Yorio, Animoca Brands’ Yat Siu and Sky Mavis’ Jeffrey Zirlin once again on board podium.

The second day of the conference held at the InterContinental Parnas Hotel in Seoul was attended by thousands of participants on three stages including the Seoul Stage, Busan Stage, and Jeju Stage.

The discussion on the second day focused on the future of the Metaverse and the strategies Web3 companies are taking to grow the industry. Considering that the event is being held in South Korea, a lot of people are interested in the many exciting Web3 projects being launched on the Korean blockchain scene. Although Seoul has been experiencing torrential rain for the past few days, the two-day event still attracted a lot of people.

But it doesn’t end there for KBW 2022 participants, who will continue to network through countless side conference events throughout the evening and the rest of the week. Starting at 7pm, KST, KBW and Upclub will host an exclusive party for KBW participants at People The Terras in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

Later, "KBW Official After After Party" will open at Club Oriental Jack in Seoul, and the celebration will last from 11:00 pm Korean time to 6:00 am Korean time.

If you didn’t attend KBW 2022, no problem, Cointelegraph’s team in Korea has summed up the day’s conference content for you.

Everyrealm CEO: "Ready Player One" made us mistakenly think that the metaverse is VR

Everyrealm CEO Janine Yorio believes that Steven Spielberg's movie "Ready Player One" presents numerous misunderstandings about the metaverse, mainly because "the main character wears a VR headset."

Live photo: Everyrealm CEO Janine Yorio

In his presentation, Yorio emphasized that because humans love "interaction with technology" that's only 18 inches from our faces -- that means VR headsets may face some adoption challenges.

Animoca Chairman: Digital Property Rights Are Key to Web3 Economic Prosperity

Yat Siu, co-founder of Hong Kong-based venture capital firm Animoca Brands, believes that on-chain digital property rights are one of the main aspects of blockchain technology that will drive a more decentralized society.

According to Siu, Web2 companies now have "control over our data," and blockchain-based applications can now provide digital ownership to content creators themselves.

On-site photo: Yat Siu, Chairman and Co-Founder of Animoca Brands

Axie Infinity to 'double down' on Korean market

Sky Mavis, developers of P2E heavyweight Axie Infinity, said they intend to "double down" in South Korea and boost the game's popularity.

Jeffrey Zirlin, co-founder and head of growth at Sky Mavis, pointed out in an interview with Cointelegraph that despite the P2E game ban in South Korea, “the South Korean market is one of the most important game markets in the world, and we have a large number of players in South Korea.”

Zirlin added that the company is currently looking at ways to make Axie Infinity suitable for Korean players:

"We want to double down. We want to localize, for example, Koreans don't speak English very well, right? So there are a lot of hurdles to actually get the game into the hands of Korean players."

20 million JavaScript developers can now build apps on NEAR

Near Protocol founder Illia Polosukhin spoke to Cointelegraph after the protocol launched its JavaScript software development kit (JS SDK). The Near Protocol effectively opens the doors of Near to 20 million JavaScript developers around the world.

During KBW 2022, Polosukhin emphasized that the move will open up the niche area of blockchain development to a wider audience, such as students looking to try out blockchain and people in the business sector looking to accelerate their projects.

"There are about 20 million JavaScript developers around the world. Probably like every developer writes JavaScript in some way in their life. What we allow you to do is write smart contracts in JavaScript."