Hyundai Motor Group partners with Meta Kongz, Activision Blizzard for NFT-related investigations…

South Korean automaker Hyundai announced on April 18 that it has partnered with the Meta Kongz NFT project to launch an NFT series in May 2022, limited to 30.

Hyundai has also created a new Twitter account @Hyundai_NFT for NFT-related communication. Additionally, the company released a video showing an animated version of Meta Kong driving a 1975 Hyundai PONY car through space.

The announcement also included a preview of the "Shooting Star NFT" and gave a cryptic explanation, calling it a "ticket to a whole new world" and possibly a "new NFT" that will be launched in the future.

Hyundai shared its "Metamobility" concept in January this year. The concept refers to the vision for robots to be intermediaries between the real world and the metaverse, so that changes made by users in the metaverse are reflected in reality, which "enables people to overcome the barriers of moving in time and space." Physical limitations".

As part of its conceptual vision, Hyundai says:

"As the metaverse becomes our everyday space in the future, the company anticipates that a new type of metaverse platform may emerge where the gap between the metaverse and reality may close, disrupting the world as we know it today. VR concept."

Hyundai continues to propose the concept of "Hyundai Metamobility universe", a Metaverse that issues various NFTs as mobile vehicles.

Activision Blizzard investigates NFTs and earn-to-play games

Activision Blizzard recently sent out a survey to its gamers, asking them to share their level of interest in NFTs, as well as their thoughts on earn-play and metaverse games.

Twitter user @OTadaka shared a screenshot of a survey conducted by market research firm YouGov, which attempted to gauge interest in different categories of "future gaming trends."

In January, when Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, Microsoft said at the time that the acquisition would "provide the building blocks for the Metaverse," with Microsoft CEO and chairman Satya Nadella adding that games would be developed in the Metaverse. Play a "key role" in the platform.

Experimenting with health data in NFT form

Blockchain services company HashCash Consultants announced on April 16 that it is partnering with an unnamed British company to create NFTs containing personal health information.

The two companies will work with volunteers to make NFTs of health data provided by volunteers so that they can be shared with healthcare providers. The company said the move could make it easier for owners to track and monetize their NFT data.

Its press release gave an example of how this type of NFT could be tracked and monetized, like a DNA testing kit company selling its user data to a research firm. Raj Chowdhury, founder and CEO of HashCash Consultants, explained:

"If your genetic data is converted into an NFT, then this information will be attached with an inherent function to track, which will allow you to monitor where your data ends up, and track who is holding the NFT, and also know if the data is being used without your permission."

More NFT news

Securities regulators in Texas and Alabama have issued an emergency cease and desist order to Sand Vegas Casino Club for illegally issuing more than 11,000 NFTs to raise funds for its Metaverse-based casino.

Animoca Brands, the parent company of The Sandbox metaverse, has added two video game publishers it will use to bolster its racing and role-playing blockchain titles.

Meanwhile, Louis Vuitton continued with its Web3 initiatives, releasing new NFTs as part of its "Louis: The Game" mobile game. The fashion brand has added new levels and rewards to its app, rewarding players with 10 new "avatar" tokens at random.

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