Case study · Real estate
MetaHomes
Self sovereign homes in the multiverse, developed by their owners.
- Product
- MetaHomes
- Service
- UX/UI, blockchain, software development
- Sector
- Metaverse real estate
- Model
- Self sovereign ownership
At a glance
What ownership means here
The home belongs to its owner at the protocol level, not to a platform that can revoke it.
Owners invest time and money improving the space, which is what makes it theirs in practice.
A developed space can be outsourced to brands or communities, giving virtual property a yield.
Communication, economy and entertainment in one owned place rather than scattered across platforms.
The brief
Virtual property is usually a licence, not an asset
Most virtual space is rented from a platform whose terms of service can change, and whose shutdown ends your ownership entirely. That is a licence dressed as property, and it caps how much anyone will sensibly invest in improving it.
MetaHomes starts from the opposite premise: a home you actually own, in a space you develop, that keeps existing independently of any one operator's business decisions.
Nobody renovates a rental they can be evicted from without notice.
The build
An entirely new way to occupy the internet
The stated ambition is broad, a new way to handle communication, economy and entertainment, and a genuine space on the internet rather than an account on someone else's. The build has to make that credible through ownership guarantees rather than description.
Blockchain does that specific job: it makes the ownership claim independent of the operator. Everything else — the immersive experience, the development tools, the rental mechanics — sits on top of that guarantee.
Wow Labz combined UX/UI design, blockchain development and custom software development to deliver it.
What it enables
Own, develop, let
Self-sovereign ownership
Backed by blockchain, so the claim to the space does not depend on a platform continuing to honour it.
Owner-led development
Users invest time and money building out their space, which is what turns an allocation into a property.
Outsourcing to brands and communities
A developed home can be rented out, which gives the investment a return beyond personal use.
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What it was built with
Questions
MetaHomes, answered
What is MetaHomes?
Individual self-sovereign homes in the multiverse. Owners invest time and money developing a personal space, and can outsource or rent it to brands and communities.
What does self-sovereign mean here?
That ownership of the space is guaranteed independently of any single platform, backed by blockchain rather than by a provider's terms of service.
Can a home earn anything?
Yes. A developed home can be outsourced to brands or communities, which is what gives the time and money invested in it a return.
What did Wow Labz build?
UX/UI design, blockchain development and custom software development.
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