Archinect - News2024-05-14T13:00:44-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150317313/tony-hawk-enters-the-metaverse-with-largest-virtual-skatepark-ever-made
Tony Hawk enters the metaverse with 'largest virtual skatepark ever made' Nathaniel Bahadursingh2022-07-19T19:13:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6d/6da6fa294a450b9257435b24c408676c.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>After conquering the X Games and video games, Tony Hawk has set his sights on his next frontier: the metaverse. The legendary skateboarder this week announced plans to partner up with The Sandbox — an online game built on the ethereum blockchain where players can spend cryptocurrency to buy virtual land — to build the “largest virtual skatepark ever made,” the company said in a Wednesday press release.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Called <em>Tony Hawk LAND</em>, the virtual space is being developed through a partnership between Tony Hawk Inc. and The Sandbox. <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1732715/nft" target="_blank">NFT</a> production company Autograph will design purchasable avatars based on Hawk, along with his most iconic skateboards, equipment, and apparel, including a digital replica of the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/15910/skateboard" target="_blank">skateboard</a> he used at the X Games in 1999.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/99/99786eb1e3bf0c6278b314ec49b4ea34.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/99/99786eb1e3bf0c6278b314ec49b4ea34.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Screenshot of the ramp-building feature. Putting those CAD skills to good use!</figcaption></figure><p>“I have been a fan of new technology all of my life — from the first videogames and home computers with CGI capabilities — so I am fascinated by the metaverse, and excited to bring our culture into the virtual landscape of The Sandbox,” skateboarding pioneer and entrepreneur Tony Hawk said in a statement.<br></p>
<p>Other recent <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1882829/metaverse" target="_blank">metaverse</a> creations and proposals that made the Archinect news included a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150300164/zaha-hadid-architects-is-planning-a-metaverse-city-for-liberland" target="_blank">virtual version of Liberland</a> by Zaha Hadid Architects, BIG's <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150300901/big-unveils-designs-for-vice-s-new-virtual-headquarters-viceverse" target="_blank">virtual HQ for Vice</a>, Grimshaw-designed <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150306827/grimshaw-tapped-to-design-first-of-four-metaverse-spaces-for-pax-world" target="_blank">blockchain spaces for pax.world</a>, and this <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150295644/dewan-s-nft-of-the-tower-of-babel-offers-infinite-spiraling-exhibition-spaces" target="_blank">NFT of the Tower of Babel</a> by Dewan.</p>
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