Meta announced the first steps toward a marketplace in the metaverse with the creation and sale of virtual artifacts for Horizon Worlds, a transaction in which the platform will earn close to 50 % from creators.

The parent company of Facebook and WhatsApp announced the implementation of tools and different forms of monetization in its metaverse, Horizon Worlds, available for now to some users of legal age in the United States and Canada.

These tools will allow you to create and sell virtual accessories for the decoration of the worlds, or offer access to some worlds or specific parts of them. The transactions, however, will not be free for creators or sellers, as Meta plans to charge a fee for each transaction.

Although he did not reveal in the statement how much the fee would amount to, Horizon Vice President Vivek Sharma indicated in statements that 25 % of each purchase would be collected after discounting the fee that it already collects on the platform.

The data was shared, although more clearly, by a spokesman for Meta in statements. This person explained that Horizon Worlds will charge transactions for those virtual goods at 17.5 %, which will be in addition to 30 % of sales made through the Quest store. That is, 47.5 %, almost half of the transaction.

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Meta announced that it is beginning to test new tools and different forms of monetization in its metaverse, Horzion Worlds, where creators will be able to buy and sell digital goods, services, and experiences.

Horizon Worlds is the first virtual reality (VR) metaverse created by Meta, which is currently available in the United States and Canada and can be accessed by users with the Oculus Quest headset.

In this universe, users can create their own virtual worlds and scenarios, as well as travel through those belonging to other users and interact with them, keeping a minimum distance of 1.2 meters.

Now, the company has made new options available to some companies and creators over 18 years of age from the aforementioned countries so that they can find the business model that best suits their needs.

“The metaverse, by the nature of not being limited by physical space, will bring a new level of creativity and open up new opportunities for the next generation of creators and businesses to pursue their passions and create livelihoods,” the company said in a statement release.

In order to carry out this action, Meta expanded its Horizon Creators Fund of 10 million dollars that it already announced in October of last year to encourage users to be part of this project, which is still in beta phase.

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Source: France24

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