Maria Mileo on MMXXII Metaverse’s NFT access model

0:00I'm Ashton Addison from Block West capital for investment pitch media and today on the crypto coin show we have Maria malleo the biz Dev director of the 2022 metaverse and the alter ego project Maria welcome to the show and thank you for taking the time I'm really excited to dive into your team's metaverse uh and and the alter ego project and nfts and I would love to just start by

0:24kicking off our conversation by just getting a high level overview on 2022 metaverse project what your team's been working on and alter ego thank you thank you Ashton thank you for having me uh so uh first of all I would like to make a brief introduction with our company so we are The Architects and uh we're working in this field for 20 years and uh We've delivered and

0:51implemented we've created and implemented um a lot of projects of really um high level it's Muslim like Mansions hotels so different types either commercials and products um so uh what what we are doing the project that we were working right now is uh our 2022 metaverse and uh it's it's really a unique idea that we created as Architects uh because

1:21we are uh inspired of uh masterpieces that have been created by ancestors uh and we we we would really love to to make something uh something new something to back up all all the things that we have all the masterpieces that we have on this Earth uh and to Showcase it to uh people so that's how we came to this idea

1:50uh and as for uh you mentioned uh that um our collection uh it's going to be the first step uh so it's like a key to our metaverse uh and to introduce this collection uh we actually made uh the performance that perhaps you've heard about uh and um this performance uh is well a bit dashes I know

2:21um but still uh we had uh you know what what is going on on the market and it's it was kind of allegory of uh what is happening of this trip to Winter uh and uh the crash that the market is suffering right now uh unfortunately um well we all witnessed it uh but what we want to do is we want to create something brand brand new

2:50a very exciting Maria and I did read in the bitcoin news about this performance uh that the alter ego project released and in Venice and this um collection called momento Mori so maybe you can just talk more about the performance and the nfts around Memento Mori yes yes of course uh so it took place in one of the Palazzo of Venice uh and um it was well I I guess uh the viewers

3:22would better watch it on on YouTube because so we have it uh uh We've shooted it so we have the video from it but just briefly uh so we actually made the funerals of the constant uh crypto Market of the current trip to Market and um we wanted to announce it not not like something like you know what momentum or remains uh so uh you should always

3:54um remember yes that that life has an end uh and but but it's it's a new life that is going to come after that uh and that was actually the the main idea of this performance so yes I our our Market in general is is really tired of all this Cam and hype and the problem is that that all the recent nft collections

4:22they had uh nothing behind them so it's just like small uh digital images and they're not even art pieces uh so they kind of seem as as real art um so uh we and we see this crisis uh and uh we want to bring something that has True Value which will actually well revise them to

4:54revive the market yeah no I think that's actually a great analogy for you know momentum more um for you know the death of what the nft market hype was and sort of bring in the arrival of nfts 2.0 and more value and expanding out to other industries that actually have real world use cases for tokenization of nfts to bring value to those Industries I feel

5:22like this is something that's in the works and I've talked to a few different companies about nfts 2.0 and you know actually driving value with nfts and not just having profile pictures of of animals um you know which can only last so long um so and so I agree with you there only animals now what do you think Maria is needed to revive the nft market and grow it beyond

5:47what it has ever been well I really hope that we will come back to what the nft were supposed to be uh so it's kind of ownership of the digital assets um and uh now as it has not been behind it uh just they're blown from from the air so it's nothing and it won't cost anything uh after I don't know some months uh so they are just creating some

6:17stories around it but there's nothing solid there's nothing solid underneath um that's why what we see like solution is creating real uh nft Collections and metaverses that will have uh some real projects uh so that will bring something to the society that that will have a product as service and not just small image

6:44definitely and what I find super fascinating about your team's project is that you're kicking it off with a performance in Venice this momentum morning performance I have not heard of that of any you know crypto blockchain related project um doing a performance in Venice sounds super fascinating what was the reasoning behind you know doing a performance

7:10thank you thank you for this question well actually the point is that it's not a coincidence of course because unfortunately as all everybody knows um Venice is sinking and it's really endangered and we actually have office in in Venice and uh we Witnesses witness it every day the decay of our beloved City and um it's it's a sorrow and uh it's it's

7:40just a peak of the iceberg because uh you know with all this natural disasters with all the wars that are happening around the world um just to mention the the latest one in Syria when we we actually we lost for for the next for our children even our children what managed to see this This Magnificent monuments of Palmira of the Ancients one of the ancient cities

8:07um so it it it it it's it's devastating actually so it's um um it's it's really sorrowful that we we are losing all this uh masterpieces and that's why we actually thought this as uh creating some how can how can we solve this problem we unfortunately we personally can't stop Wars uh We Can't Stop disasters happening around us uh but

8:36what we can do uh is uh to um to preserve it uh and to uh in some place uh in our digital world uh and to to be able then to show uh cases to our children to to the Future Generations that was the main idea and actually when designing our metaverse we were really inspired by uh the uh ancient uh Erie of

9:07Allure which is in in the northern it's Northern Western part of the Saudi Arabia uh and um and as you as you know perhaps um there is like the the this famous ancient city of Parker and it's actually one of The Monuments included in in UNESCO fund and under the patronage of UNESCO it's now uh from even before that

9:37uh anyway so it's um it really inspired us um to create the Landscapes of our metagors uh and uh we we hope that it will look beautiful for the people who are coming very interesting uh also that you mentioned Saudi Arabia there's been a lot of news recently surrounding Saudi

10:05Arabia and that they're creating the most metaverse jobs of of any country and they're really focused on um having people work in the metaverse you know in the future so you know sort of tying in uh your team's metaverse to there sounds like a good idea um do you see you know is there is that part of the reasoning um that sort of seeing it in the news

10:28um on why you're focused around Saudi Arabia oh well yes yes you you're you're quite right uh because or what what we see and now that Saudi Arabia is one of the most developing countries nowadays and with the Saudi Vision 2030 um the the program of direct firms for the country that they're developing is actually really in tune with what we are

10:55looking into we're looking into the future so uh we uh want to um to create uh something that will last long really long and that's what they're doing they're actually developing uh Technologies uh the web the web 3.0 and uh their their interim Innovations they are and at the same time they are interpreserving the heritage that they

11:23have already so it's kind of really in tune with our mission that that's why we we thought uh Saudi Arabia can be um real uh custodian of our metaverse uh and so we have several negotiations with um uh the local government uh so hopefully we'll do something together interesting and what does that mean for

11:51for Saudi Arabia to be a custodian of of your metaverse uh well we the mission of our world metaverse is going to be uh to preserve to educate to uh Unite um and so we see our our community the community that we're going to build uh in this metaphors uh as uh people who

12:21care uh like-minded people and uh creative Genesis uh and uh innovators entrepreneurs um and people who want to develop this new world together with us and to preserve the Heritage uh the cultural heritage that we already have so that's why it's kind of coincides with what we're doing now

12:48yeah that's really cool um to you know utilize the the functionality of metaverses and nft collections to preserve uh Heritage and not just create digital Apes so with you know obviously metaverse isn't ever expanding uh open world and um there's infinite possibilities of what you can do

13:14what is the way that people will be able to gain access to the 2022 metaverse um well first of all we we've prepared The nft Collection uh this nft uh and it is there going to be the keys to the entrance uh of our metaverse uh and we uh stop actually the quest the questioning uh and to uh to be in this

13:44proper Community because the first people who will come uh to our metaverse they're very important for us because they're going uh to be the one who who will develop it actually together with us um so that's why we uh wanted them to be uh really knowledgeable and um who are in tune with our mission um

14:10so so that that that's why we started this Quest okay so the nft collections are actually keys to entering the metaverse now how difficult is it to get an nft key is that limited edition or how can they access that yes it actually limited edition uh and uh well it's uh is it difficult it

14:38always depends but um I think it's it's not that difficult so everybody can pass this uh um tasks and and can can solve these puzzles um but still if you have like some doubts or if you have some difficulties uh with all this uh Santa hints so that one can really solve them uh using their knowledge and

15:05intuition as well uh-huh okay so this mixes it up a little bit normally getting access to an nft collection you know you just have to wait on the white list or something but in this case you're saying you have to solve puzzles and quests um you know what can you tell me about is this yet to be announced or you know how how what kind of puzzles will people

15:29need to solve to get access to the collection um well they're going to be several stages uh and it's not that that long don't worry and still I can give you one hint as we are now live so uh we were using the Fibonacci sequence that that must have yeah that makes sense

15:55very cool and and what else can you tell us about the metaverse or can can we see uh for people that don't have access of of what it's going to look like well actually I have something to show you and it's going to be uh something that that nobody has seen so far so we didn't showcase that in neither our website or our social media so be ready

16:27okay and here we go so just quick introduction what could you do in our metaverse uh and first of all you

16:56can use the largest museum of masterpieces and it will go into future uh collections from all the main uh the the world renowned universities oh sorry museums not during universities but this is the next one to come actually because um we uh also we we will have the lecture home for uh 100 000 people uh

17:26where we're going to uh have the lectures from the top pranked universities uh so apart from educational Parts um we're going to have UNESCO pool uh with the exhibition of all the uh or all the um all the massive all the landmarks the main landmarks uh that are under the patronage of inester uh and of course

17:56it's not it's not it's not uh it's just that one part of our metaverse of course we'll have uh the entertainment part where people can gather so you can throw Splendid party or you can go to a concert hall for uh to have to watch some show uh or for example you can meet with your friends for a cup of coffee there will be some Power Sports uh and um you can go shopping of course uh

18:27and and actually we we have a lot to come um so we have like leading design uh companies like they're going to be headquarters of different companies and Banks um we're going to to have our art galleries and even book clubs so really really uh we now we have we have a lot of ideas and or hopefully we'll manage

18:56to make all of them live um and um well actually uh yeah you just should go to our website then you can check something else definitely yeah no um that sounds really exciting um it looked like you guys are using Unreal Engine or something um the technology underlying to to build the metaverse uh well yes now we are working with the

19:25Unreal Engine school but then we're going to to Unreal Engine 5. um and the Technologies you know that they're developing so and now we are looking forward to the avant-garde technologies that are going to come as well and um uh we we as Architects uh for us is very important uh what people will see in our that matter verse what experience then they will have because

19:54unfortunately now we don't have nothing like that so it's some boring pictures so you seem like in the desert and it's nothing that will um cherish your view I don't know so it's it's kind of I don't know personally I I had a lot going there uh but we want to we want to create something really really different so we want people to come to our metaverse and

20:20enjoy the sin uh it's it's so relevant because no well we know that Technologies are very important that's why we have like our department of uh programmers that I go into today all but still uh we also have the creative part and uh which is the same for us really important because technology along is not enough you need to have like three really some something

20:49that will um that you you must feel at home because it that that is the idea of uh all this uh virtual reality that you you can feel it uh that but but if you see this this boring picture you're like an oh I I better go outside I have like a magnificent view uh and in in this case we we we're going to create uh something really extraordinary because we have a

21:20wide experience in development as well um and um our main knowledge is uh that uh to construct something you force me to make the master plan uh in order to realize how it will look like uh in Broadway and then you need step by step you need to um to to to to consider what will be the sequence or for all the construction

21:48points um and only in this case you'll manage to create uh something really well organized and and functional as well so beautiful and functional that's what we are creating in real world and that's we want to create in in virtual world beautiful love it Maria I'm looking forward to seeing how it all gets built out and I'll definitely follow along for

22:12the for the nft collections and the keys for the viewers what is the best way for them to learn about the nft collection and make sure that they can get a hold of the keys uh well we have our website of course so it's like 2022 uh dot EO uh and then we have a verb class of our social media so we have Twitter we have to explore it

22:40and Instagram so YouTube channel of course where uh we showcase our videos and um also you can visit the website of uh our architectural Bureau and um we can you can also find us in in the list of the awards the architecture and Interior Design Awards because with one um a lot of them so far

23:07and uh we were featuring in Forbes and different open magazines um so yes awesome that's great um I will leave the link to to the website and the Social Links as well uh in the description just to make it easy for the viewers thank you Maria for for coming on and sharing this story uh and I'm looking forward to seeing more of the metaverse that was a great uh little

23:32like Glimpse that we got of it there um please let's let's follow up in the near future uh when there's more updates and thank you so much for the time thank you thank you very much