London, UK , Dec. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Leading digital asset firm GDA Capital partners with NFT architectural marketplace RENOVI, leading Metaverse Decentraland, and the Metaverse investment fund Metaverse Group to launch the ‘Next Top Metaverse Build’ – a new, first of its kind, buildathon competition for architects, 3D designers and developers where entrants can win a suite of prizes ranging from software, parcels of land in Decentraland, and Renovi tokens to the value of $50k.
The Metaverse Group, the world’s first vertically integrated real estate company, will showcase the winning designs on the Metaverse Group’s property in Decentraland. Participants can build an experience up to a 2×2 estate build.
Aimed at university students, and architectural & design professionals from all over the world, the competition will challenge entrants to create virtual infrastructure designs in categories including buildings, museums, NFT galleries, casinos and festival grounds as well as play to earn or play to learn games and upload them onto RENOVI’s architecture and design optimized marketplace.
All participants will have a chance to win a number of prizes including a parcel of land granted by the Decentraland Foundation, $50,000 of RENOVI tokens, as well as software subscriptions to design tools like Adobe and other key software programs.
Winners will be chosen by judges and sponsors made up of leading figures in the architecture and crypto industries. Judges’ names will be announced over the coming weeks.
The ‘Next Top Metaverse Build’ competition will be open for entries on 30th January and will accept entries until the 31st of March. Detailed tutorials and information about the competition will follow soon.
Together with the various prizes mentioned, all entries uploaded on the marketplace will be available for purchase with the proceeds going to the contestants.
Co-founder at RENOVI, Andy Charalambous, said: “We are calling for all talented architecture…
