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Paris Hilton – Famous model, singer, DJ, and actress who created an island called Paris World within Roblox. Paris World features a replica of her Beverly Hills mansion, her dogs mansion, and a neon carnival. “For me, the metaverse is somewhere that you can do everything you can do in real life in the digital world.”
Snoop Dogg – American rapper who replicated his mansion in The Sandbox. He also has his own NFT collection and performs live concerts in the metaverse as well. A fan paid $450,000 to own digital land next to Snoop Dogg in the metaverse.
Neal Stephenson – The very first author who termed “the metaverse” in his famous 1992 novel “Snow Crash.” In his book 30 years ago he explained that the metaverse is a virtual urban environment that’s accessed with VR headsets. He is now launching a metaverse-focused blockchain project called LAMINA1.
Sara Sampaio – Former Victoria’s Secret model who bought a private island in the Sandbox metaverse for 25 Ethereum (about 71K at the time).
Andrew Yang – Political candidate who campaigned for mayor of New York in the metaverse platform ZEPETO. “I’m a big fan of virtual economies… New York City should be the creative capital of the world, and it’s going to be people like Rudy and folks in the cryptocurrency community that I think are a big part of it.”