Gamium wants to build the new social network of the metaverse based on interoperable digital identity associated with avatars. In July 2022 it attracted investment from Wayra, Telefonica’s open innovation initiative. Last year Wayra partnered with Meta to work jointly on its Metaverse Activation Programme, enabling startups to access Meta’s technology. Yesterday Gamium announced its successful participation in the program.
Gamium’s CEO Alberto Rosas said it had been working closely with Meta’s AI team and together its technology makes web3 and the metaverse more accessible. “We believe we’re going to have a lot of synergies in the future with them,” said Rosas. Given it’s a web3 startup, one of the main applications is to enable payments in one click.
Details are thin, but its identity system combines NFTs and self sovereign identity (SSI). Decentralized identity allows users to keep control over their own personal data and is not on chain. In contrast, the non-fungible token (NFT) is on chain and can link on chain activity across multiple spaces.
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