Somnium Space is an open, social, and stable VR world, where a digital community of creators and people who come here to have fun has been gradually growing since 2019.

Somnium is designed to work across multiple platforms, including desktop, VR, and smartphones. All popular VR headsets from Oculus, HTC VIVE, HP, VALVE, all Windows Mixed Reality headsets, and other suitable ones are supported by Somnium Space.

Access to Somnium Web is likewise important. Because of this, anyone with a web browser may access any plot, even in VR mode. The graphics have been reduced significantly, however this is mainly due to the solution's graphical complexity.

Advanced users can upload avatars, more complex buildings, and whole sceneries to their plots in Somnium Space or Somnium Worlds thanks to the usage of the Unity SDK (mini metaverse). It is also intended to provide a sensory experience of smell using devices like multisensory masks or blowers. Many gamers can experience VR at once without being split up onto several servers or mirror instances thanks to an innovative internal server architecture.

This is an example of an avatar that a developer might create after spending about 50 hours on it.

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Lands

In the world of Somnium Space, there are 5,000 plots that are divided into three sizes: S, M, and XL. In addition to its area, each size includes restrictions on height and depth. A map of the plots may be found here; plots can be purchased through OpenSea or the game marketplace.

Prices in September 2022, when the bear market is in full swing, are hundreds of dollars.

Somnium Space ecosystem

Furthermore, the Polygon, Solana, and Near blockchains have been merged into the developers' ecosystem. They've also created an in-game wallet where you can check your NFTs and, in the future, sell and rent them from within the app.

Somnium World

Somnium World is a scriptable mini-metaverse. It operates on the premise of having unique storage space on the Somnium Space server. Anything you upload will become operational in this space.

You can upload a nightclub, a casino, or an oasis that appears to be magical where virtual concerts can be performed. You can offer this area for different fairs or other virtual events, or you can upload a gaming field where baseball games, shootouts, and magic competitions will take place. You can build a 3D environment in the space that is linked to gamified mechanisms that can also be utilized for tokenization by making the space fully scriptable with Unity.

Developer fund

Community members with truly excellent ideas have the chance to participate in ongoing competitions where project developers paid for their work. This fund runs through mid-2021. If your suggestion has value, it will be accepted. Somnium Times, an online journal from the universe of Somnium Space, is one of the earliest instances of such a publication.

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Builder

An app designed for easy constructing on your own or testing plot. You can build a stylish, functional, and fairly complicated building in 10 hours. Your ability to construct is bound by the amount of credits you have. The size of your plot impacts that as well. Most 3D content just requires minimum amount of credit, but adding an image, gif, or video is much problematic. Also, you can add image links meaning that you can create a 3D replica of your website in the metaverse.

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Subprojects

1. VR glasses.
2. Teslasuit.
3. Cross-game avatars.
4. Digital Human Copy / Live Forever.

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1) VR glasses

The VR headset from Somnium Space will be modular, open source, programmable, and modifiable. Prusa Research, a maker of 3D printers in the Czech Republic, and Somnium Space officially partnered. They hope to achieve the aforementioned modifiability through this partnership. The ability to print spare plastic parts or parts for future custom modification should therefore be available to VR glasses owners. Together with Vrgineers, Somnium Space developed the VR glasses. The best VR simulation products on the market are produced by this company, in which Somnium has made a strategic investment. Besides this, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, NASA, and American security allies use these. The first deliveries are expected to begin in Q4 2022.

It's interesting to note that the CEO of Somnium Space joined the board of directors of Lynx, company he co-founded. This company is developing mixed reality (MR) glasses.

2) Teslasuit‍

Somnium Space has begun working with VR Electronics, a company based in the UK that is developing a Teslasuit that will allow users to physically experience VR action. The Teslasuit is a body-covering suit that leaves the hands and head exposed. It is covered with sensors and electronics, allowing it to sense motion, transmit haptic feedback, and work with biometrics. As a result, you will be able to feel the vibrations of music, the touches of other players, or rainfall on your skin. The sensing can also be applied to body language to give you a sense of presence and more authentic digital interaction.

The first batch of Teslasuit Developer Kit 1 Founders Edition suits were auctioned in July 2021. The highest bid for one of the models was $13,200. So far, ten suits have been made available during July.

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3) Cross-game avatars

ReadyPlayer.me is a project in which the developers are involved. This project focuses on developing a solution for the metaverse to assist in the creation of avatars that work across different platforms. Their first product was a 3D scanner enabling creating 3D avatars of people.

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4) Digital Human Copy / Live Forever

This is a paid service in which Somnium Space will collect extensive data on you that will be used to make a digital copy in the future. Together with artificial intelligence, this has the potential to simulate your personality. Whether it's in life or death.