The Sandbox, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, one of the decentralized virtual worlds, announced a partnership with Agora to supercharge real-time engagement and social interaction within the metaverse. The collaboration will empower players in The Sandbox to connect through real-time voice, video, and chat, encouraging better collaboration among creators and social multiplayer experiences.
The Sandbox chose Agora for this partnership because it provides an ideal real-time engagement platform for the metaverse. The company’s comprehensive product stack seamlessly integrates 3D Spatial Audio, persistent text chat, and interactive live-streaming functionalities at scale. The Sandbox plans to deploy these features to foster powerful social relationships between players.
“The Sandbox is at heart a social platform, and through this partnership with Agora, we can further enhance our players’ ability to connect, collaborate, communicate, and form meaningful communities,” said Sebastien Borget, COO and Co-Founder of The Sandbox. “This is an exciting level-up of the social potential for communities on The Sandbox platform that will immediately be apparent to both players and creators, compared to other platforms.“
“Real-time engagement technology is essential for enabling social interactions in the metaverse,” said Tony Zhao, CEO and Co-Founder of Agora. “We’re excited to see how The Sandbox continues to innovate with Agora’s products to build deeper connections within communities.”
Building on the existing The Sandbox IP with more than 40 million global installs on mobile, The Sandbox metaverse offers players and creators a decentralized and intuitive platform to create immersive 3D worlds and game experiences and store, trade, and monetize their creations safely.
