TIME Square will be on TIME’s land in The Sandbox as a destination for convening, art and commerce, inspired by the visual spirit and energy of the iconic neighborhood in New York City.

Why TIME?

TIME President Keith A. Grossman revealed the partnership during The Sandbox event at NFT.NYCnyc, while also issuing an open call for architects to design TIME Square, reimagining the world-renowned cultural center for the metaverse. TIMEPieces is turning to its vibrant community and metaverse enthusiasts worldwide to identify a visionary architect to recreate and reimagine the destination as a voxel creation.

What is TIME Square?

TIME Square will be an inclusive environment that will provide unique experiences to TIMEPieces holders. TIME Partners with The Sandbox, so the destination will serve the TIMEPieces community. By providing virtual access to discussions, events, screenings of TIME Studios projects and educational experiences.

COO and Co-Founder of The Sandbox About Partnership 

“The Sandbox is often viewed as a ‘virtual Manhattan’, a vibrant space alive with culture, entertainment, and brands, where anyone can discover, learn, work, meet new people, play, dance, and find amazing new opportunities,” said Sebastien Borget, COO and Co-Founder of The Sandbox. “By partnering with TIME, we’re adding TIMEPieces as the beating heart and soul of this virtual Manhattan, where a design call for virtual architects will be held in TIME Square, a place in our creative metaverse for brands and creators.”

About TIME

TIME is News and current events provider from around the globe.

TIMEPieces is a Web3 community initiative from TIME. The Genesis Collection launched in September, 2021, with Build a Better Future. It included works from over 40 incredible, global artists spanning multiple disciplines. TIMEPieces followed with a second collection called Long Neckie Women of the Year by Artist in Residence, Nyla Hayes.

TIMEPieces represents an important first step in TIME’s Web3 community strategy, enabling us to bring together artists, collectors and fans in a collaborative manner with the goal of building utility and community value over the long-term.

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About The Sandbox

The Sandbox is a decentralized, community driven platform. There creators can make voxel assets and gaming experiences and monetize them on the blockchain. It features 3 main components: NFT builder, a Marketplace and Game Maker.

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https://sandboxgame.medium.com/time-is-partering-with-the-sandbox-to-build-time-square-in-the-metaverse-6cd361e3e5f0

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Partnership HighLights

The Sandbox partnership with TimePieces, the NFT community initiative from TIME, announced a partnership to develop ‘TIME Square’, TIME’s first-ever destination in the metaverse.

Moreover, TIME Square is gonna be build on TIME’s land in The Sandbox as a destination for convening, art and commerce. Indeed, inspired by the visual spirit and energy of the iconic neighborhood in New York City.

Management Quotes

TIME President Keith A. Grossman revealed the partnership during The Sandbox event at NFT.NYCnyc, while also issuing an open call for architects to design TIME Square, reimagining the world-renowned cultural center for the metaverse. Furthermore, TIMEPieces is turning to its vibrant community and metaverse enthusiasts worldwide to identify a visionary architect to recreate and reimagine the destination as a voxel creation.

“Our goal is to create a destination that will be the heart of the metaverse,” said Keith A. Grossman, TIME President. “Since launching TIMEPieces in September 2021, we have focused on developing a community in Web3 that benefited from the incredible 100- year legacy and access TIME has established. We are thrill to now tap into that community as we seek to find the architect to design TIME Square in the metaverse. As we create an immersive experience with The Sandbox that provides a natural bridge between the virtual community of TIMEPieces. The historical coverage and global relationships of TIME, the unique IP coming from TIME Studios, TIME for Kids, and our real-lifeIRL events.”

However, TIME Square will be an inclusive environment that will provide unique experiences to TIMEPieces holders. While, the destination will serve the TIMEPieces community by providing virtual access to discussions, events, screenings of TIME Studios projects and educational experiences.

“The Sandbox is often view as a ‘virtual Manhattan’, a vibrant space alive with culture, entertainment, and brands, where anyone can discover, learn, work, meet new people, play, dance, and find amazing new opportunities,” said Sebastien Borget, COO and Co-Founder of The Sandbox. “By partnering with TIME, we’re adding TIMEPieces as the beating heart and soul of this virtual Manhattan, where a design call for virtual architects will be held in TIME Square, a place in our creative metaverse for brands and creators.”

About The SandBox

The Sandbox is a virtual gaming world where players can build, own, and monetize their gaming experiences.

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About TIMEPieces

TIMEPieces is a NFT community initiative inclusive of four collections to date: Genesis, Inspiration, Long Neckie Women of the Year, Slices of TIME, and the newly announced, Beatclub Collection.

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https://sandboxgame.medium.com/time-is-partering-with-the-sandbox-to-build-time-square-in-the-metaverse-6cd361e3e5f0

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Partnership Benefits

The partnership will see Webhelp provide The Sandbox gaming community with in-game support services, helping onboard and safeguard the players, creators, and partners. The services include moderating in-game chat, new player support, conducting moderation, and social media activities. The partnership began in March 2022, and together Webhelp and The Sandbox will expand the number of Webhelp ambassadors to 150 over the coming months and grow in line with each Alpha Season release.

“With many complex interactions happening simultaneously in The Sandbox, it’s really important that our community see and feel the presence of our teams and ambassadors on the platform,” saidSebastien Borget, COO and Co-Founder of The Sandbox. “Providing support to our players and creators is key to our offering, and we’re pleased Webhelp shares our vision for the metaverse as a safe space for users to connect with entertainment, gaming, and user-generated content. We are looking forward to working with Webhelp to scale up our dedicated support team, which is rapidly developing its skillset and becoming an extension of our team, as part of a long-lasting partnership.”

The Sandbox In Details

The Sandbox, a community-driven, open virtual world where players can build, own, and monetize gaming experiences in the metaverse. It embraces the idea of a metaverse as a continued shared digital space. The Sandbox is a leading metaverse blockchain game. Webhelp Collaborates The Sandbox follows over 200 other partnerships with brands.

“We’re excited to partner with one of the fastest-growing and most disruptive gaming platforms of a generation,” commented Olivier Duha, CEO and Co-founder of Webhelp. “Running on an open irrefutable blockchain network, The Sandbox puts community at its core, matching Webhelp’s business values. We will be using our extensive experience and expertise in content and community moderation to help The Sandbox grow and remain a safe and engaging platform for players, creators, and commercial partners.”

About The Sandbox

The Sandbox, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, is one of the decentralized virtual worlds. It has been fueling the recent growth of virtual real estate demand having partnered with major IPs and brands.

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About Animoca Brands

Animoca Brands, a Deloitte Tech Fast winner and ranked in the Financial Times list of High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2021, is a leader in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification that is working to advance digital property rights. It develops and publishes a broad portfolio of products including the REVV token and SAND token; original games including The Sandbox, Crazy Kings, and Crazy Defense Heroes; and products utilizing popular intellectual properties including Disney, WWE, Snoop Dogg, The Walking Dead, Power Rangers, MotoGP™, and Formula E.

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About Webhelp

Webhelp designs, delivers, and optimizes unforgettable human experiences for today’s digital world – creating game-changing customer journeys. Webhelp is an end-to-end partner across all B2C and B2B customer journeys.

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https://webhelp.com/news/webhelp-chosen-by-the-sandbox-to-help-design-the-future-of-metaverse-community-engagement/

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The strategic collaboration was developed in association with Bravado, Universal Music Group’s industry-leading brand management division.

Why Jamiroquai?

Jamiroquai is a legendary funk and acid jazz band from London centered on vocalist Jay Kay. Known for the global smash, “Virtual Insanity”, and a string of hit albums and worldwide tours, the Grammy-winning band has sold more than 27 million albums worldwide. Its third album, Travelling Without Moving, received a Guinness World Record as the best-selling funk album in history.

“Jamiroquai have always been future facing and super social – creating a LAND where everyone can come together in The Sandbox with a bit of funk, freedom, and fashion will provide a communal place to digitally connect with our fans and fellow music lovers,” said a statement from the band this week. “We look forward to telling you more soon, but for now can say that hats will definitely be involved.”

The Sandbox in Details

Part virtual real estate, part amusement park, The Sandbox fully embraces the idea of the metaverse as a continuous shared digital space where worlds and heroes collide to make magic. Firstly, The Sandbox Collaborates with Jamiroquai to join over 200 existing partnerships. Secondly, The Sandbox team’s vision of empowering players to create their own experiences using both original and well-known characters and worlds.

About The Sandbox

The Sandbox, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, is one of the decentralized virtual worlds. It has been fueling the recent growth of virtual real estate demand having partnered with major IPs and brands. In addition, building on existing The Sandbox IP that has more than 40 million global installs on mobile. The Sandbox metaverse offers players and creators a decentralized and intuitive platform. The goal is to create immersive 3D worlds and game experiences and to safely store, trade, and monetize their creations.

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About Animoca Brands

Animoca Brands, a Deloitte Tech Fast winner and ranked in the Financial Times list of High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2021, is a leader in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification that is working to advance digital property rights. It develops and publishes a broad portfolio of products including the REVV token and SAND token; original games including The Sandbox, Crazy Kings, and Crazy Defense Heroes; and products utilizing popular intellectual properties including Disney, WWE, Snoop Dogg, The Walking Dead, Power Rangers, MotoGP™, and Formula E. The company has multiple subsidiaries, including The Sandbox, Blowfish Studios, Quidd, GAMEE, nWay, Pixowl, Bondly, Lympo, Grease Monkey Games, and Eden Games. Animoca Brands has a growing portfolio of more than 200 investments in NFT-related companies and decentralized projects. They are contributing to building the open metaverse.

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About Jamiroquai

A band called Jamiroquai arrived on Earth in the 1990s. It leds by a jazz-infused soulman called Jay Kay, aka the Buffalo Man. The band have achieved global success in the shape of over 27 million album sales, Grammy Awards, Ivor Novello gongs, MTV Moonmen, multiple sold-out world tours and 30 years of solid funkin’. Throughout all those years, Jamiroquai’s music has remained true.

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https://www.animocabrands.com/the-sandbox-partners-with-jamiroquai-to-get-funky-in-the-metaverse

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