TORONTO, CANADA: Liquid Avatar Technologies, a global blockchain and fintech solutions company, announced the Grand Opening of 3D virtual art galleries in the Metaverse — Oasis Digital Gallery, an extended reality, immersive web experience where users can walk through and experience the look and feel of a “real” art gallery and where they can view and purchase NFT artwork directly from the gallery hangings.
The Oasis Digital Gallery will launch with renowned pop culture digital and traditional medium artist, Lynn Mara, with an exhibition of her Barcode Ponies, a digital collection of uniquely crafted and colored collectible Zebras. A total of 255 pieces will be available for purchase in a virtual 3D experience that will not require additional equipment such as VR goggles to be viewed.
The virtual gallery will feature 104 pieces and the entire collection can be viewed in the Oasis Digital Gallery Store. Visitors will be able to maneuver the gallery’s “walk-through” environment just by using their computer’s web browser, mouse, and keyboard. The digital representation of each painting can be enlarged for better viewing and will feature a clickable information plaque and an audio description.
“The Oasis Digital Gallery is poised to be one of the signature destinations in the Metaverse and we’re excited to bring such great art to a wider audience,” said David Lucatch, CEO Liquid Avatar Technologies Inc., Managing Director Oasis Digital Studios Limited & Aftermath Islands Metaverse Limited.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to have an artist of Lynn Mara’s caliber to kick off the Grand Opening of the Oasis Digital Gallery. Her work is bold, colorful, and iconic, and we’re proud to partner with her for this exhibition.”
In addition to touring the gallery and viewing the artwork, guests will have the opportunity to purchase copies of the paintings as NFTs right from the digital display. Purchasers will be able to purchase NFTs using PayPal, fiat, major credit cards and cryptocurrencies directly via Shopify.
“I’ve always been drawn to the beauty of zebras. But as beautiful and big as they are, they’re also very from another. Yet, no two are alike. We need to think beyond black and white,” said Lynn Mara.
“And when I think of zebras, I think of Africa. There is a river in Africa that runs from Kenya to Tanzania, and across the migration path of the Serengeti It is called the Mara River, as in my last name.
As always, I like to direct a percentage of the profits from my art toward a charity. So, we have chosen as the beneficiary of that contribution the excellent humanitarian work of Water 4 Mercy, founded in 2018 by Nermine Khouzam Rubin. Water 4 Mercy has contracted with world renowned leaders to implement innovative and advanced solar, water and agricultural solutions to eradicate thirst, hunger and poverty in Africa. All of this would be just an “idea” though, if not for the technical genius of the team at Liquid Avatar and the Oasis Digital Gallery, one of the first virtual galleries ever in the Metaverse!”
The Oasis Digital Gallery has already booked future art events and is built to host future virtual events such as galas, corporate and social gatherings. The Oasis Digital Gallery will also be accessible in the future through Collector Aisle, a theme based virtual island as part of the Aftermath Islands Metaverse that is dedicated to NFT collectors.
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