{"id":149867,"date":"2023-09-05T09:06:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T03:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=149867"},"modified":"2023-09-05T09:06:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T03:36:36","slug":"casio-dropping-free-nfts-to-co-create-virtual-g-shock-watches-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/casio-dropping-free-nfts-to-co-create-virtual-g-shock-watches-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Casio Dropping Free NFTs to ‘Co-Create’ Virtual G-Shock Watches – Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Japanese electronics giant Casio is expanding its sporty G-Shock watch brand into the metaverse with the launch of Virtual G-Shock, a blockchain-based \u201ccommunity co-creation\u201d program in partnership with Polygon Labs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The first step on the roadmap is a collection of 15,000 free-to-mint G-Shock Creator Pass <\/span>NFTs<\/span><\/a>, which afford holders access to the program\u2019s newly unveiled Discord channel. There they can enter a co-creation competition to create a variant design for the passes. The winner will be decided by community vote.<\/span><\/p>\n

Casio will begin rolling out the NFTs this month <\/span>via its official website<\/span><\/a>, with an initial claim window available for users who have a Casio ID from September 23-26, and a public mint to follow from September 26-29. The NFTs will be minted on <\/span>Polygon<\/span><\/a>, an <\/span>Ethereum<\/span><\/a> scaling network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIn recent years, with the spread of the decentralized internet known as Web3, demand for experiences in virtual spaces has increased. We have launched this initiative to further expand the G-Shock brand by establishing points of contact with previously unreachable segments of the population,\u201d said Takahashi Oh, senior general manager of Casio\u2019s timepiece division, in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh told <\/span>Decrypt<\/span><\/i> that Casio hopes to introduce its G-Shock watch brand\u2014which the company says has shipped more than 100 million devices since its 1983 debut\u2014to the metaverse and interactive online worlds. The NFT-driven initiative is designed to help the community develop those wearable accessories alongside the company.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“The co-creation of the Virtual G-Shock Project aims to increase the presence of the G-Shock brand in the virtual and Web3 worlds,\u201d said Oh, \u201cand to foster a culture of wearing watches in the virtual world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, in a <\/span>metaverse<\/span><\/a> linked to the NFT, we would like to realize a world where many avatars wear wristwatches and G-Shocks, just like in the real world,\u201d he continued. \u201cIn order to realize this world, we would like to cultivate virtual fans through the co-creation project and increase the number of friends who will work together to create the future that Virtual G-Shock is aiming for.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Web3 loyalty programs featuring elements of co-creation have also recently been employed by brands such as<\/span> Lacoste<\/span><\/a>, while Tommy Hilfiger ran an AI design competition in partnership with DressX during March\u2019s Metaverse Fashion Week. Polygon in particular has attracted brands like Adidas, Nike, and Starbucks to build on its network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Japanese electronics giant Casio is expanding its sporty G-Shock watch brand into the metaverse with the launch of Virtual G-Shock, a blockchain-based \u201ccommunity co-creation\u201d program in partnership with Polygon Labs.\u00a0 The first step on the roadmap is a collection of 15,000 free-to-mint G-Shock Creator Pass NFTs, which afford holders access to the program\u2019s newly unveiled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-149867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149867"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149870,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149867\/revisions\/149870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}