About Sebastien Borget
Sebastien Borget is Co-Founder and COO of the Sandbox metaverse as well as President of the Blockchain Game Alliance, a non-profit organization of 250 key members of the industry. In 2023, he was named in the Top 100 most influential people in blockchain by CoinTelegraph, with good reason.
Sebastien is a global proponent of the metaverse, web3 and blockchain, when it comes to onboarding brands, communities – and even countries – into web3, perhaps nobody speaks and travels more. He is a keynote speaker and has appeared on stage at hundreds of conferences, including Web Summit 2022, NFT Taipei, Polygon Connect, Paris Blockchain Week and Vivatech, NFT Week, Singapore Blockchain Week and countless others.
Sebastien holds a Computer Science Engineering degree from Télécom Sud Paris and a Masters Degree in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Born in France, he also speaks English and German fluently, and can ‘get by’ in Spanish and Chinese.
Sebastien describes himself as an “entrepreneur and Dad with 14 years experience in growing start-ups.”
He has over six years experience in Blockchain, eleven years in Mobile Gaming, and we’re excited to speak with him.
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About the Sandbox Metaverse
The Sandbox is a decentralized metaverse where players can build, own, and monetize their gaming experiences using NFTs and the Sandbox cryptocurrency SAND. Over 400 brands and global celebrities have experiences and games on the platform. Some of the biggest include Samsung, Adidas, Warner Music Group, Ubisoft, PWC, Gucci, The Walking Dead, Snoop Dogg, The Smurfs, Care Bears and Atari.
Some of the most recent activations in The Sandbox Metaverse include Gucci Cosmos LAND, Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix is an animated series inspired by Ubisoft’s 2013 video game title Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and Cinerama Land. Registrations are open for The Sandbox‘s upcoming Game Jam, which is being released in collaboration with US-based heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. Elvis was there in August.
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Quotes From Sebastien Borget
“The most important category for us is the creators. We put a big focus on that community and all the tools and products we provide to empower them.”
“Part of the beauty of web3 is it's really levelling up everyone and enabling new people to enter this industry and become a creator, even though they were not part of the previous Web 2 or gaming free-to-play revolution.”
“I think it varies across cultures. Some markets are more interested in the financialization aspect and what traditional ownership means in term of monetization, while others are really excited by the creative side and the ‘no code game maker.’”
“We're not creating a gaming platform, we're creating a virtual world where people are connecting around a new form of entertainment, a combination of social, culture and gaming.”
“The sandbox is a new form of entertainment. It's very social, people come to connect and make friends, to chat and to interact. You can encounter experiences of art, sport, fashion, music, entertainment, museums and culture.”
“It's a beautiful Melting Pot that reflects the beauty of the metaverse: a very inclusive world where people choose their identity.”
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🤩This is already the last week of Dr Bomkus' Trials event on @TheSandboxGame - 6 weeks of exciting challenges and race into the top of the leaderboards!
— Sebastien 🏞 (@borgetsebastien) November 30, 2023
🏃Do you have what it takes to finish the "Trial 6: Funny Fall" race before the competition? Dash through Dr. Bomkus'… https://t.co/A1AqaQhbNt pic.twitter.com/ObxkBT65ra
The Alpha Version 0.9.7.0 of @TheSandboxGame Game Client is out 🔥
— Sebastien 🏞 (@borgetsebastien) November 30, 2023
Have you noticed any (major) performance improvement on your side? pic.twitter.com/CY8zOi7l2m
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More Quotes From Sebastien Borget
“Avenged Sevenfold launched a Game Jam and made some of their music available for the fans to use within the experience. It was co-created with their Community.”
“What does it mean to be a fan today?”
“We’re seeing some great signs of progress this year. We increased our audience by 20% to 5 million users with a wallet. People spend 62 minutes on average in the Sandbox, that’s a 20% year on-year increase.”
“How do you allow user content, such as an avatar, to be used and connected across different applications, platforms or services?”
“By the end of this year we’ll be launching a new game maker that adds better performance, better graphics and a new multiplayer capability to drive more fun and more social features.”
“We’re opening publishing, so any of the land owners can open an experience without any prior validation. Two hundred and sixty experiences went live right away and we hope thousands of experiences will go live. More content to explore, more time to spend, more chances to engage or monetize.”
Check out other episodes on web3, nfts, emerging tech and the metaverse
Dominik Karaman On Web3 Brand Strategy / Julio Ottino On Nexus Thinking / Reid Blackman AI Ethics / Inder Phull Music In The Metaverse / Leo Nasskau Web3 and NFT Charity / Costantino Roselli Virtual Fashion and The Future of the Metaverse