Upland plans to place São Paulo in the metaverse

Last Wednesday (25), during the second edition of the Cidade do Futuro Festival, in honor of São Paulo's 469th anniversary, Upland announced the launch of the São Paulo capital into the metaverse. The event is annually promoted by the City of São Paulo, and featured programming focused on the technology industry, discussing web3, games and blockchain.

One of the official partners of the event is metaverse platform Upland, therefore, the event featured a panel on games and the metaverse. The company's general director in Latin America, Ney Neto, took the opportunity to announce the arrival of São Paulo on the platform. 

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“We will very soon launch the city of São Paulo in UPLAND. We are closing a series of public and private partnerships that match the greatness of Sampa. I'm happy to see Cidade do Futuro embrace and open space for web3, as it's an opportunity to democratize access and break the bubble”, said Ney Neto.

Despite the promising announcement, details were not given about the arrival of Latin America's largest city in the metaverse. However, the platform was already responsible for including Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires in the digital environment. Upland also has a partnership with Unicef ​​Brasil through an educational program that aims to spread knowledge about technology to young Brazilians. 



Upland's Recent Partnerships

Upland is a metaverse mapped on real-world cartography and based on blockchain. The platform's main objective is to promote goods and experiences in the metaverse and monetize it. Currently, Upland has around 4 million users.

On Newsverso, the platform has already been highlighted by launching a partnership with FIFA to launch the capital of the World Cup-winning country in the metaverse. 

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