The integration of the metaverse and intelligent vehicles outlines the characteristics that Web3.0 cars should possess

The metaverse, as a decentralized virtual ecosystem built on blockchain technology, can exist parallel to the real world.

Whether in the novel "The Three-Body Problem" or the movie "Ready Player One," humanity's continuous exploration and yearning for the metaverse world are evident. From the perspective of the metaverse itself, it has the potential to organically integrate with various traditional ecosystems, further helping them expand their businesses and form qualitative changes in business models.

Currently, the metaverse is gradually becoming a focal point in the technology sector. In addition to Facebook betting heavily on the metaverse and rebranding itself as Meta, companies like Alibaba and Tencent are also conducting in-depth research on the metaverse. Adidas has announced collaborations with Sandbox and Coinbase to officially begin its foray into the metaverse, while Nvidia has stated it will provide deep hardware support for the metaverse.

In the automotive sector, although many previously believed that Tesla would be the first to enter the metaverse era, the high-end smart electric vehicle brand IM Motors, under SAIC, has become the first car company to layout the metaverse track ahead of Tesla, attracting significant market attention. IM Motors has pioneered the integration of the automotive field with the metaverse track, which is of great significance for the development of the automotive sector.

With a forward-looking and youthful philosophy, and focusing on technological elements, IM Motors will use cars as a value bridge connecting users with the metaverse ecosystem, and is expected to become the first car company to drive the automotive sector towards Web 3.0.

Deeply integrating the metaverse, IM Motors reshapes the traditional automotive ecosystem

The rapid development of the automotive industry has led to a qualitative improvement in vehicle performance and functionality. Especially with the rapid advancement of the internet, the Internet of Vehicles has gradually become one of the main functions of a car, making vehicles increasingly technological and intelligent. Overall, the automotive sector is transitioning from an era of "hardware defining cars" to "software defining cars." The rapid development of deep intelligent technologies may completely disrupt people's car usage experience, expanding the infinite imaginative space of car usage scenarios, reshaping the "car manufacturing logic" in the automotive field.

From the overall development trend of the automotive market, against the backdrop of global energy shortages and the implementation of "carbon neutrality" policies in many major countries, the overall market share of fuel vehicles is gradually declining, while new energy vehicles are emerging.

The iteration of electrification has redefined the standards for cars in terms of dynamic performance, comfort, and intelligence, and it is also reconstructing the rules of the automotive industry, which is a disruptive blow to fuel vehicles. New energy electric vehicles are gradually becoming the new trend in automotive development.

The progress of all industries related to intelligence relies on user data, and data will drive user co-creation, thereby unleashing new productivity, especially in the automotive field. It is evident that many current smart vehicle construction ideas have not yet broken free from the constraints of traditional ideological frameworks. The Web 2.0 world built by centralized internet is characterized by excessive centralization and data opacity. Although users can enjoy certain conveniences in this process, their rights and interests in this ecosystem are very limited.

For example, the mileage points enjoyed by users are merely numbers in the internet server and lack the ability to be verified. The service operators can completely reset these mileage points at any time and change users' potential rights at will.

Of course, while users utilize these Internet of Vehicles services, the data generated will also be stored in the servers providing services for the Internet of Vehicles and may be used as "assets" by these operators and car companies to further realize commercial value, while users are not included in the benefit circle. Thus, in the context of Web 2.0, users' rights and interests are passive. Therefore, under the framework of Web 2.0, the ecological services provided by current automotive companies based on traditional internet are highly homogeneous, with poor integration of new technologies. Similarly, under the heavy blow of the COVID-19 pandemic on the automotive market, traditional automotive giants have been severely impacted, and the automotive industry may need substantial innovation to achieve the next round of rapid growth in the automotive market.

"Original Stone Valley User Data Rights Plan," deeply binding rights and value

With the wave of the metaverse driven by blockchain technology, IM Motors' deep integration of its ecosystem with the metaverse further promotes a profound ideological transformation of the traditional automotive ecosystem.

IM Motors centers on users, constructing a metaverse ecosystem "Original Stone Valley" that is intertwined with the real world, featuring decentralization, verifiability, and openness.

Unlike traditional internet automotive ecosystems, the "Original Stone Valley" metaverse ecosystem created by IM Motors is a decentralized ecosystem that allows users' rights to be deeply verified based on blockchain technology. It has also launched the "Original Stone Valley User Data Rights Plan," which centers on "original stones" and incentivizes users for their contributions in the IM metaverse.

Users can exchange the "original stones" they earn through behavioral contributions for various hardware or software upgrade services designated by IM Motors. Particularly, angel round users who drive more than 5,000 kilometers annually after vehicle delivery can choose to exchange their "original stones" for the next-generation laser radar integrated intelligent driving system; or upgrade to the next-generation high-capacity energy battery after three years of normal driving. Similarly, these "original stones," in addition to redeeming tangible value, will also allow users to enjoy more "intangible value" within the "Original Stone Valley" metaverse ecosystem. In the future, the "original stones" will provide users with deep rights that are closely related to the development of IM Motors.

The "original stones" themselves differ from traditional internet points; they resemble a decentralized, tamper-proof, and irreversible blockchain-based right, and all transaction records of "original stones" will be recorded on-chain, remaining transparent and verifiable at all times.

The total amount of "original stones" is only 300 million, of which 70% (210 million) can be obtained through "mileage mining," while the remaining 30% (90 million) requires entering "nurturing mining." Nurturing mining means that users participate in community interactions within the IM metaverse community "Original Stone Valley," such as posting, liking, and sharing, to earn "crystals" as incentives. Users can use crystals to draw blind boxes to obtain original stones.

Mileage mining refers to the driving data contributed by IM Motors users for every kilometer driven, which will be included in the data pool for mileage mining. The more kilometers users drive, the more data they contribute, and the more original stones they will earn. Therefore, whether through participating in the IM metaverse community or contributing data through actual use of IM Motors vehicles, users can contribute to the IM metaverse ecosystem.

Although users contribute their relevant data in this process, the IM ecosystem, based on blockchain technology, utilizes new technological solutions such as cryptography and privacy computing, which inherently provide excellent protection for data. This means that data collection will be completed in a desensitized and secure manner, and will not be controlled by the IM system.

The "Original Stone Valley User Data Rights Plan" deeply reflects IM Motors' user-centric and co-creation philosophy.

As the core of IM Motors' metaverse ecosystem, "Original Stone Valley" will gradually achieve three progressive functions: the first phase is the verification of user value (current phase); the second phase is the user value community; the third phase will combine NFTs (non-fungible tokens) to create a metaverse space "Mystic Time and Space" for real and virtual cars.

Thus, when "Original Stone Valley" enters the third phase, after purchasing an IM Motors vehicle, users will also own a digital twin virtual car within "Original Stone Valley." This virtual car will possess the ability to evolve, disassemble, and aggregate.

The evolution and upgrade of the virtual car will, in turn, affect the mileage mining capabilities or upgrade functions of the real car. Conversely, the more mileage the real car accumulates, the more certain indicators and characteristics of the virtual companion or pet, and the twin car will be enhanced. Participants within the IM Motors ecosystem will have complete ownership of their content and data, gaining a sense of recognition and collaboration.

Through the "Original Stone Valley" metaverse ecosystem, users will be able to experience the charm brought by the metaverse world within 5 to 10 years. This approach is not only fresh and groundbreaking but also further revitalizes and energizes the IM ecosystem.

IM Motors ensures users' rightful interests, allowing them to return to the essence of value while also safeguarding users' data and privacy through blockchain technology. The metaverse ecosystem it constructs, characterized by Web 3.0, is evidently on a different ideological level compared to the current automotive ecosystem based on traditional internet.

IM Motors deeply aligns with blockchain principles

IM Motors is filled with the concept of the metaverse. Previously, IM Motors held three small "private sharing sessions" in the blockchain field, and the private sharing session held in Guangzhou was linked with Decentraland for a live broadcast. Notably, Decentraland is an early and established metaverse ecosystem built on Ethereum, gathering a large number of users from the blockchain field. In the live broadcast linked with Decentraland, all Decentraland users could watch the content of this private sharing session in the Decentraland metaverse theater. Currently, IM Motors is gradually gaining recognition in the blockchain field, and it is also the first car company to conduct live broadcasts through metaverse ecosystems like Decentraland.

In addition, IM Motors is also deeply laying out in the NFT art field and integrating NFTs into "Original Stone Valley." Currently, IM Motors has collaborated with artist Fei Yining from totalab to jointly launch the digital image work "Forest of Totems," which is the first NFT art series in the "Original Stone Valley" metaverse ecosystem.

It is understood that "Forest of Totems" is inspired by artist Fei Yining, extracting from the value concept of the IM Motors user metaverse community "Original Stone Valley," combining human narratives of the digital generation with data contributions, and inviting IM Motors users to envision the parallel world existing within "Original Stone Valley," cultivating their material and non-material future.

This NFT work will subsequently be collected and handed over to the artist for secondary creation into a complete video work, with on-chain verification, serving as the community totem of Original Valley. By launching NFT artworks, it may further extend IM Motors' user-centric blockchain philosophy and culture. Through this novel approach, it continuously adds color to users on a spiritual level, undoubtedly reflecting the deep charm of the metaverse world.

Overall, through its deep layout in the metaverse sector, IM Motors enables users to connect deeply with the "Original Stone Valley" metaverse ecosystem via their vehicles, becoming masters and beneficiaries of data in the era of big data, allowing user rights to return and be deeply bound to value, and pioneering a data-driven activation of user co-creation. IM Motors also integrates the automotive ecosystem with art through the construction of an NFT art ecosystem in "Original Stone Valley," deeply intertwining culture and spirit within the metaverse ecosystem.

IM Motors is currently at the forefront of the automotive industry in blockchain and metaverse fields, gradually outlining the early contours of the automotive ecosystem in the Web 3.0 world while reshaping the internet-based automotive ecosystem.