Otherside, the Bored Ape Yacht Club ecosystem’s highly-anticipated metaverse platform, is one step closer to launch.

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On Saturday, 4,300 Otherdeed NFT holders, known as “Voyagers,” were invited to explore the world-building metaverse platform during its “First Trip tech demo”. Additional trips will take place in the future to accommodate as many Voyagers as possible.

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Not long after this trip, Yuga Labs set out its vision for the Otherside in its litepaper. The team says the litepaper “serves as a starter guide for the Otherside. It covers foundational principles of the platform, capabilities of its developers, and possibilities for community co-creation.”

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Yuga Labs has been working with U.K.-based game developers Improbable to create the metaverse platform. The newly published litepaper is to be seen as a "stepping stone" in its development. 

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“It will eventually be replaced by a Codex that will continually evolve with Voyager input to share the most up-to-date information, announcements, and decisions that shape Otherside," it explains.

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According to the litepaper, “Phase 1” will see Voyagers take part in the “Voyager’s Journey”, an “11-part storyline surrounding a mysterious Obelisk that has appeared in the Otherside universe.”

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During this phase, Voyagers and “selected third-party developers” will also help shape the core capabilities of the platform through exclusive events, playtesting opportunities, and as co-developers of the Otherside Development Kit, the platform’s suite of creation tools.

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