🧑Which Platform Is Right For You?: ZEP vs Gather Town

Platform for you?

⭐ Metaverse’s most representative platforms: ZEP vs Gather Town

🌟 Gather Town: Small-scale events, PC, etc.

⭐ ZEP: Large-scale events, PC & mobile, etc.

😲 There is no institution these days that doesn’t use this?

As working from home and remote learning become
more common in our daily lives,
many people are using video conferencing platforms,
such as Zoom or Google Meet.

However, many people complain of fatigue
from constantly staring at each other’s faces and screens.
This is called ‘Zoom Fatigue’. 😵‍💫

In order to solve these problems, people are choosing
the alternative platform /to video conferencing.
Especially, numerous companies have adopted
the metaverse platform and are actively using it for virtual offices,
online meetings, and online events.

1️⃣ Metaverse use in business

To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Tefal Korea held a pop-up store on ZEP.
Tefal showed its products to consumers throughout the pop-up store,
and conducted various games, events, surveys in each space.

In addition, actual popular Tefal products were given away as event prizes,
and a donation project for children from low-income families
was also carried out within this space.

2️⃣ Metaverse use in education

Also, schools are actively introducing the metaverse services.
In the case of Dongguk University,
the university made its campus map in ZEP space
to introduce the university and buildings to students.

Moreover, the map was designed so that students could take online classes
within the metaverse map.
And it drew a lot of positive responses from many students and faculties.

Futhermore, the use of this kind of platform is increasing not only in universities
but also in elementary, middle, and high schools.

🤷‍♀️ Which Metaverse Platform Is Best For You?

The most popular metaverse platforms currently used by many users are
ZEP and Gather Town.

Let’s take a look at the characteristics of each platform
and find out which one best suits your personality and situation!✨

1️⃣ Gather Town

Gather Town is a metaverse platform created by American startup “Gather”.
And this service started as an online office at first in May 2020,
so it provides a virtual space where people can work and learn.

So as to use the Gather Town service, you should download the application
for PC or mobile from the website.

You can use Gather Town with both PC and mobile devices.
But since it is optimized for PC, it is recommended to access it
using the Chrome web browser.

Since the Gather Town service itself launched as a virtual office and online office,
it focuses on providing business functions
such as offices, conference rooms, and video conferencing.
Therefore, Gather Town’s main user base consists mostly of office workers.

Additionally, Gather Town provides services
in English, Japanese, and Portuguese.

So, if you’re an English, Japanese or Portuguese speaker,
you can use Gather Town easily.

However, ZEP is not only available in English and Japanese, it’s also easy and comfortable to use anywhere in the world!

Gather Town provides 8-bit character and motion function,
and allows you to create a separate room within the space.
but Gather Town does not support scripting function.

And up to 2-300 people can access simultaneously within one space map.
Therefore, if more than 300 people participate,
access to the space can be restricted.

2️⃣ ZEP

ZEP was officially launched on March 16, 2022
by Korean companies ‘Naver Z’ and ‘Supercat’.

And it has the advantage of being easy for users to use compared to
other metaverse platforms and is familiar to users
based on cute avatars and easy operation.

Like Gather Town, ZEP can be used on both PC and mobile devices,
but because it provides web-based service,
you can access the space map without installing a separate application.

So, Just one click is enough!👍

Also it provides the same map design and features when connected to a mobile device as when connected to a PC.
Therefore, you can use ZEP anytime, anywhere without a PC
as long as you have a mobile phone or tablet. 📱

Unlike Gather Town, ZEP provides an Asset Store.
There are a lot of maps, objects, and games within the Asset Store,
or you can make your own with ZEP Script.

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You can customize your own space, avatars, and even url, landing page easily.
It’ll help users to remember your company or brand.
Show your creativity! 🎆

You can access up to 150,000 people simultaneously in space,
so it’s suitable for large-scale online events
such as fan meetings of K-POP idols, and company’s seminar.

By using the various mini-games in ZEP’s asset store,
you can increase user interest and participation
even if many people participate in one space.

🤷‍♂️ ZEP vs Gather Town

Depending on the characteristics of each platform,
you should use the one that suits you.

If you want to use functions such as a virtual office on a PC
with a small group of users,
then you’d better to use Gather Town.

On the other hand, if you want to use not only a virtual office but also an online event,
such as an virtual museum or online sports day
with a small to large group of users
on both PC and mobile,
then you’d better to use ZEP.
Because ZEP is the easiest metaverse platform!

If you want to get more information, then follow the link!

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