Ethereum-based virtual-reality (VR) platform Somnium Space has moved from scalability solution Loom Network to Matic to heighten scaling.

On March 23, Somnium Space said that it hopes the transition will let it to achieve scalability and provide a superior user experience. The firm explained:

"By implementing Matic's high-performance Plasma-based sidechains, Somnium aims to solve any time to come problems around scalability and user experience such as high-throughput, fast confirmation times, and negligible transaction fees."

A growing VR economy

Somnium Space CEO Artur Sychov explained that the firm believes that Matic volition let the economy internal to its VR world to scale significantly and grow its customs in the coming months. He explained to Cointelegraph the reasons the company decided to move to Matic:

"Due to the fact that Loom has decided to shut down their client facing solution we were forced to search for a new reliable partner for a second layer scalability. Matic was an obvious choice due to their team expertise and other well-known projects working with Matic already."

Sychov told Cointelegraph that his firm is "mightily impressed with the team'south support on the business end" and that this is what makes Matic a better fit for the projection compared to Loom. He explained that the tools provided by Matic allow his team to focus on the projection's development.

Loom Network had not answered Cointelegraph'southward request for more than information equally of printing fourth dimension. This article volition exist updated should their comments come in.

The rise of Matic

When asked well-nigh what makes the network a skilful fit for the project, a Matic representative said:

"We don't want to toot our ain horn. Just the answer lies in the trust a lot of leading projects are placing in u.s.a., for case Decentraland, boxing racers, springrole, sandbox and many more.  We aim non only to provide land of the art tech but also go along the programmer experience at the eye of everything that we do."

As Cointelegraph reported yesterday, Ethereum-based VR world The Sandbox recently announced a partnership with Matic, noting that the network will allow the DApp to carry out faster transactions and create a meliorate user experience.