Hello World: The 5 key announcements from the new world event in San Francisco

AI is making rapid and important progress. As it does, new infrastructure is needed that enables people to leverage this powerful tool in a way that benefits everyone.

At the "A New World" event in San Francisco, Alex Blania and Sam Altman, co-inventors of Worldcoin, now World Network, introduced important updates to the project they started 5 years ago that will play an important role not only in the creation of that infrastructure, but in scaling it to reach every human. 

Here are five of the key announcements from today’s event.

The next generation Orb, unveiled at the new world event, offers more advanced technologies that enable World ID proof of human verifications to scale faster and more efficiently than before. 

It’s powered by the latest NVIDIA Jetson chipset with nearly 5x the AI performance over the previous version, along with other significant hardware and software enhancements. It’s also both easier to build with 30% fewer parts and full auditability with a removable external SD card. 

These updates have enabled the creation of new Operating models, including flagship locations, on-demand Orbs, self-serve Orb kiosks and more for the entire fleet of Orbs available today and in the future.

Learn more about the new Orb and new ways to verify.

World ID 3.0 is the most advanced World ID yet, featuring World ID Credentials to help bring World ID access to the millions of people who haven’t yet had a chance to verify at an Orb.

World ID Credentials allow World ID holders to optionally store information from their physical NFC-enabled passports in World App on their device, then use their World ID to prove things like age, nationality and unique passport ownership without revealing their real identity. The World Foundation has decided to allow Verified Passport holders to claim WLD tokens (where available) even before they fully Orb-verify their World ID.

In addition to Credentials, World ID 3.0 offers increased privacy protections with AMPC, the next generation SMPC setup from World, and World ID Deep Face, a powerful new way to combat online fraud. 

Learn more about World ID 3.0.

Introducing World App 3.0 is the super app for humans, redesigned from the ground up to dramatically improve its utility and enable the World Network to scale to more people.

It features Mini Apps, a new platform that enables third party apps to run right inside World App and deeply integrate anonymously with your World ID, Wallet and Contacts. In addition, World App 3.0 has a more useful wallet featuring Vault and World Pay (where available), can hold World ID Credentials and features powerful new security and community features. 

Learn more about World App 3.0 and mini apps.

World Chain is live. As of October 17th, all ~15M World ID holders and World App users have either migrated or are in the process of migrating to World Chain—the first blockchain designed to prioritize human activity and transactions.

On Day One, World Chain is being supported by world class blockchain service providers and applications including Optimism, Alchemy, Uniswap, Safe, Dune and Etherscan. World Chain natively integrates World ID and gives all verified humans access to prioritized blockspace.

Learn more about the World Chain mainnet launch.

Finally, as the scale of the project grows along with the importance of World ID’s proof of human protocol, the name “Worldcoin” no longer encapsulates the mission of the project—to accelerate every human. 

At the event, Blania and Altman introduced the World Network, or World for short. With its three key pillars (World Chain, World ID and Worldcoin), World is truly a network of real, verified humans built to enable an optimistic future in which humans will continue to be at the center of AI progress.