Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project has a recent Orb and a recent name

Worldcoin, the cryptocurrency/human identity network/UBI project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is now known as World. With the name change, World introduced an updated version of the eyeball scanning ball a device that promises to solve a problem that doesn’t currently exist: authenticating that someone is human “in the age of artificial intelligence.”

People registered in the system receive a global ID that they can employ to “securely and anonymously” prove their humanity online, as well as a share of its associated WLD cryptocurrency token.

The recent Orb consists of 30 percent fewer parts than its predecessor, which is intended to make it easier and cheaper to build, and for some reason it also features Nvidia’s robotics and artificial intelligence platform, Jetson. Prosperous Heley, director of devices at Tools for Humanity, the foundation behind Project World, said during Thursday’s event that the simplified design should assist achieve the goal of universal availability of the Orb.

“To ensure access for every person, we need more Orbs. Lots more Orbs. It will probably be a thousand times more bullets than we have today,” Heley said. “Not just more Orbs, but more Orbs in more places.” In addition to increasing Orb production, World will even allow it people buy or rent your own an eye-scanning sphere so they can “start validating unique people” in their communities.

It’s also launching a recent service called “Orb on Demand” (yes, that’s its real name), through which people will be able to order Orbs “just like you would a pizza delivered to your apartment,” Heley said. Orb will also be coming to more countries, including Costa Rica, Brazil, Indonesia, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Morocco and more.

The world says it almost 7 million verified “special people” so far, despite privacy concerns surrounding the creation of a private global database based on biometric data.