A single, honest, project‑independent reference to the people, claims and proof behind Marcel Donges and Cerulean Circle — so collaborators and future agents (in any chat) start informed, not from zero.
| Claim | Strength | Source (live) | What it establishes / limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU adopted a Web 4.0 & virtual‑worlds strategy (11 Jul 2023) | VERIFIED | ip_23_3718 | Real macro tailwind. Does not attribute the term to any individual. |
| Web4x framework featured in Krista Kim’s book Human Sovereignty | SOURCED | Book PDF (held by principal); Krista Kim public profile | Independent third‑party discussion of Web4x/ONCE; dates framework to ~2005 and frames it as parallel to EU, not its origin. No mention of Ecoverse/NEOM/Spatial. |
| Ecoverse delivered the QQL: Analogs metaverse for Tyler Hobbs / Pace Gallery | VERIFIED | ecoverse.com/space/qql | Blue‑chip art‑world delivery. Strongest external credential. |
| ~100 concurrent users demonstrated at the Tyler Hobbs opening | DEMO | Recorded in‑world footage (held by principal) | Concurrency shown in a real event. Confirm single‑instance vs distributed in diligence. |
| Ecoverse is a built, web‑native platform with 10+ spaces | LIVE | davos24; Davos 2024 film; Tyler Hobbs · Apple Vision Pro | Platform exists and is showable. "10x faster than Spatial" remains an unbenchmarked claim. |
| Philip van Nedervelde co‑leads Ecoverse (23+ yrs XR; E‑SPACES) | SOURCED | van Nedervelde public profiles; E‑SPACES | Credible XR pioneer partner. Verified background; titles per his own profiles. |
| Web4ID self‑sovereign identity (DAL · tenbeo) | SOURCED | DAL Web4; tenbeo | Real identity products; the ownership‑portability spine. tenbeo specifics taken on principal’s word. |
| Heart Space / Toronto Tech Week 2026 (Krista Kim) identity‑protection theme | SOURCED | Pycap event writeup | Event, artist and theme independently confirmed. Ecoverse/DAL’s specific role there not yet sourced. |
| Davos 2024 — direct participation (showed Web4x / Ecoverse) | DEMO | Imagination in Action (Dome, Jan 2024); International Bridges to Justice; first‑person photos & signed declaration (held by principal) | Attended the Imagination in Action Dome (MIT Connection Science / Forbes / Link Ventures, Berners‑Lee on stage) and showed Web4x / Ecoverse (Julia 220) work; signatory to the Interfaith Declaration at "Reflections on Hope, Peace & Justice," hosted by IBJ (Karen Tse), Hilde Schwab and Davos Mayor Philipp Wilhelm, Grosse Stube / Davos Town Hall, 18 Jan 2024. Establishes high‑level event participation. Limit: participation only — not a business deal or third‑party endorsement of Web4x. |
| Object‑oriented Web 4.0 reference architecture documented early (TLA "The Last Architecture" → Thinglish, ONCE, EAMD.ucp, WebBeans) | DEMO | web‑40.md (component diagrams dated 2020); donges.it / TLA | Concrete, named OO web architecture with diagrams timestamped 2020 — predates the EU’s 2023 Web 4.0 strategy. Establishes early, independent authorship of the architecture. (Diagram contents not separately rendered here.) |
| NEOM metaverse engagement — delivery work (Cerulean Circle / WODA · ONCE) | DEMO | "IDEA NEOM Metaverse Team" deck, 29 Nov 2022 (held by principal); com/neom components; CityManagement 1.0.0; NEOM root | Cerulean Circle named on the IDEA‑led NEOM Metaverse org chart (alongside Cavrnus, ESRI, Fraunhofer IML) as the interoperating‑system / economic‑simulation vendor; corresponding NEOM‑namespaced UCP components (CityManagement, metaverse, landregistry, ecommerce) dated 2023. Establishes real contributor/delivery work. Limit: artifacts on own infrastructure; formal NEOM acceptance/payment not separately evidenced here. |