The Virtual Land Act (VLA)
The Virtual Land Act is IDLG’s modular governance framework for defining, registering and governing virtual land as a serious, investable and regulatable asset class.
What the VLA establishes
- Standardised definitions of virtual land parcels and spatial units.
- Clear ownership, usage and rights frameworks for digital environments.
- Trusted registry models for platforms, regulators and institutions.
- Interoperable identity and verification layers for owners and operators.
- Templates for public-private governance processes and dispute handling.
Core pillars of the framework
- Classification: how virtual land is defined, scoped and linked to platforms or protocols.
- Registration: how parcels, rights and actors are recorded in registries and ledgers.
- Rights & duties: what owners, operators and users may do – and what they must not.
- Governance: how rules change, who decides, and how conflicts are resolved.
- Verification: how ownership, transfers and governance events can be independently audited.
VLA modules
- Legal language module: concepts and definitions aligned with existing land and property law.
- Registry module: data models, records and lifecycle rules for virtual land registries.
- Rights module: ownership, usage, licensing and revenue-sharing structures.
- Governance module: participation rules, voting mechanisms and oversight structures.
- Interoperability module: standards for cross-platform mapping and migration of parcels and rights.
Why this matters
Without clear standards, virtual land remains speculative and difficult to regulate. The Virtual Land Act introduces the legal and technical clarity required for capital allocation, long-term development and institutional adoption. It gives regulators and platforms a shared blueprint instead of fragmented, platform-specific rules.
Link to the IDLG Trust Layer & Audit Engine
The Virtual Land Act defines the rules for how virtual land is classified, registered and governed. IDLG’s Trust Layer provides the identity, registry and verification infrastructure that makes these rules enforceable across real systems. The Audit Engine then tests platforms and registries against VLA requirements, enabling continuous compliance checks for regulators, infrastructure providers and institutional partners.
Who the VLA is for
- Regulators and ministries designing digital land and digital property policy.
- Platforms and protocols that operate virtual land, worlds or spatial systems.
- Infrastructure providers building registries, identity and verification services.
- Public-interest institutions, foundations and standardisation bodies.