VR DAO Hackathon.
Ideation ā Tickets to the Metaverse
Web3 is revolutionizing the internet. Through smart contracts and monetisation of digital content we have seen the establishment of a new content economy online. Due to the massive growth in interest around NFT marketplaces over the past year some artists are now earning a living by selling ownership of these tokens attached to their digital work.
Currently the most common use for NFTs is purely based on ownership and trading. If I hold an NFT in my crypto wallet it belongs to me and I am able to display it or sell it to the highest bidder. However, for artists building VR experiences, simply selling ownership of your virtual space is not always an ideal fit. Many VR worlds are designed as social spaces for multiple guests. Rather than one person owning the whole experience, NFTs can be used as tickets to unlock virtual worlds. Once used, a ticket could then be resold to another guest, not only potentially earning the initial owner their money back, but also royalties for the original artist. Using purposeful NFTs for access rather than ownership also removes the issue of immutability and whether content is being hosted off chain on centralized servers.
During the hackathon our team will be working together to present an example of how such a ticketing system for VR might work in combination with the NEAR wallet and NFTs minted via the NFT platform Mintbase on NEAR. In preparation for the hackathon we have already been trying out the interface and minting NFTs on test net. You can visit Mintbase here:
We plan to demonstrate how holding one of these newly minted NFTs in a NEAR wallet will grant access to a browser-based VR experience. Artists RenderedFlesh and LiminalLogic will collaborate to create a unique immersive artwork reflecting our own styles and philosophies. This artistic collaboration will take place over the duration of the hackathon. The html site will be built using A-Frame for webXR and will be accessible via Mozilla Firefox browser and a VR headset such as the Oculus Quest. Desktop access will also be possible, no headset required. Due to the fact that we are still in the early days of the immersive web, we will be recommending that viewers only use Firefox to access the experience as other browsers can be prone to bugs. This will improve in the future as webXR use becomes more widespread.
In addition to the immersive artwork we will also create a video or still image which visually represents the online experience and this will be minted as an NFT artwork in its own right. This NFT will be available to purchase via the Mintbase marketplace and will include split sales and forever royalties divided equally between the whole hackathon team: renderedflesh.near, liminallogic.near and mintgate.near. The NFT will therefore have 2 functions, firstly as a collectible artwork for display or resale and secondly as a purposeful access token for the VR experience.
We will work with the MintGate team, who will be submitting a token gating solution to the Social Tokens and NFT Onboarding DAOs, to gate the VR experience.
The VR artwork will be built using html hosted on a webpage. Once the site is online we will input the link to the VR experience and set the token gate requirements on the MintGate platform. In our case the requirements will include the NFT minted on Mintbase and a small amount of NEAR held in a NEAR wallet for verification. The MintGate platform will provide a new MintGate link with the token gate setup.
We will then be able to share the MintGate link with anyone. When a user clicks on the link, they will be prompted to log in using their NEAR wallet and confirm that they have the NFT. If they have the NFT, they will be able to access the VR experience. If they do not have the NFT, they will not be able to access and will be given instructions on how to purchase the NFT on Mintbase.
Visit the website here for more information:
For our presentation and video demonstration we aim to show three main processes from conception through to delivery of the VR experience to the end user.
Stage 1:
- Setting up a storefront on Mintbase with RenderedFlesh and LiminalLogic as minters.
- Minting the still image or video artwork as an NFT including split sales and split royalties between the team members renderedflesh.near, liminallogic.near and mintgate.near using the Mintbase interface.
- Purchasing the NFT on the Mintbase marketplace and showing it inside the NEAR wallet.
Stage 2:
- Setting up a gated URL using the MintGate site.
- Sharing the masked link via social media.
- Accessing the link using NEAR wallet containing the NFT artwork.
Stage 3:
- Exploring and interacting inside the gated VR experience.
- Placing the NFT back onto Mintbase marketplace for resale.
Team:
renderedflesh.near
liminallogic.near
mintgate.near
For the purposes of taking part in the hackathon as a team we have created a new DAO for our proposal.
https://www.sputnik.fund/dao/vraccesstokens.sputnikdao.near/#/dao/vraccesstokens.sputnikdao.near
