Get ready for beautifully messy!
As we go into tonight’s launch for 100xARt District in Decentraland I want to frame what we are doing & why because what you are about to experience is the VERY edge of what’s possible in the The Open Metaverse
On the one hand we are showing what’s possible with multimedia NFTs in the context of Art. The 100xARtists are all creatives pushing the technical boundaries of what’s possible and it’s insane. The medium and its limitations both informing their art and vice versa.
On the other we are showing what’s more broadly possible in OPEN virtual worlds. Where everything from buildings to any & all content is built, collaboratively, bottom up & largely on open source code. There is no slick AAA Gaming Studio with thousands of people here.. yet
There is NO central 24 hour technical support. Decentraland have offered zero assistance to our builders. I’m not sure it even exists! Everyone is helping one another out as they break stuff, with the chain effects of also doing this in shared virtual spaces REAL TIME!!
Because much of what happens onchain we are heavily dependent on what’s going on with the underlying protocols like Ethereum both generally and at any given moment.
Tonight you’re going to see glitches, your browser will crash, likely your laptop will set on fire as you overload your graphics card. Trust me even my gaming PC is struggling. You won’t be able to find specific people because it creates multiple instances to handle the load. We have no idea what that means for our speakers!? Lol.
It’s going to be messy. Beautifully messy. You’re participating in a live experiment in birthing an Open Metaverse more than you are going to the launch of an Art Gallery trust me.
I started doing this to learn both the possibilities and limitations of the NFTS. In the end I’m learning about something much much bigger.. Can The Open Metaverse compete with closed instances? Please join us tonight with that mindset & you will enjoy it much more!
We will make sure will capture our collective learnings (of which there will be many) about how to run an unconference style rich media district event
And finally, to all of you feeling you have arrived at the NFT Space late we are going to show you just HOW early you are!!