Update existing VR and AR experience creator/builder to support Decentraland
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Byldr's creators believe that the future of computing involves the movement away from traditional 2D screens and towards immersive, 3D spatial computing. As of this writing, Decentraland is a 3D metaverse that ironically can only be experienced and built through a flat, 2D screen. Byldr was created for AR and VR applications to be created using AR and VR headsets rather than 2D PCs, thereby getting humanity one step closer to a mixed reality future. Byldr's developers seek to further expand this progress by enabling creators to build experiences for Decentraland using VR and AR headsets. This allows creators to feel the scale of their creations while creating it, and accelerate the speed of creation using Byldr's intuitive hand-tracking interactions and spatial tools. Creators will be able to see or preview their creations in-context within Decentraland using Byldr. This means that Byldr may also be used as a gateway to experience Decentraland using the Quest 2 and the HoloLens 2. The Byldr development team is excited to bring our trusted immersive creation experience to Decentraland and would like to thank everyone in the Decentraland community for your support and the integral part you play in building the XR future for all generations to come.
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Quick update that new updates are being posted to the official update section of the grant page, and won't be posted here in the forum. Thanks everyone!
Since I submitted this proposal, SOLANA has launched a cohort for LAUNCH HOUSE with the same model for a co-living incubator to start THIS MONTH. Just so you all are aware.
Just checked out all the updates!!! im HYPE! you guys are doing amazing work and I'm even honored to be this early!
I am referencing AR House a successful AR/VR co-living space sponsored by Niantic the creators of Pokemon Go. The 240,000 DAO will create a space to develop community around these surrounding technologies. The platform is only as spectacular as the creators driving it.
Thank you! We're posting updates in the DCL DAO server, you can join here: https://discord.gg/CEjPN2QEJS
I’m very excited about this development as well, also interested to see an update.
You have no idea how much this is going to change how we make content! Are there any updates?
A brief update on progress so far. Our team is deep in preparing Byldr for Decentraland support. Some preliminary VR explorer work has also been in testing, feel free to see this short video clip: https://youtu.be/HxxMRBNIzy0 We will share a more formal update towards the end of this month, and will continue posting updates in the coming weeks and months. Stay tuned!
Thank you very much to the entire Decentraland community for your support and passage of this grant! I'm extremely honored and humbled for the overwhelmingly positive support in favor of this grant. Our team is eager to get started on this project. I'll make a post in the Decentraland discord as well regarding next steps. I'll be monitoring this forum closely as well for any community questions and to post updates. Thank you!
Those are all great points for consideration. We believe that the metaverse is a major part of the future of AR/VR, and I personally think Decentraland is going to be a major player for the future of the metaverse - which is why we're looking for Byldr to embrace Decentraland. As Decentraland changes - the plan is for us to closely track and keep up with Decentrland updates. We consider Decentraland a robust enough ecosystem that, when combined with our traditional revenue stream (AR/VR enterprise app creation), and future investor funding - future revenues will allow our dev team to continue Decentraland support within Byldr. The Byldr team is betting on the future success and maturity of Decentraland. Happy to discuss further and flesh this out more as needed.
My understanding is - this isn't going to affect Decentraland's client; it's a third party tool that will allow creation of scenes in VR for Decentraland. Which is cool, promotes the game, and will give us insight to how these scenes might behave in a VR setting. Problem with this is, who then maintains the code of Byldr when the codebase of Decentraland changes? We might be able to accept legacy scenes, but then Buildyr gets left behind. Is spending this much money for this want we want? Personally, I haven't used HoloLens since 2016, and I do prefer PCVR. But I am but one cog in this machine. I can see how this can ramp up hype, but are we this far that we need that kind of hype yet? Perhaps it's too soon for this? Our userbase is already expanding daily. This could promote people to create more content, which will expand the project further (Something we need), but since the client isn't already VR integrated - it's just a tease for what is to come. Not to mention, the way Byldr uses VR and the way Decentraland could differ enough to make Byldr obsolete when VR is integrated. I don't know myself I'm on the fence with this one. I would like to hear more people weigh in on this.
That's good feedback. Expanding from Quest/HoloLens to support Vive and Index (via SteamVR) is much easier than the other way around, because performance is far less of an issue on PCVR compared with mobile VR. If there's enough interest for PCVR, we'll certainly add that to the plan as well.
This is an exciting proposal indeed! I have worked on games that support both the Quest and HoloLens. However, I'm a tad bit Hesitant to spend that much money on a project that seems to leave behind the Vive and the Index. I realize this isn't just my funds, but the DAO's. Does anyone else have something to weigh in on this?
Update existing VR and AR experience creator/builder to support Decentraland This proposal has been ENACTED by a DAO Committee Member (0xfe91c0c482e09600f2d1dbca10fd705bc6de60bc) [Vesting Contract](https://vesting.decentraland.org/#/0x0485fe82194e506796e4559944284b9930300809) [Funding Transaction](https://etherscan.io/tx/0xd051a08c209d03f708ef9ec125f23976d95f9256bbe8804964cf0935afffec70)
Update existing VR and AR experience creator/builder to support Decentraland This proposal is now in status: PASSED. Voting Results: * Yes 99% 9,097,632 VP (33 votes) * No 1% 4,500 VP (1 votes)
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