DAOtown Demo Day Fall 2023

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KT0qfyYq5bY


Boomboxhead: Bounty board + Overworld Website

BoomboxHead presents updates to his project. He showcases a 2D/3D Overworld website concept and explains how to create visualizations of bounties using Dework. The bounty board is open source and integrates with Discord for project management. BoomboxHead emphasizes the need for more project managers and documentation experts. He plans to make the overworld more dynamic by integrating bounties from different locations. The goal is to automate bounty discovery in a user-friendly way that loads fast. Reskinning the overworld is possible by providing PNG images of buildings and utilizing an isometric perspective view.

  • Boomboxhead is working on open tech for the Metaverse and wants to show an Overworld Concept and a Concept around Dework Bounties

  • Basic static HTML templates for an Overworld static website, where you can travel to different links in a cool way

  • The Overworld is open source and can be forked and reskinned, 2D or 3D

  • They have a widget called M3 HUD that links up various resources and provides information about bounties, badges, membership, leaderboards, etc.

  • They work on many projects and use bounties to get work done between projects.

  • They use a website called Dework.xyz to post and discover bounties.

  • They have a bounty board that visualizes bounties and allows users to filter and search them.

  • The bounty board is open source and can be found on GitHub.

  • They are exploring ways to visualize the metaverse and the jobs available in a more useful way.

  • They are working on project management and looking for people who understand documentation and can organize projects on GitHub.

  • The Overworld is a starting point and they want to integrate bounties and make it more dynamic.

  • They want to connect dynamic data structures and automate the discovery of bounties in a fun and fast-loading way.

  • The Overworld can be in different perspectives like 2D, 3D, or isometric.

  • They are planning to have specific 3D worlds within the Overworld.

  • They welcome questions and encourage people to ask them at the microphone.

  • They mention reskinning the Overworld and making it responsive.

  • They discuss the isometric point of view for rendering the Overworld.


Jin Presents The M3mes

The speaker discusses the creation of a meme collection to spread the message of decentralization. They explain that they are collaborating with an influential figure on crypto Twitter and combining their skills in virtual production, XR, open source, and AI. The memes are meant to be remixed and interpreted by others in the 3D creator community. The collection is live and available for purchase. The proceeds go to a multisig owned by M3 members. They encourage collaboration and suggest submitting art pieces through dework tasks. Music and audio memes are also welcome contributions.

  • The speaker is discussing the creation of memes and their importance in spreading the message of decentralization.

  • They mention a person called Punk 6529 who is influential on crypto Twitter and has interesting threads about NFTs.

  • The speaker notes the common ground between their community and Punk 6529's community, such as skills in virtual production and a love for NFTs.

  • They explain that the memes collection consists of CCO art NFTs and aims to spread the message of decentralization in a way that tweetstorms and podcasts cannot.

  • The collection has three drops a week, usually with 333 additions.

  • The speaker talks about the process of creating 3D versions and variations of the memes.

  • They mention the use of animation and creating a digital backlot for their characters in a crossover universe.

  • The collection is live and can be minted for 0.1 ETH, with the first mint allowing for airdrops and saving on gas fees.

  • The proceeds from the collection go to a multi-sig owned by M3 members.

  • The speaker highlights the importance of value alignment and having fun with the memes.

  • They mention bounties for creating memes and interactive 3D versions of the memes.

  • Collaboration and submission of art pieces are done through a dework task.

  • The speaker encourages suggestions and ideas for improvement, including music and audio memes.

  • The speaker invites collaboration and the sharing of ideas to make the collection better.


Cynnx: VIPE Updates

The speaker, Cynnx, introduces the VIPE platform and its latest updates. They discuss VIPE, which stands for virtual persona, and explain that it is a platform for game-ready avatars in the form of NFTs. They go on to mention the tools available for artists to create and mint their own avatars using the VRM format. Cynnx also talks about expanding knowledge base resources and releases such as Halloween Rising collection and VIPE Rooms. The Q&A session follows with questions about screenshots of houses and the size of the team.

  • Cynnx is the first speaker and will talk about the latest updates to the VIPE ecosystem.

  • The VIPE platform is for virtual personas.

  • Working on creating documentation for how-to integrate / create cross-platform content.

  • They are expanding the knowledge base to help users understand how to use their avatars and where they can use them.

  • Cynnx mentions the release of the creators' tool for artists to create 3D avatars without coding.

  • They are working on having VRM collections for all chains.

  • They released a Halloween demo of a survival mini-game using the SDKs for Unity and Unreal.

  • They have a collection called "Heroes" with new trades being released.

  • They showcased the VIPE rooms, which are personal spaces for each VIPE hero.

  • The VIPE rooms are inspired by the traits of the Avatar collection.

  • The VIPE rooms will be available soon.

  • There is a blog post and a link to see screenshots of the houses.

  • The Polygonal Mind team and the VIPE team are working together.


A Virtual Future: 3D Fungible Data Viz Tool

Developer @avirtualfuture presents a blender project for generating visualizations of large quantities of money. The project aims to accurately represent the scale of monetary amounts using pallets of bills, with 100 million and 1 trillion as examples. Another visualization for cryptocurrency prices using Big Macs is shown. Goal is to make conversations about money more engaging and understandable. Tech challenges also addressed. The tool has potential uses in DAO proposals and governance tools.

  • Presentation on a blender script for visualizing large quantities of money

  • Challenge of representing money past $1 million, as it becomes abstract

  • Visualization of 100 million dollars in bills of 100, using pallets of money for scale

  • Demonstration of using instancing extension for optimized performance

  • Visualization of cryptocurrency prices in terms of Big Macs

  • Procedural visualizations for more grounded conversations about money

  • Open-source project: https://github.com/avirtualfuture/daily-crypto

  • Potential application in DAO proposals and governance tools for public goods organizations

  • Comparing buying power using the Big Mac index

  • Positive feedback on the visualization

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