Moderating the Oasis: Crime Prevention in the Metaverse Crime Amplification in the Metaverse: The recent, May 2022 crime amplification via a Twitch stream of the Buffalo (USA) shooter incident served as a huge red alert; Something I'd not given enough thought to when solving for immersive human-interaction in the Metaverse. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/05/20/twitch-buffalo-shooter-facebook-nypd-interview/ Criminals, sociopaths and psychopaths love an…
OTT, Netflix and Home Schooling Binge watching to a better future: As part of home schooling, EDD and I binge watched Season 1 of Mars, on Netflix. We did the whole season in one sitting! I’m envious and fascinated at the same time. Envious, because EDD's learning science in a way I could only wish for back in the day. (VHS tapes and CD roms could only go so far) https://www.netflix.com/title/80144355 This is akin to an advanced course in Space Exploration on an…
Big Brand NFTs: Why they don’t work (yet) I love a Corvette. I still have the first Stingray my dad bought me back in 1977. That one right next to the Capn’ America branded Firebird. Growing up, I’d imagine zooming around in that sexy stingray and those curves made it stand out from the other ‘matchbox’ cars I owned; the Mercs, the Ferraris… Corvette as a Brand had, and still has my loyalty. Imagine then my surprise when Chevvy had everything that’s right for an NFT to…
"To DAO or Not to DAO...that is the Question" Decentralized Writers Room? "...will use decentralized writers’ rooms to develop IP and then share in future royalties or revenue with NFT-holding co-creators..." [taken from this article] https://decrypt.co/102270/always-sunny-rob-mcelhenney-adim-ethereum-nfts I should have stopped reading right there, but persevered. What's even a "decentralized writer's room?" A post Covid evolve of remote work? How do you guarantee fairness…
Music NFTs: I'm not yet convinced, but what if... NFTs in Music - Why I'm not convinced (yet) Spotify: Today, do music streaming apps know I've bought an NFT song / album so it plays only via my Spotify or Apple music account? How do I show off my NFT playlist or that one off exclusive NFT song remix (well, ok... NFT 0008 off of a 1000 mint) that I paid a bomb for. Rarity proof when it matters...how? NFT Music Concert Tickets: How practical is it to authenticate NFT tickets…
Immersive Journalism in the Metaverse Immersive Journalism in the Metaverse: 5 years ago, I travelled to Mumbai, landing right as the 'monsoon' season kicked in. The plan: To immerse (pun unintended) audiences in NEWS and factual storytelling, in Virtual and Augmented reality. Fragments of Time: Now 5 years later, the Metaverse affords us an opportunity to "collectively" be immersed in a virtual space, to "relive" NEWS-worthy events that played out in the past, or in-situ,…
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