Example avatar on a 3D map of downtown Austin, rendered in JavaScript via harp.gl and three.js.
Think Uber meets Pokémon Go.
See the main README for our project overview.
Arcade City benefits from the intersection of three innovations:
- A new money: Bitcoin
- A new model: Platform cooperativism
- A new medium: Mixed reality
The metaverse does not belong to shitcoiners.
Imagine an open metaverse backed by a decentralized network of Bitcoin nodes.
Our version of these nodes, called Arcade relay nodes, will host content like 3D assets in exchange for sats, while also doubling as Bitcoin & Lightning nodes.
Therefore the growth of the metaverse will incentivize the strengthening of the Bitcoin network — and vice versa.
See Bitcoinizing Arcade City for more of our thoughts on Bitcoin/Lightning architecture.
Contrasting the Oasis from Ready Player One with the Arcade:
| The Oasis | The Arcade | |
|---|---|---|
| Ownership | Single corporation | Multi-stakeholder |
| Immersion | Entirely virtual | Mixed reality |
| Emphasis | Escapism | Real-world empowerment |
| Code | Closed-source | Open-source |
| Currency | Corporate shitcoin | Bitcoin |
- Arcade City: Metaverse Musings (guest author)