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Openvoxels.ethDataset: Voxel Wearables
⭐ https://github.com/m3-org/openvoxels - Datasets and links ⭐ Today we’re releasing a new dataset, a snapshot taken 11/1/22 of all 3181 Voxel wearables in multiple formats (vox, svox, glb) along with the token metadata. These 32x32x32 .vox wearables people minted when the feature was released in Cryptovoxels in 2019 are some of the earliest 3D NFTs. Recap Going back in time: Cryptovoxels (now Voxels) experienced a population boom in 2019 with artists and collectors moving into Origin City. 20...
Openvoxels.ethThe Wearables Economy, WIP Meetup, and "Project Voxia"
The WIP Meetup SummaryOpenvoxels has been working on interoperability and archiving in the virtual world of Cryptovoxels (Voxels) since 2018. We see Voxels as an iconic shelling point and mecca for crypto artists and collectors, capturing the early spirit of the crypto art movement. Our project aims to spread Voxels culture across the metaverse by porting the city, taking snapshots, and exporting to VRChat, JanusWeb, Hyperfy, NeosVR, and even Fortnite. Openvoxels serves a dual purpose, one as...
Openvoxels.ethMotivation and Mission
MotivationI want our digital wonders to last, and the early founders and pioneers of this space remembered. Without history, society is easily reprogrammed by its incumbents. If we don’t tell our story, someone else will. We shouldn't rely on centralized platforms to preserve our digital artifacts and stand the test of time. Twitter is powerful, but it's also a rapid stream. It's useful for data in transit, but not for data at rest. Virtual worlds are ephemeral Recently I logge...
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Openvoxels.ethDataset: Voxel Wearables
⭐ https://github.com/m3-org/openvoxels - Datasets and links ⭐ Today we’re releasing a new dataset, a snapshot taken 11/1/22 of all 3181 Voxel wearables in multiple formats (vox, svox, glb) along with the token metadata. These 32x32x32 .vox wearables people minted when the feature was released in Cryptovoxels in 2019 are some of the earliest 3D NFTs. Recap Going back in time: Cryptovoxels (now Voxels) experienced a population boom in 2019 with artists and collectors moving into Origin City. 20...
Openvoxels.ethThe Wearables Economy, WIP Meetup, and "Project Voxia"
The WIP Meetup SummaryOpenvoxels has been working on interoperability and archiving in the virtual world of Cryptovoxels (Voxels) since 2018. We see Voxels as an iconic shelling point and mecca for crypto artists and collectors, capturing the early spirit of the crypto art movement. Our project aims to spread Voxels culture across the metaverse by porting the city, taking snapshots, and exporting to VRChat, JanusWeb, Hyperfy, NeosVR, and even Fortnite. Openvoxels serves a dual purpose, one as...
Openvoxels.ethMotivation and Mission
MotivationI want our digital wonders to last, and the early founders and pioneers of this space remembered. Without history, society is easily reprogrammed by its incumbents. If we don’t tell our story, someone else will. We shouldn't rely on centralized platforms to preserve our digital artifacts and stand the test of time. Twitter is powerful, but it's also a rapid stream. It's useful for data in transit, but not for data at rest. Virtual worlds are ephemeral Recently I logge...
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Release of the first dataset for Openvoxels, a DAO whose mission seeks to preserve, curate, augment, and promote historical digital artifacts from the metaverse beginning with the virtual world of Cryptovoxels.
New here? Read Part 1:
https://mirror.xyz/openvoxels.eth/hBQzBNwFXrOnwj5S5oOiYaBpQrpM8HfjENYMjKcy6Cs
⭐ https://skfb.ly/oyOxO - Cryptovoxels districts 12-13-19 snapshot
Arweave backups - JSON data backups since 2021 stored on Arweave
CryptoVoxelsArchive.sh - Script used to take daily data snapshots
Sketchfab is the leading 3D model sharing website on the web that many cultural institutions and museums have picked to showcase artifacts on. They offer a wide range of plugins to import models directly into your favorite 3D software easily.
With the blender plugin you can search for cryptovoxels 2019 and quickly import chunks from the 12-13-2019 dataset into your project.
We are planning to take another 3D snapshot of the world on the 3rd anniversary of the last one, 12-13-2022, and run a buildathon alongside. Join the M3 discord if you want to help us plan..
The biggest district in the collection is Frankfurt comes in at a whopping 150mb and 1.7M triangles. I took a double look when I was able to compress this model down to 3.3mb via Draco using http://gltf.report. I could still could shave 30% with gzip as well, making the final compressed version only 2.1mb. To compare with a different method, Meshopt compression only went to 25mb and broke the collision in Hyperfy.
The only complaint I heard about Draco is that the size of the WASM library decoder may outweigh size savings for geometry <1MB. If that's all then no biggie - the size difference between uncompressed and other forms of compression like meshopt is substantial in our case.
Digital preservation
glTF 2.0 is an international standard file format for 3D models
Snapshot virtual worlds like the Internet Archive Wayback machine
Create living museums
Recreate CV as it were during a period in time
Alternate realities
See how Voxels might look with diff skyboxes or weather
Sandbox for rapid prototyping
Experiment and use to pitch features
Good ideas can make their way back to main
Home space decoration (scale to tabletop size)
Mixed media art projects / 3D rendering
I want to close this with various ideas that have inspired me during this part.
More about the Internet Archive: https://github.com/madjin/internet-archive-vr#media
https://twitter.com/dankvr/status/1350620913583214594
https://future.com/what-is-decentralized-science-aka-desci/
https://twitter.com/_idan_levin/status/1541047522088472578
Make some cool art using the Openvoxels dataset and earn some tokens 💰
Join us: discord.gg/m3org
https://juicebox.money/@openvoxels
PS: I airdropped Snow Globes to all that juiced the Openvoxels DAO with 1 ETH 🔮
https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0xa49d9b77be91c9b7ce6bea17a2955f39cd7b90c0/1
You can also support us by collecting this post or purchasing a 3D pin for only 0.01 ETH
https://create.zora.co/collections/0x889b4c8e99944e84a314427ed701bdf9f6bc55e6
Release of the first dataset for Openvoxels, a DAO whose mission seeks to preserve, curate, augment, and promote historical digital artifacts from the metaverse beginning with the virtual world of Cryptovoxels.
New here? Read Part 1:
https://mirror.xyz/openvoxels.eth/hBQzBNwFXrOnwj5S5oOiYaBpQrpM8HfjENYMjKcy6Cs
⭐ https://skfb.ly/oyOxO - Cryptovoxels districts 12-13-19 snapshot
Arweave backups - JSON data backups since 2021 stored on Arweave
CryptoVoxelsArchive.sh - Script used to take daily data snapshots
Sketchfab is the leading 3D model sharing website on the web that many cultural institutions and museums have picked to showcase artifacts on. They offer a wide range of plugins to import models directly into your favorite 3D software easily.
With the blender plugin you can search for cryptovoxels 2019 and quickly import chunks from the 12-13-2019 dataset into your project.
We are planning to take another 3D snapshot of the world on the 3rd anniversary of the last one, 12-13-2022, and run a buildathon alongside. Join the M3 discord if you want to help us plan..
The biggest district in the collection is Frankfurt comes in at a whopping 150mb and 1.7M triangles. I took a double look when I was able to compress this model down to 3.3mb via Draco using http://gltf.report. I could still could shave 30% with gzip as well, making the final compressed version only 2.1mb. To compare with a different method, Meshopt compression only went to 25mb and broke the collision in Hyperfy.
The only complaint I heard about Draco is that the size of the WASM library decoder may outweigh size savings for geometry <1MB. If that's all then no biggie - the size difference between uncompressed and other forms of compression like meshopt is substantial in our case.
Digital preservation
glTF 2.0 is an international standard file format for 3D models
Snapshot virtual worlds like the Internet Archive Wayback machine
Create living museums
Recreate CV as it were during a period in time
Alternate realities
See how Voxels might look with diff skyboxes or weather
Sandbox for rapid prototyping
Experiment and use to pitch features
Good ideas can make their way back to main
Home space decoration (scale to tabletop size)
Mixed media art projects / 3D rendering
I want to close this with various ideas that have inspired me during this part.
More about the Internet Archive: https://github.com/madjin/internet-archive-vr#media
https://twitter.com/dankvr/status/1350620913583214594
https://future.com/what-is-decentralized-science-aka-desci/
https://twitter.com/_idan_levin/status/1541047522088472578
Make some cool art using the Openvoxels dataset and earn some tokens 💰
Join us: discord.gg/m3org
https://juicebox.money/@openvoxels
PS: I airdropped Snow Globes to all that juiced the Openvoxels DAO with 1 ETH 🔮
https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0xa49d9b77be91c9b7ce6bea17a2955f39cd7b90c0/1
You can also support us by collecting this post or purchasing a 3D pin for only 0.01 ETH
https://create.zora.co/collections/0x889b4c8e99944e84a314427ed701bdf9f6bc55e6
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