Scientific Library to get around extortive fees of middle-men journal publishers.
Many scientific journals are locked behind extremely expensive third party publishers paywalls. Information wants to be free and various rebel groups have already released this information to the world. In decentraland it can be set up in the physical form of an actual library where professional scientists and amatuers alike can comingle and get involved in projects and discussion together. This 3d VR metaverse library can unite people who arent interested in the bullshit politics of the states they live under. An Iranian scientist, a Cuban researcher and an American can all meet at the same place to share and publish without the massive red tape and demeaning permission begging process. The library could take forms that are impossible in meat-space. The library could be a pleasant outdoor park since digital weather doesnt ruin digital papers.
Why stop with just science papers. We could create a global library of Decentralandia for all the worlds books. We just need to make it easy for people to port books from common E-formats into a physical representation. Books can reshelve themselves and auto alphabetize order. You could pull a book off the shelf and a new one instantly appear in its place so there is never a wait time.
Scientific Library to get around extortive fees of middle-men journal publishers.
Many scientific journals are locked behind extremely expensive third party publishers paywalls. Information wants to be free and various rebel groups have already released this information to the world. In decentraland it can be set up in the physical form of an actual library where professional scientists and amatuers alike can comingle and get involved in projects and discussion together. This 3d VR metaverse library can unite people who arent interested in the bullshit politics of the states they live under. An Iranian scientist, a Cuban researcher and an American can all meet at the same place to share and publish without the massive red tape and demeaning permission begging process. The library could take forms that are impossible in meat-space. The library could be a pleasant outdoor park since digital weather doesnt ruin digital papers.
Why stop with just science papers. We could create a global library of Decentralandia for all the worlds books. We just need to make it easy for people to port books from common E-formats into a physical representation. Books can reshelve themselves and auto alphabetize order. You could pull a book off the shelf and a new one instantly appear in its place so there is never a wait time.