Bradymck
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7 years ago I feel like this will be a lot of things that spring up within the VR space in general, not just decentraland and I feel like if you developed this out further it may be a great bridge between different VR platforms.
I'm a big fan of collaboration and cross pollination. The current platforms that you could do this in are Decentraland, Geekzonia, High Fidelity, VRchat, Altspace, Sansar, and JanusVR. I encourage you to look into them all and see where a cross pollination could occur, I think you could generate a strong network effect if you focused on bridging these platforms.
crowdedconscious
Name: Virtual Reality Shopping District
Description: Provide an innovative and highly effective avenue for ecommerce business owners willing to take the leap of faith over to Virtual Reality shopping.
Imagine you're walking through Decentraland and see an eCommerce platform in the form of a massive, luxurious shopping mall. You walk through the automatic doors, into the VR-mall. You don't believe your eyes - this feels exactly like walking into a real life mall where there are various shops showcasing and selling their goods. You walk into clothing shop to check out the merchandise. To your surprise, you're able to try the clothes on to see how they look on you before you buy it, with alternative styles as well.
The example above is just one way that small and large businesses alike can revolutionize the way they sell goods through joining the VRStore District and creating their own Decentraland shop. Considering the limited availability of land in Decentraland - this also becomes a great hub for land owners to rent out their land to business owners who are interested in building their own VR shop for Decentraland traffic to see their products.
This district would effectively tie together a few different important facets of blockchain technology as well as continue to stimulate innovative synergies as the entire District0x projects moves forward.
ENS domains - companies will need something easier that a 42-digit Ethereum address if they want to effectively grow their brand and business. The ENS domain becomes an important branding tool to the company or organization, and how it receives money from customers and patrons, among other things. I have personally reserved "MoonLand.eth" where I am interested in creating an Ethereum-based community for the Mooncoin Blockchain. Because District0x is such a conducive project for managing and building marketplaces and communities, I see this as the perfect opportunity to provide a home for other blockchain ecosystems to grow. This can be very helpful to the long-term survival of the overarching Ethereum blockchain and is more likely to find integration points with other blockchains with this tactic in play. With the MoonLand District example, I would like to sell Mooncoin apparel to community members.
Just the thought of our Virtual Reality selves within Decentraland, we are going to have an appearance, right? Back when I was gaming hours a day, probably a decade ago now, I would play a lot of MMORPGs, like World of Warcraft. I am making the assumption that we will have our own character appearance, apparel, gadgets, trinkets, etc, and, eventually, be able to scan ourselves and upload it into Decentraland.
Seeing Mooncoin Community Members walking around other parts of Decentraland with Mooncoin shirts, well this gives the Mooncoin Community a better shot at growing with additional community members. Many people are blockchain agnostic as not one blockchain provides all of the needs all of us as unique individuals have.
To wrap up the Moonland District example, this can be applied to any other organization or business or faction. By utilizing the Virtual Reality Shopping District, Moonland leadership has a turn-key option to try on their purchase before they buy it - clothing apparel (VR/real life purchases), hats (ex, astronaut helmet), trinkets, mounts (ex, vehicles/horses/rocket ship ;)), VR furniture, and more. The VRS District will decide how the fees are generated for assisting communities and marketplaces with getting their VR Shop set up to have more effective advertising methods with potentially new community members.
Possibly a better example for this is tying in the use of:
NameBazaar - visual representations of the ENS domains for sale or lease in the marketplace. Can tell a story much better with a visual display of what the ENS domain might be used for or the category they fall into. So when somebody walks into the NameBazaar VR Shop and, let's say, own a casino, they can look for specific categories by seeing a VR poker table as they walk through the shop, among other categories, and know where the casino themed ENS domains are, next to the VR poker table in the shop.
ETHLance - there will eventually be VR jobs. I'm sure somebody has already proposed a district0x job marketplace. Well, VR jobs, architectural design, building management, & even paying others to wear their faction's brand or clothing, will use that job marketplace district ( if it has not been proposed, I will get to that after this.) to find those jobs and gigs. Well, it becomes a lot easier to look at a VR job posting, that is, a demonstration of what's required for the job or gig, before agreeing to it. Reading can be clear, but we in the marketing industry know that pictures and videos are FAR more effective than reading a few paragraphs.
For example, MemeFactory district will be an AWESOME and creative piece to the entire ecosystem, but what does their district look like so far? An ecommerce website where you can purchase Memes? Wouldn't it be way more effective if, even though I might not own a VR house, could walk into a VR MemeFactory, the building, looking at Memes to purchase? This becomes another channel for the MemeFactory district to grow into new verticals. This will also add to the value of memes in the MemeFactory because it's not just a tokenized 2d flat picture file on my computer that I own, but potentially a piece of VR artwork in my Decentraland VR shop or home.
Purpose: As an entrepreneur, ever since I heard of Decentraland and learned district0x was working together, I have envisioned the radical change of eCommerce. Virtual reality is expected to be over $40B industry and I don't think they have even begun to include this type of conducive environment for growth. The way I see it, district0x and Decentraland become 2 of the most important components to propelling innovation in not just VR tech, but blockchain/crypto, eCommerce, community building, and the way we interact as humans.
Setting up VRS District will provide the turn-key solution for communities and marketplaces to design, create, manage, and expand their existing operations to the VR world. As a startup consultant, MOST of them face a load of friction when it comes to planning for their business. Well, who is going to know more about VR shops - a business owner or VR specialists in the VRS District? VR specialists of course. Please feel free to ask any questions you have about this proposal!