Onboarding Untapped Communities

Onboarding VR communities to basic blockchain interaction within immersive gamified environments.

Team has performed two events where participants were taught how to access and interact with the blockchain in a real world NFT environment.

--Fund7 Summary--

Experience from onboarding participants in real world environments allows us to easily integrate current Cardano NFT functionality into a virtual space. Through NFT verification we are able to "Log in" players where trading, sending, and receiving NFTs become basic abilities. Gamification and marketing potential blooms with user friendly engagement between the participants, contributors, and the NFT integrated environment.

Carnivilla aims to onboard users in communities like VRchat, where upwards of 40,000 players and creators are living a Metaverse-like experience without full ownership of their digital assets.
Through further research many social communities have a general dislike for "blockchain" and "NFT" stating environmental issues and scams as the main turn away. While not all are receptive initially, many become interested due to the Cardano community stance on these subjects, opening them up to further conversation on innovation.

Carnivilla is now in the process of building an active virtual marketing space populated with Cardano project showcases. The space has easy access to users on desktop, VR and mobile. Contributor spaces or "booths" have user friendly inputs and customization as well as allow for completely custom builds within limitations.

The world will play host to organized events, meetings, and social engagements centered around Cardano projects in a virtual environment. Carnivilla's initial success is becoming a hub for audiences to support, join and learn about communities and projects in a virtual gamified space.

Education of Cardano network and it's tools will be a major focus in this environment. Securing wallets, understanding and delegation of stake pools, and general knowledge of asset structures are important for new users to succeed on the network. Carnivilla educates through user friendly and engaging gamification of the environment and the actors within.

Stake Pools presenting in Carnivilla's education sector have the express benefit of being front of the line to absorb newly onboarded users. New users collecting within the environment can net various amounts of ADA from NFT transactions which ideally fall into a stake pool they are educated on within the environment. New user retention can be questionable at times but the ADA staked through this education process continues to be staked even if the user's interest is lost.

NFT collections will continue to be released through Carnivilla in order to facilitate sustainable funding for progress. Our Cast & Crew drops release key characters in our infrastructure as well as unlock parts of our virtual world and features within minigames. Carnivilla already uses a play to earn system within it's discord, allowing users to purchase and upgrade NFT art. This system is close to converting to on-chain and will find itself used in the virtual space. 

Defined Success After 3-6 Months:

• Base World rendered, hosted and active
• World is fully populated with contributor projects
• Contributor list is cycling new projects into space regularly
• Onboarded multiple communities not previously associated with Cardano
• Stake Pool contributor list established for initial onboarding education
• Funding further stabilized by NFT collection sales and 3D world marketing spaces
• Token active within environment

Defined Success After 6-12 Months:

• World is a thriving hub of projects and artists
• Real world events integrated with AR/VR environment
• AR and VR elements mirror each other
• Carnivilla's production team is on the road performing this environment

--Funding Allocation-- 10 Week development period. Building essential worlds and tools.

In Fund7 we are prioritizing the creation of a virtual world as our stage to onboard players from different communities and future metaverse-like platforms. Portions of the fund used to maintain Developers, Actors and Attendants.

 In its initial phase, this world will act as a themed virtual gallery for artists and projects on Cardano to display their work in a welcoming and memorable environment. This gallery at its ideal state is switching out booths/spaces on a regular basis and allows image, video and 3D Model displays.

Program Development - Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality Development - 10k
(AR/VR Functionality and Integrations)

3D Visualizer - World Building, Web Hosting, Active Environment Development  - $20k
(Creation of world and hosting for an active environment for 6 months)

Primary Development - CNFT R+D, Graphic Design - $8k
(cNFT Frontier Development and NFT Deployment)

Community Management - Maintains Community Engagement - $6k
(Dedicated community attendant. Facilitates games, redemptions, announcements, etc..)

Marketing - Industry Event Attendance, CNFT Community Marketing - $6k
(Conventions, Onboarding events, Online marketing)

--Team--

XPR Labs Inc.
3D Visualizer, World Building, Hosting

The Metaverse's premier event management, consulting, and scheduling service.

Developer of engaging social Virtual Reality experiences that redefine the way the world learns, lives, works and entertains itself.

https://ca.linkedin.com/company/xprlabs
https://xprevents.com/

Another Reality Studio
Program Development

Another Reality Studio is a leading developer of immersive and interactive extended reality (XR) applications using augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR) and 3D applications to help businesses enhance, train and differentiate their products or services.

https://anotherreality.studio/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/anotherrealitystudio

Jesse:

• Tradeshow, Theater and Film Stagehand (Journeyman w/ I.A.T.S.E.)
• Projectionist & Video Engineer
• Burning Man Dept. Co-Lead San Diego Regional (2yrs-Ticketing, 2yrs-Gate, and 1yr-Special Projects)
• Drone Pilot -FAA Remote Pilot Certified (3 years)
• DMV Comedy Traffic School Instructor (3 years)
• Event Flow Moderator

Chris:

• Graphic Design (12 years)
• Cinematography (8 years)
• Game Design (Hobbyist)
• Gamer (20+ years, fed up with current monetization landscape)
• Digitization Specialist

Bryan:

• Tradeshow and Theater Stagehand (Journeyman w/ I.A.T.S.E.)
• Carpenter and Doer
• Electronic Warfare for the Navy
• Barker

Ivan:

• Tradeshow and Theater Stagehand (I.A.T.S.E.)
• Audio Engineer / Frequency Specialist
• Accomplished Music Producer

Crystal:

• Thespian
• Customer Experience Specialist
• Logistics

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--Roadmap--

Q1 2022 - Rendering Carnivilla Island

• Develop a Virtual Stage to engage and onboard online gaming communities
• Continue Organic Growth through engagement on multiple platforms 
• Regular Cast & Crew NFT releases
• Participant NFT Collection (Avatar series that serves as "accounts" for ease of access)
• Staff Utility App - In development
• Carnivilla Live Event

Q2 2022 - Viral Experiential Marketing

• Obtain grants to build Carnivilla theme camp at festivals
• Working with vendors and artists to spawn communal marketing structures
• Injection of communal marketing into large events (festivals & conventions)
• Attend NFT related events to increase exposure to like-minded communities
• Improving awareness of digital ownership in decommodification communities

--Relevant Links--

Carnivilla Live Beta Assets Minted during event: https://kovan.enjinx.io/eth/project/70c1a632-1013-49dd-b698-cba8adb98530/assets

Discord: https://discord.gg/E2snD6pQAg