Psychic VR Lab Co., Ltd. has announced the ‘Real Metaverse Project’. Utilizing the STYLY platform, the Real Metaverse Project will allow people all over the world to create and view XR content mapped to a real world space. To celebrate the launch, METADIMENSIONS, the world’s first project making XR space tradable as NFTs, is now live in Japan. METADIMENSIONS will officially open at the world famous “Shibuya Scramble”, and will act as an XR extension to the “Shibuya Scramble Crossing”, historically known as the birthplace of Japanese culture.
Until now, AR experiences have typically been generated by scanning AR markers (e.g. QR Codes) for positioning, but STYLY will now support a new tracking technology which adopts urban landscapes to position without QR codes or other markers. This means that, for example, when looking for AR content at the Shibuya Scramble Crossing, an AR work that fits the Shibuya Scramble Crossing will automatically appear. Since tracking technology detecting landscapes presents greater accuracy in real-world placement than using markers, it will be possible to design AR that fits the city better, such as placing items on top of buildings or overlaying content on billboards.
Are you interested in creating your own Layers? A new function has been added to STYLY that allows for anyone to transform urban spaces. Utilizing the ARCore Geospatial API from Google, the Lightship ARFK provided by Niantic and Immersal (coming soon), both indoor and outdoor spaces can be overlaid with XR works. Six cities are currently enabled (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, and Kyoto), with more to come soon. Using the STYLY app, anyone can add color and a splash of digital life to their favorite real world locations - available for all to see!
Templates for cities across the globe, and detailed instructions on how to bring your ideas to life, can be found* at: https://styly.cc/manual/xr-urban-spaces-starter-guide
