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# Hackathon Challenge

Since metaverses are still emerging, Center for Creators is looking for a tool that can help them and other startups on their metaverse journeys. Startups are faced with many emerging metaverse choices, including centralized and decentralized metaverses.  What are the costs, pros, and cons of the available and emerging choices? What is the community focus of each? What are the experiences like for users?  How does each metaverse allow startups to build their own NFTs and avatars?  Under what conditions should a startup seek to build their own new metaverse platform rather than build on an existing one?  Hackathon teams are asked to create a recommendation and education tool that can guide startups on their metaverse journeys based on the startups’ goals, target communities, and resources. The tool can point to existing metaverses, metaverse resources, and metaverse communities.

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### Stretch goals

- The Center for creators would like the ability to create NFTs and generate avatars on the XRP Ledger.
-- XRP doesn't currently support NFTs - [current proposal](https://xrpl.org/non-fungible-tokens.html)
- One of our objectives is to evolve community engagement and incorporate use of:
-- NFTs - supported by Spatial, Decentraland, and The Sandbox
-- Avatars - Supported by All
-- Tipping - Supported in Decentraland, Possibly the Sandbox
-- a faucet - Need clarification
-- and the utilization of the CFC token - to use the token the issuer would have to approve every new account. This sounds like it would cause a rough user experience.

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### Target Audience
               
Social Impact and crypto-based companies like Center for Creators.

### Representative
Christie Russ
Founder & CEO
Center for Creators
NFT & Crypto Dev

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# Current Project Scope
Intrinsic Experiences - 
- Metaverse Onboarding for Teams
- Metaverse Experiences
    - NFT Ticketed
    - Free and Paid experiences
- Metaverse Swag
    - Your team pays no gas fees
    - They get ownership without the risks
    - Shielded from Web3 Complexity
- Simple and Easy to Use
- Get in with the Web2 processes you're used to :thumbsup: 

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# Project Ideas

### Metaverse Event Swag :shirt: :handbag: :tophat: :athletic_shoe: 



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#### Why does anyone need this?
- Team Building Events in the Metaverse :world_map:
- Athletes / NIL ? :basketball: :football: 
- Embrace Innovation with your team :rocket:
- Experience the future together :question: 
- You tell us what you want and we take care of the rest! :gear:
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/HCLZtIT.png" alt="drawing" width="400"/>

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#### What would we build?
- Online shop for unique clothing and accessories :tshirt: 
- Custom Apparel Design :label: 
- Apparel Airdrops :small_airplane: 
- Digital Apparel Distribution :package: 

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/B2LvRYn.png" alt="drawing" width="200"/>
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/Cj22CHs.png" alt="drawing" width="300"/>

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#### Design Thinking Start
- **Why is it a problem?**
    -- Event Managers need to be able to easily give out swag to event attendees and participants
- **Who has a need?**
-- Event Managers, Planners, and Corporate Team Leaders
- **When does it occur?**
-- When planning an event
- **How is it being solved today?**
-- An event manager needs to create the wearable and each user need to actually purchase it.

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### Metaverse Event Rooms
#### Design Thinking Start
- **Why is it a problem?**
    -- Event Managers want a simple easy way to setup rooms to hold their events in the Metaverse
- **Who has a need?**
-- Event Managers, Planners, and Corporate Team Leaders
- **When does it occur?**
-- When hosting an event
- **How is it being solved today?**
-- An event manager would need to setup an event, create their room and try to figure out how to manage access to the room.

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#### What would we build?
- Create new Spatial Room (or private room for demo) :derelict_house_building: 
- Mask room url and add middlewear to check for NFT :link: 
- Create QR Codes to access space :arrow_backward:

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/6T2dpIw.png" alt="drawing" width="500"/>



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# [Center For Creators](https://centerforcreators.com/)
### XRP Token - [SEC Investigation](https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2020-338)
- [Token Creator on XRP Scan](https://xrpscan.com/account/rH7tJAQ8NaZqN66pgBviQkUZy7YuioVM9k)
-- Token Creator also created [Casino Coin](https://casinocoin.im/), [ChorusOne's](https://chorus.one/) and maybe [Sologenic's](https://www.sologenic.com/) XRP Tokens. 
-- I don't really know how XRP Token Creation Works.
- [Majority Token Holder in XRP Scan (CFC)](https://xrpscan.com/account/rK3Zy11KqLA2jQ7j1Uq1BriKqwcg8cJRee)
-- holds 661MM Tokens, or around 96% of supply
- [Second Most Token Holder (Binance)](https://xrpscan.com/account/rJb5KsHsDHF1YS5B5DU6QCkH5NsPaKQTcy)
-- Holds 130,497 tokens, or around 3% of supply
- [Token Address on XRP Scan](https://xrpscan.com/account/rsxUkmjnAn8PRDz8RYrPusb9mTDYn5NqG8)

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## Other Stuff for CFC
- Their [Twitter Account](https://twitter.com/center4creators) is fairly active. 
- [Ethereum Address](https://etherscan.io/address/0x8861314a2252b817E50ED7995e47788B18534078)
- [Bitcoin Address](https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qr7tds6eu35q8kpyve2w2tedlnsaz55fdg67vqz)
- [NFTs!](https://centerforcreators.com/art-collections%2Fnft) Seem really nice?
-- [Open Sea Link](https://opensea.io/collection/share-the-love)
-- Current NFTs are on Polygon
-- I think they were created on OpenSea through their [open store contract](https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963)


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# Metaverse Platform Discovery
## Decentraland
- **[Decentraland](https://decentraland.org)** - Legs
-- Excellent [Docs](https://docs.decentraland.org/decentraland/creating-wearables/)
-- Completely Open Source
-- Avatars have legs
-- Can create Wearables
-- Smart Contract / Blockchain Backed so we can distribute wearables via the ERC721 Standard 
-- looks decent but I did hit a bug that kicked me out

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## Meta Horizons
- **[Meta Horizons](https://www.oculus.com/horizon-worlds/)** - No Legs
-- Looks decent
-- Avatars Don't have Legs
-- unable to create wearables
-- I *think* it's locked in with Oculus Headset
-- not open source or blockchain backed

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## The Sandbox
- **[The Sandbox](https://www.sandbox.game/en/)** - Legs
-- Open Source / Decent Docs
-- Avatars have legs
-- Smart Contract / Blockchain Backed so we can distribute wearables via the ERC721 Standard 
-- Skins Creator is Windows Only :-1: 
-- A ton of NFTs on their marketplace
-- Voxel / Blocky style?
-- Snoop Dogg :fire: 

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## Spatial
- **[Spatial](https://spatial.io/)** - No Legs
-- Enclosed Experiences - more control
-- My avatar looks like garbage
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/Vqp8Hx4.png" alt="drawing" width="200"/>
-- Environments are NFTs
-- Wasn't super clear on how to create environments
-- but they are interactive :+1:
-- I got stuck in a lamp
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/wC7SPGJ.png" alt="drawing" width="200"/>

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# Presentation and Final Product
## What will a good Final Presenation Look Like?
- [ ] Recorded Video of our Product In the Metaverse
- [ ] Airdroppable Wearables?
- [ ] Can we Send the judges emails to claim their Wearables?
- [ ] Market Info? Business Case?
- [ ] Can we get a recording or video with a Local Celeb?  

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## Website Design
### Login and Browse
- **User Logs In**
-- Sign In With Ethererum? :baguette_bread: 
-- Crypto Only For Now? :money_with_wings: 
-- Can we Only Authenticate on Wallet?
- **Search and Browse for Apparel**
- **Item Page**
-- **Customize**
--- Add Logo 
--- Add Text
--- Select color

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### Checkout
- **Checkout**
-- How Many Items?
-- Confirm Design
-- Pay with Crypto
-- Future pay with cash? Legal? :blue_book: 
-- Half now - Half later?

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### Delivery
- **Delivery**
-- **Directed Delivery** - for when the customer knows who they want the items to be sent to
-- Select Select Count of Items to Create
-- Paste list of Emails
-- **Come and Get It** - when the customer wants to make the items publicly available for anyone to come and get them for free
-- QR Code
-- Link
-- Users must add email + wallet address

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### Purchase Management
- **Purchase Management**
-- How many people have claimed?
-- How many Emails have been sent?
-- Resend Emails
-- Add Emails
-- Unable to Add Items :-1:


