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title: Hacker Homekit
description: The home space of the digital sovereign future. The Metaverse is an offline-first protocool that serves as a convention between computers and could be accessed when offline.
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# Hacker Homekit

Originally published January 2019

###### tags: `devlog` `janus` `home`

- [3D homepages](/@xr/3d-homepages)

The home space is being designed by and for digital sovereigns.

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## M3 NFT Drops

<details>
<summary>Boomboxhead Randomizer HackMD</summary>

{%hackmd nAQqhUcAQmiPkli9LYYRtA %}

</details>

<details>
<summary>Boom Tools avatar randomizer</summary>

{%hackmd 3ExPrDgFS0-umI1GCcOAgA %}

</details>

---

**Blends**
- https://blendswap.com/blend/7264
- https://blendswap.com/blend/4180
- https://blendswap.com/blend/6091
- https://blendswap.com/blend/10482
- https://blendswap.com/blend/10509
- https://blendswap.com/blend/28632
- https://blendswap.com/blend/29298 CC0 interior models

Storage racks: https://blendswap.com/blend/25187

**Pics / research**
- https://slate.host/jin/shippingcontainers
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stacks_of_shipping_containers
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shipping_containers
- https://www.containeraddict.com/how-much-does-a-used-shipping-container-cost/
- https://www.containeraddict.com/40ft-shipping-containers-for-sale/
- https://twitter.com/containeraddict/
- spillmannechsle.ch/?p=4975&lang=en&lang=en

**3D Models**

- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/industrial/other/20ft-shipping-container-a4206e2a-46b9-4f1a-81d9-9b5d3e8f74e1
- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/industrial/industrial-part/conta
- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/industrial/industrial-machine/low-poly-container-and-scfi-box
- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/industrial/other/40-ft-sea-container-bdee2ae1619a7f65e8f3321caaee6ec3
- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/vehicle/train/low-poly-cartoon-train-pack

**Standard container sizes**
- https://www.mrbox.co.uk/container-conversions/conversions-gallery/
- https://www.falconstructures.com/shipping-container-dimensions
- https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/shipping-container-hanjin-324ba6497ad04e4ca5a92f125f46e1bd

https://www.falconstructures.com/mobile-container-housing

Fun redeemable token ideas

- virtual interview
- cameo in a game show / music video
- physical merch?

This guy modeled a shipping container for his container home
- https://blendswap.com/profile/1014293/blends
- https://blendswap.com/blend/23386

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Modular, portable, stackable structure provides maximum flexibility to scale horizontally or vertically.

Related: https://hackmd.io/@XR/grid#How%E2%80%99s-it-work









Gallery: https://slate.host/jin/shippingcontainers

### Stacks



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## History

In-game screenshots through history, different platforms, shot at the same angle that can be viewed side by side.


Originally modeled with Unity by the creator of [Pixel Ripped](http://www.pixelripped.com/) for a Hackers themed party in early 2017, this space eventually became home to many experiments.


## Cross-platform

> Is your home space tied to a device? Who owns it? Can you bring it with you? What about your avatar? Can you download your avatar or parcel? Is it based on an open format? Can you hop from one world to the next? How easily? What is the glue between them? Who controls what? Proof?

Homes are usually not the type of thing that move around, however a shipping container is. Shipping containers are like internet packets of the physical world, moving value around in the physical world. They're designed to be reusable and portable. This is the inspiration for the Home Space, so that it can be interoperable, and truly belong to you.


Github: https://github.com/madjin/home-space

### Blender3D


### Unity3D


### Anarchy Arcade

> The Metaverse is an offline-first protocool that serves as a convention between computers and could be accessed when offline.




### Blender


### Janusweb



### VRchat

Inviting friends to chill in the home world


### High Fidelity

Testing the hacker homekit in the HiFi sandbox with Janusweb on screen


### Mozilla Hubs




### Webaverse


### Cryptovoxels



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## Progress Timeline

2017 - 2018



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https://imgur.com/a/3DkMrSs
https://imgur.com/a/2m7NtsV
https://imgur.com/a/JE8auyr
https://imgur.com/a/3Z9s7JU
https://imgur.com/a/LJiiBuU

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## History

### February 2017

The origin of the hackerspace 3d model began in early 2017 when a cyberpunk themed nightclub in SF was having a Hackers themed anniversary party and sectioned off an area for VR demos. Among the presentors were Brainfizz, Pixel Ripped, and JanusVR. The lead dev of Pixel Ripped, Ana Ribeiro, exported the model from Unity to be used as a staging world into the webvr based game JanusVR made for the event. A big idea behind Pixel Ripped is revolved around playing a ['game within a game'](https://i.imgur.com/MO0wIJJ.jpg) and its ironic how that concept is coincidentally extended into how the hackerspace model is being used today.

<p align="center"><iframe width="100%" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vFYg-DULvio" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>

### April 2017

[Added the Windows 3.1 in WebVR demo](https://twitter.com/bai0/status/851357710624768000) with link to try it.

](https://i.imgur.com/SWGcfIy.jpg)

Tanks! tutorial demo


<p align="center"><iframe width="100%" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y1M6Kwaw8g0" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>

### Summer 2017

Decentraland Bronze Age demo in WebVR


Virtual desktop using xpra, for more info see: https://hackmd.io/@xr/deskcloud

<div style="padding:54.58% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/308138382?color=ffffff&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>

### Fall 2017

Testing livestreaming with RTMP protocol

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/312208434?byline=0&portrait=0" width="100%" height="400" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe>

### Fall 2018

Playing Cryptovoxels and opening VRchat worlds

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/311135254?byline=0&portrait=0" width="100%" height="400" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Ported the container in VRChat where it can be used as a home world


### Winter 2019

Brought the container in the Origin City world in VRChat



### Spring 2020

Ported the container into Meta District in VRChat



### Summer 2020

Converted the assets to .vox and ported the container into Cryptovoxels




### Fall 2020

Building the Mozilla Hubs version


Uploaded to Sketchfab: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/hacker-lab-38aff5b69caf4790aae73cc6d82919c1

<div class="sketchfab-embed-wrapper">
<iframe title="A 3D model" width="100%" height="480" src="https://sketchfab.com/models/38aff5b69caf4790aae73cc6d82919c1/embed?autostart=0&amp;ui_controls=1&amp;ui_infos=1&amp;ui_inspector=1&amp;ui_stop=1&amp;ui_watermark=1&amp;ui_watermark_link=1" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; vr" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe>
<p style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin: 5px; color: #4A4A4A;">
<a href="https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/hacker-lab-38aff5b69caf4790aae73cc6d82919c1?utm_medium=embed&utm_source=website&utm_campaign=share-popup" target="_blank" style="font-weight: bold; color: #1CAAD9;">Hacker Lab</a>
by <a href="https://sketchfab.com/madjin?utm_medium=embed&utm_source=website&utm_campaign=share-popup" target="_blank" style="font-weight: bold; color: #1CAAD9;">jin</a>
on <a href="https://sketchfab.com?utm_medium=embed&utm_source=website&utm_campaign=share-popup" target="_blank" style="font-weight: bold; color: #1CAAD9;">Sketchfab</a>
</p>
</div>

### Fall 2021

#### Webaverse




#### Anarchy Arcade

Updating my 3D desktop home space with new projects and cryptoart. It's my inventory / backpack that I take with me between worlds (wallpapers) that I cultivate various memory palaces with.







**Playcanvas**

- https://playcanvas.com/editor/project/726739

### Spring 2022






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## To-do

- [ ] Fix scale in Unity
- [ ] Make into a prefab?
- [x] Start a github project
- [ ] Add more words to dev log
- [x] Upload to sketchfab
- [x] Complete a 2D startpage frontend
- https://github.com/madjin/startpage
- Add icons
- [x] mattermost
- [x] Discord
- [x] Notion
- [x] HackMD
- [x] slate.host
- [ ] Mint version 1 3D NFT to ~~Cargo~~ Manifold
- [ ] Test on rinkeby first
- [ ] IPNS link or ENS address in unlockable?
- [ ] Separate composable add-ons
- [ ] Land: Desert or Neon (x50)
- [ ] Cryptovoxels arcade machines (x30)
- [ ] Unlockable .vox
- [ ] Opensea arcade machine (x50)
- [ ] unlockable .vox
- [ ] Delivery and installation fee (integrate into virtual world of choice)
- [ ] Leave instructions somewhere (business card in-world / project files)

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## Notes

unlock when purchased: Pinned IPFS hash with information and warranty

Links to startpage first then homespace



5 year warranty (buy ENS domain for 5 years)

hackerlab.eth

homespace.eth
arcade.eth
arcademachine.et
cryptomachine.eth

Work on startpage for 1729 use case?

Community dashboards:

- https://www.fwb.help/pulse
- forefront dashboard

Collector brings several assets, exchanges artist to interpret them together into a new type of NFT.

WebOS

https://github.com/ipfs/roadmap#-webos-d5-e2-i3

How do we grant current NFT holders access to a downloadable web app that later can be updated?

Unlock access to private Github repo?

Create previews of version 2 (cryptomachines, land, portal)

Include VR business card in the world / project files

Another version of the home space is an art gallery
Empty, with places to hand art, bake lights
Double stack container build + art gallery (tree / DCL)

https://i.imgur.com/0tEBnyf.mp4