The Hacker’s Guide to the Metaverse

Track 1: Introduction to WebVR
Scaling your app to a billion people will not be app by app. WebVR is an experimental Javascript API that provides access to Virtual Reality devices, such as the Oculus Rift or Google Cardboard, directly in your browser, becoming the easiest and most distributable method of sharing VR experiences.

Track 2: Import Reality: Project Tango / 360 capture
Use affordable cutting edge 3D scanning technology to sample the real world into your Virtual Reality projects. You’ll learn how to capture and optimize 3D scanned objects and 360 media that can be spatially arranged and hosted on your own website.

Track 3: World building with Janus
When its time to build your site, you don’t have to be alone. JanusVR is a collaborative 3D browser with a built in editor that allows for groups of people to create VR websites together in real time.

Track 4: Metaverse Infrastructure
The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a new hypermedia distribution protocol, addressed by content and identities. IPFS enables the creation of completely distributed applications. It aims to make the web faster, safer, and more open. IPFS enables completely decentralized and distributed apps.

Track 5: AVALON
Inspired by deaddrops, AVALON [Anonymous Virtual Augmented Local Networks] is a method of repurposing consumer devices into location based mixed reality portals powered by WiFi. I’ll show you how to build a device that allows multiple users to socialize, share files, and collaborate together in realtime just by connecting to the same WiFi network. Avoid censorship, get your story heard by the community with your own virtual private island.

Track 6: Show n Tell
Every project made during the workshop will be interconnected and online, hosted for free. You’ll learn how to capture your experiences inside VR and create a gallery of your works.