Hauntology, détournement, invisible spectres, shadows and substance wherever they want to be.

Steve Hash

Habitats represents a first-of-its-kind research project powered by SHoP Architects, a world-class architecture firm, that will use the Metaverse as a proving ground to innovate and design smarter in the real world. SHoP has designed many noteworthy projects including YouTube HQ, Uber HQ, the Barclays Center, and super tall towers around the world, while Habitats will be their first foray into the Metaverse. As a digitally native architecture firm, they already integrate the use of data and generative algorithms in their design process, all of which will be applied to Habitats, making for a natural extension of their existing work.

Habitats will launch with a genesis collection of 2,500 NFTs in late June 2022, which will also kick off a much larger Metaverse research & development effort. These efforts will include the rollout of several outposts in existing Metaverse worlds as SHoP aims to push the Metaverse in a positive direction. The team will be uniquely situated, straddling both the physical and digital design worlds, allowing them to serve as a bridge between the two.

Habitats x NFT Sea 2022

The following map presents different works in progress from an ongoing project with Illust, Uncharted Limbo Collective, Jessica In, Chamber of Culture and Mesh Lab, visualising the cryptographic algorithms that underpin modern society.

PVNP Acropolis

Welcome to the 2022 Parallel AR scavenger hunt at NFT NYC. Find five of the AR assets from the Parallel game universe scattered around the NFT Sea grounds to win a special prize! Good luck. 

Parallel Scavenger Hunt

Global Map

ZCreative Media presents "Austin’s Artist ARchive", a non-destructible, metaverse museum dedicated to preserving the art scene in Austin, Texas. With the rapid growth of Austin, many historic and cultural establishments are vanishing without a trace. This augmented reality layer is designed to present the talent of Austin as an interactive art tour. Each artwork has a claimable POP token for participants to mint, adding to their collection and acting as a time capsule of cultural artifacts.

Participating local businesses offer discounts and rewards for POP holders through NFT loyalty rewards programs. This creates a supportive web 3 economy and uplifts artists who contribute to the collective story of Austin. Programmable scavenger hunts act as extra incentives for the intrepid adventurer to unlock cryptographic messages. Hidden Easter eggs grant access to unlockable content rewarding the most skilled blockchain archaeologists.

The genesis of this project starts at Native Hostel (807 E 4th St, Austin, TX 78702) where you will find the very first NFT artifacts minted to this layer. These NFT murals and sculptures have a special meaning. Hidden messages are planted inside, which can only be discovered in augmented reality. 

Be vigilant, enjoy the adventure and earn fun rewards along the way!

Austin's Artist ARchive

Brian Ziff presents the six part NFT series, “Rite of Spring.”

In this haunting collection, we watch as the new season emerges from the death of the last; nectar flows, hummingbirds suckle and flowers bloom as the cold, hapless body of Winter succumbs to the verdant inevitability of Spring.  

Each tableau is first photographed in individual pieces, composited together, set to its own six second passage of a micro-symphony, and then animated frame by frame, creating a moment forever in limbo as nature’s yearning tendrils thread the darkness under the trance of a soft, crisp breeze.  They exist in the liminal space between seasons, between death and rebirth, between the organic and the synthetic; perpetually frozen within the confines of the loop. 

Rite of Spring

On October the 23rd MF DOOM dropped a one of a kind collection of Halloween inspired augmented reality masks. Powered by the blockchain. This collection represented a first for blockchain and augmented reality art. For the first time you could display your NFT in world space, even better you could ‘wear’ it in AR.

DOOMSDAY

Commemorate the great times had with new friends and old at NFTSEA. Collect poster art created by the top artists in web3 while giving back to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, which supports children’s cancer research.

Blockparty x NFTSEA 2022 Auction

Collect exclusive Proof of Presesnce NFTs including some special comic con only items which will unlock a greeat game and secret.

Comic-Con

Roosevelt Row

The Vivid

Parallel Galaxy Puzzle

Artifex is a time capsule of 100 trailblazing NFT artists. Bringing artists to the forefront with 1/1 artworks, metaverse-ready 3D sculptures, and immersive art experiences via Artifex Unreal (Unreal Engine 5) and RareRooms.io.

ARTIFEX

Quantum is Endstate’s largest, most ambitious drop to date. Commanded by an entirely new
sneaker silhouette designed from the sole up by our world class design team, Quantum ushers
the world towards a two-state future. We call this two-state future the “Endstate,” where every

physical object of value will be entangled with a digital counterpart.

Quantum consists of four colorways, 250 pairs of each color for a total of 1,000 NFTs. The NFTs
and physical sneakers will have variable traits, leading to several tiers of rarity. Each NFT is

redeemable for one physical pair of sneakers.

Quantum goes far beyond NFTs, or even just sneakers, Quantum harnesses the power of both
states, providing each holder with security clearance to IRL and digital events, access to future

product releases, footwear developments, and airdrops.
Quantum is your passport. The Endstate is your destination.

Endstate Drop 2

Proof of Presence, Interactive AR NFTs and art discovery in LA for the week it becomes Tech

LA Tech Week 2022

I work with textured and purposely glitched  LiDAR scans of people, the city and nature as a form of storytelling.  I view LiDAR scans as a present day/futuristic form of visual capture, with roots in filmmaking as well.  The post processing of these scans is
 akin to the film editing process. I believe Web3 allows us to spend more time watching an object or scene, allowing us to connect in a way one is not able to in traditional photography. 

This work is meant for the viewer to walk inside of the collage, and has purposefully been placed around the world in wide open public spaces.

The work is available to view via Illust’s geomap, and each work has been minted on Ethereum  blockchain.  An example of these pieces can also be experienced on Sktechfab (https://skfb.ly/ovVGU)

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Only Seltzer’s Seven Rills

WAGMI WED NFT NYC

Cr3ativeX Athenaeum - San Diego

An AR Showcase

About Cr3ativeX Athenaeum

In Ancient Greece, the word Athenaeum referred to buildings dedicated to Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and in particular to a temple in Athens where poets, philosophers, and orators gathered to read and discuss their work. In honor of this age-old civic idea, SearchLight will partner with organizations, communities, and cities to explore the Web3 implications on the urban landscape by showcasing creatives and artists interrogating notions of place. Cr3ativeX Athenaeum will debut in San Diego on October 22, 2022, in tandem with the San Diego Web3SD Conference. 