[ARCONA ICO] - AN AUGMENTED REALITY ECOSYSTEM

salmanmiah (50)in #arcona • 8 years ago

As kids, we could dream about how the future was going to turn out. There were a lot of TV series and movies that gave us a glimpse of what the future might hold. Cartoons like The Jetsons pictured flying cars and robots as an essential part of the future. Fast forward to the 21st Century and we see robots being developed with numerous functionalities; robot arms, robots that mimic human actions and a lot more especially in the manufacturing sector. We may have not reached the level of flying cars but self-driving cars will soon become available in the market. A lot of tests are being carried out on them and they may be part of our future. Tech giants are still envisioning a future with flying cars. All we can do is wait and see where technology will take us.

Now, virtual reality and augmented reality were also teased as part of our future and we can confidently say that we are living in that future. There are major developments that have been made in this sector. Companies are making virtual reality headsets as developers come up with games and other interactive functionalities. In 2017, the game Pokémon Go took the world by storm. Its augmented reality take on the popular anime series saw its parent company shares go through the roof. Millions were playing it worldwide and it was the cause of many adventures as people sought through their various towns and beyond to get their favorite Pokémon monsters. If there is any lesson to learn from this, it is the fact that there is a very ready market for augmented reality around the world. This is why companies like HTC have a dedicated department responsible for improving their virtual reality headsets. Even when sales seem low, they keep on improving them yearly as the future looks promising in the virtual reality market sector.

Let your imaginations run wild. Think of all the possibilities that could come from virtual reality. There are great possibilities and the company Arcona is creating a space where these possibilities can be explored and developed into actual products and services for people to experience. Arcona is among the most promising blockchain applications that have been seen to date. It has seen the potential virtual reality and augmented reality has when applied correctly in the real world. They are creating a space that will fuse real world places with virtual reality to create an augmented reality layer on top of actual places. This space will allow us to test the limits of our imagination and the limits of augmented reality. The platform will allow its users to build attractions in various sites around the world with the aim of creating a different form of tourism through this service. The augmented reality market space has the potential to affect economies positively through the Arcona platform and the tokens that will be used in the platform to access the services it offers. Arcona will be based on the Ethereum blockchain protocol. Let us take a look at the possibilities that lies within the Arcona platform.

The main offering in Arcona is digital land which is simply an augmented reality layer that has been built on top of the real world. It can only function on top of existing land on the real world therefore it is limited to the actual land area available in the world. Just like on actual land, this digital land can be used to generate income through ideas that can be made possible in augmented reality. You can develop this ‘land’ in whatever way possible in augmented reality. There is a preliminary requirement however, you must either rent or own the digital land space in order for you to develop any area. The processes are just similar to land on the real world in terms of ownership and use. However, a clear explanation is given on who can use the land and how the land can be used. The value of the digital land will depend on its location and the numbers it attracts. This depends heavily on its actual location in the real world. There are some cities that generally attract more traffic compared to others. Setting up shop in such cities would obviously be advantageous therefore the virtual land there would probably be expensive. Apart from this, the ideas that are actualized in that piece of virtual land will also influence greatly its value. People may come from all over the world just to see a virtual attraction that is unique to a specific area.

Furthermore, virtual land allows you to recreate experiences from the past. There are famous wars that people may want to experience and even fictional ones like the tale of the 300 Spartan soldiers that may be told through augmented reality. The ways through which virtual land can be of value are many, only limited by imagination.

Arcona will go beyond offering the digital land. There are other solutions that will be made possible through Arcona. Attracting traffic to a particular piece of digital land will open up opportunities for business to advertise and hopefully increase the sale of their products. The advertising industry stands to benefit a lot from this platform. The current forms of advertising have probably reached their peak and most are not trying to reinvent themselves which makes the advertising industry sort of monotonous and therefore boring in a way. Advertisers are slowly losing touch with their target markets as nothing excites them as much as a few years back. With the Arcona platform, this may completely change. Augmented reality is immersive and connects with the user in a way no other platform can. Advertisements are therefore likely to be more effective in augmented reality. Advertisements will become more of experiences than just promotion of goods and services. Advertisers will also have the chance to test their creative limits in augmented reality. Moreover, there will be a lot of spaces in Arcona with enough traffic where advertisers can place their content.

Still on advertising, augmented reality can prove to be an essential tool for real estate developers and other businesses that may find augmented reality applicable. For real estate, augmented reality can be the best way to sell property around the world at the convenience of the interested parties. The Arcona platform allows developers to build a virtual replica of the property they have at a different location. Property in a city like Miami can be promoted to a team located in any part of the world through augmented reality. Glimpses of such services have been seen through 360o videos but they are not as convincing as what augmented reality promises to be. The floor plans and designs would be visible in 3D and a tour of the building would be made possible where augmented reality is done in a large space. This can also be applied to car showrooms, yacht sales and many more. The applications can only be limited by our own imagination.
With Arcona creating a demand for these services, AR developers will have found a platform where their work is in high demand. Developing AR systems for a confined space for things such as gaming is an easy task or even touring a place through AR. But, for open spaces as its going to be in Arcona, there are challenges that are bound to occur. The Arcona platform understands the challenges that developers may face and are creating their platform to limit these challenges as much as they possibly can. The Arcona platform will allow developers to come up with augmented reality products that can be placed in a changing environment. The platform will also connect developers to consumers. This interaction will be vital for the creation of better products and services by the developers for the users.

The potential Arcona has for the virtual reality headset marketspace is great. There are different companies each producing their own headset that is only compatible with select devices. This limits the use of their headsets to applications that have been developed for those specific devices. With Arcona, the market forecasted is probably going to be too big to be served by only one virtual reality headset company. This will cause the companies to produce universal product that will work well with any platform that supports virtual reality. The sharing of ideas between these companies will lead to better virtual reality headsets being produced and therefore an overall greater experience of virtual reality for consumers.

Access to augmented reality is being made simpler to everyone through their mobile devices. Companies such as Apple, Samsung and other smartphone companies are developing their devices to handle augmented reality applications. This makes access to augmented reality as simple as owning a smartphone and with over 2 billion smartphones in the world, augmented reality is already available for most people. Those who register in the Arcona platform will have free access to a number of augmented reality services that will help introduce them to the world of augmented reality.

The team behind Arcona started this plan back in 2014. It is a project that was conceptualized with all relevant factors considered and is currently in its implementation phase according to their roadmap. The Arcona team is composed of developers who are gifted in various fields and their combined work experience is already showing its advantages. The first augmented reality open air park has already been developed and is fully operational in St. Petersburg, Russia. This achievement is in the right direction towards an augmented reality future. The team that is developing the augmented reality platform for Arcona is known as Pilgrim XXI. Pilgrim XXI majors on development of outdoor augmented reality platforms. Currently, they are testing a number of their systems and how they will work in Arcona.

The Arcona ecosystem will work best when based on a blockchain protocol. There are going to be a lot of token transaction involved in Arcona. Land ownership is also going to be present in Arcona. These are sensitive matters that require a system with transparency and that can be trusted by all participants in Arcona. Blockchain has excelled in terms of security and transparency. All records of Arcona tokens transfer and land ownership will be safely stored in the blockchain. The other use of blockchain comes in the form of smart contracts. Developers will be coming up with creative augmented reality applications; some will come up with unique land uses and other unique plans in Arcona. Arcona will want to prevent the intellectual property of the developers in their platform. Smart contracts will protect intellectual property by preventing any copyright infringement practices in the platform. Content creators will have the confidence that their property is protected in the platform.

The Arcona token will be a much-needed tool for the platform to be successful. The Arcona ecosystem will run on the Arcona token. Purchasing of land in Arcona will be transacted through the tokens. In fact, all transactions in Arcona will involve the use of Arcona tokens. Token holders will have great benefits in the platform. Token holders are the only one in the platform who will be able to contribute to the Arcona ecosystem. Content creation, developing software and all other activities in the platform will require Arcona tokens.

Depending on the use of the tokens and the population of Arcona, the Arcona tokens have the possibility of gaining value over a period of time. The Arcona ecosystem is going to attract a lot of users who will require Arcona tokens to enjoy the services in Arcona. This is definitely going to create a demand for the tokens and once demand goes up; their value is also most likely to go up. However, Arcona tokens are solely meant for utility within Arcona. You can purchase Arcona tokens by registering on the Arcona website on https://www.arcona.io/index.html. There are also a number of ways listed on the website through which you can gain the tokens by performing certain services.
Through Arcona, we may achieve dreams that were once sold to us on television sets. The possibilities are endless with augmented reality and Arcona will be the platform that will help us actualize all of them. Read through the Arcona whitepaper on https://www.arcona.io/doc/arcona_white_paper_en_3.pdf to discover in depth what they have in store.