WHAT IS CRYPTOCARZ?
A multIplayer, virtual reaity enabled racing experience, powered by blockchain technology, allowing you to build and drive your own ride onine where our racetracks will let you test your skillz.
According to the whitepaper, Cryptocarz is a multiplayer, virtual reality enabled racing experience that was developed on the Ethereum Blockchain. How exactly will this work, you ask?
Users will be required to load the car assets into the game from their Ethereum wallets. The tokens, which are expected to be ERC721 standard have paved way for non-fungible tokens. That’s a new class of digital asset which allows users to own, customise, as well as maintain control like the physical world.
According to Blockchain studios, the team behind this gaming platform, this new digital asset provides new opportunities for ownership and user engagement. And they have chosen to use this opportunity to enhance gaming experience.
Through this platform, gamers now have an option of visualizing, owning, adapting and racing their own car. Cryptocarz is made possible by a combination of three technologies. These are;
• Blockchain
• E-Sports
• Virtual Reality
Let’s explore each of them, shall we?
GAMING AND BLOCKCHAIN
Thanks to digital collectibles, there are many new applications for Blockchain technology. These assets can be owned and traded in a similar way as comic books or art world can be purchased and sold in the physical word.
There is also the uniqueness of ERC721, which is its ability to implement non-fungible assets as part of the game dynamics. The interesting thing is that, it is not controlled by smart contract code. Rather, the game developer will have complete control of the game dynamics.
GAMING AND E-SPORTS
Digital gaming has developed into one of the largest entertainment industry in the world, with a revenue of over $80 Billion per year. This revenue is usually generated through the sales of digital assets and in-game items.
Currently, there are restrictions placed on players regarding the ownership of purchased items. For example, in Guild wars, a user can be banned for reselling an item for real money. Furthermore, game producers have the power to revoke any user rights for items owned.
With a Non- Fungible Token support, not only will users be able to rent out or resell their assets, they’ll also be able to move it to another game. That means, a form of liquidity in the market that prevents your asset from being locked to a gaming platform or account.
There is one major advantage that can be gotten from a transferable asset; it’ll enable users monetize or exchange goods from platforms that no longer interests them. Hence, this liquidity can be used to purchase asset in a new game, consequently leading to a cycle of higher adoption, engagement and innovation.
GAMING AND VIRTUAL REALITY
The developers of Cryptocarz had one thing in mind when they were developing it, to make the obsession and personalization of the game as similar to that of the real world as possible.
They wanted to create a Cryptocarz experience that’ll start will start with a great display, offer users access to modifications, and ends in the racing of their digital asset in an immersive environment. The busy way of achieving this aim is through the use of Virtual Reality.
This technology is expected to keep users involved with the asset they own. That means, users will be more inclined to spend more time and resources on the platform.
When you combine VR with the implementation of Non- Fungible Tokens, what you have is a true immersion in a virtual space.
HOW CRYPTOCARZ WORK
Cryptocarz is a blend of cars, gaming, and cryptocurrency. It is a multiplayer, immersive, VR-enabled racing experience that is powered by the Ethereum Blockchain. A user will be required to own a car that is modelled and stored as an ERC721 Ethereum token to race in the game.
The ca is expected to be loaded into the game when the token is in the gamer’s wallet. This will be done through integration with MetaMask and other proprietary tools.
The game is expected to start with 20 car models with a maximum of 650 Units each. This unit will be hard-coded and defined in the smart contract numerically. The car models are supposed to be a representative of the top 20 cryptocurrencies. That means there will be;
BITCOIN
RIPPLE
ETHEREUM
BITCOIN CASH
CARDANO
LITECOIN
IOTA
NEM
STELLAR
DASH
MONERO
NEO
EOS
TRON
QTUM
ICON
WAVES
OMISEGO
OX
DOGECOIN
The game dynamics will be affected by the features of the corresponding cryptocurrency. Users will be able to purchase the cars on Cryptocarz website initially. They’ll have to use Ether and a MetaMask Chrome plug-in to make the purchase.
In the second stage, users will have access to a dedicated Cryptocarz secondary market where they’ll be able to freely trade their cars.
GAME TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
The game technology development is divided into three stages, which begins with;
CORE GAME ASSET BUILD
This involves the creation of effects, models and interface designs that are expected to be inserted into the gameplay environment. This first phase is further divided into four key components. These are;
Modelling (components modelling, car modelling, developing the look and rendering)
Animation Effects (Dynamic effects, animation cycles and collisions)
Components (Swappable components and upgrades)
Marketplace (This include UI/UIX development)
The core game asset build is the foundation on which the rest of the game will be built.
UNREAL ENGINE DEVELOPMENT
This phase will begin as soon as the first phase is nearing completion. It basically involves the integration of the performance data for every car stored on the Blockchain into the Unreal Engine. On completion of this phase, it is expected that players will have access to a fully functioning garage marketplace for customizing Cryptocarz and a test track to drive on.
Although the library of available models and components will be limited at this stage, it is expected to grow over time to incorporate new features and components. Other part of these phase include;
• Development of showroom
• Test track simulations
• Exploded views
• Marketplace backend development
• Blockchain integration
This takes us to the final stage.
WEB DEVELOPMENT AND E-COMMERCE
This final stage of development involves the connection of multiplayers capability, VR access or desktop, and the platform’s user interfaces to the core game. Players will have access to the game in 2D using their smartphones or tablets. There is also the desktop/web version too.
The Virtual Reality version of the game will be available on Vive, Oculus, PlayStation and Gear (Mobile VR).
THE FUTURE OF CRYPTOCARZ
According to the whitepaper, the future development of the platform will be based on the experience of the players. It is expected that new ideas will emerge for the development of the community as the players interact more.
Source
Website: https://www.cryptocarz.io/
Whitepaper: https://www.cryptocarz.io/docs/CryptoCarz_WP.pdf
One Pager: https://www.cryptocarz.io/docs/CryptoCarz_1P.pdf
Ann Thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3405109.0
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cryptocarz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CryptoCarz/
Medium: https://medium.com/@cryptocarz
Telegram: https://t.me/cryptocarz
Author : Chinedum
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