Hello World, It’s The District VR
We want to invite you to take a trip to Berlin without leaving home to party in virtual reality.
Authentic Experience From The Capital Of Clubs
TDVR is a party district in VR with real people, artists, DJs and clubs. A virtual hub to enjoy as well as to perform DJ-shows, parties and concerts.
TDVR is located in Berlin, a city with one of the most popular club scenes of the world known for its open-minded, authentic and innovative sound and spirit.
3D Environments & Spatial Audio
VR in general adds a spatial dimension to virtual experiences of any kind enabling people to dive into simulated worlds that look, feel and sound genuine.
TDVR in particular provides photorealistic and “life-like” 3D venues with spatial audio, enabling its users to meet, party and interact with each other like in the real world.
- Photorealistic
- Spatial
- Interactive
- Live
Benefits
- Enjoy the nightlife of Berlin…
- Party and celebrate in crowded venues…
- Play the music and perform the show live in front of real crowds…
…from anywhere in the world without travelling or even leaving home.
(Even if we advise using VR headsets, a browser integration enables non-VR users to participate in events as well.)
From A DJ And Artist Perspective
DJ-Sets in TDVR are virtual twins of their real-world counterparts and the essential workspaces of the environment. All faders, knobs, buttons and jog wheels of the players and mixers provided can be touched and used in a conventional way. All important functions of “state-of-the-art DJ sets” are virtually integrated and immediately applicable to mix, scratch and use required effects.
Additional Equipment
- Individually adjustable microphones (incl. effects like delay/reverb/autotune etc.) are available for singing, hosting and performing
- Additional audio inputs can be used to play instruments, sounds and music from external devices
VR — State Of The Art & Future Potential
VR development in general is evolving at a rapid pace. Many key companies are investing in innovation, research and development related to VR because of its various possibilities for end-user-segments.
The global VR market size is projected to increase from less than five billion U.S. dollars in 2021 to more than 12 billion U.S. dollars by 2024, an increase of more than 140%.
The most popular category of VR headsets in 2020 were stand-alone headsets (no additional gaming-pc required) with Oculus Quest 2 being the most popular device.
We believe while the technology keeps evolving stand-alone VR-headsets could potentially become the iPads of the future.
LUKSO — The Blockchain Backend
We believe in a decentralized internet of permissionless blockchains, that’s why we love LUKSO, the first public blockchain focussing on the lifestyle culture. User accounts and digital assets (gaming assets, skins, NFTs etc.) of TDVR are stored on LUKSO giving users total ownership of their assets.
A Virtual Gallery For Artists And Fans
The whole district is designed as a virtual gallery. Virtual street art and graffiti pictures of the environments are created by real artists and can be purchased and stored as NFTs (Non-Fungible-Tokens) on the blockchain.
TDVR by Proof of Taste— The Founders
Dennis Lisk — CEO
Dennis Lisk aka “Denyo”, 44 is a gold/platinum award-winning musician, DJ and entrepreneur signed at Universal (Label) and BMG (Publishing). He started his career in 1991 as a founder of german hip hop band “Beginner” (fka “Absolute Beginner”). Dennis helped to shape hip hop music with german lyrics to evolve from a niche subcultural corner and become a relevant and established part of the entertainment industry. In 2018 he started researching decentralized blockchains and virtual reality regarding their future potential for the entire sector. Since 2019 he is blockchain advisor at LUKSO. In 2020 he founded Proof of Taste.
Fabian Vogelsteller — Technical Advisor, Blockchain
Fabian is a blockchain and software thought leader as well as developer of many widely used Ethereum tools like the Ethereum Mist Browser, the Ethereum Wallet, and web3.js. He developed the ERC20 smart contract standard that redefined investment and crowd ownership as we know it. Since 2017, Fabian is leading the concept, design, and technological development as the CTO and founder of the LUKSO blockchain. Besides that Fabian is a VR enthusiast and music lover.
Ioulia Isserlis — CTO, VR Content Production
Ioulia is CEO and co-founder of AnotherWorld VR, a virtual reality content production and game development company located in Berlin. Since 2016 she is working as a VR expert authoring and producing internationally known games like Kobold VR and Pagan Peak VR. Both games have thrilled and inspired the international VR market and were called one of the best VR games and experiences of 2019 by Forbes Magazine. Besides that Ioulia has developed applications and VR tools for Balenciaga, Microsoft and more.
Max Sacker — Art Director, Technical Supervisor, VR Game Development
Max is an award-winning filmmaker and immersive director specializing in VR since 2015. Prior to co-founding AnotherWorld VR he worked as a post-production supervisor for companies like Universal and Warner Brothers. He is the creative director of AnotherWorld VR, where he directed Kobold VR and Co-Directed Pagan Peak VR. He also supervised the development of VR projects for companies like Microsoft, Deutsche Bahn, Siemens and Deutsche Telekom.
Final Thoughts
We believe that both virtual reality and blockchain are two of the most amazing and revolutionary technical innovations of our lifetime and by combining them we can add a new, spatial and decentralized dimension to the global music industry.
Currently we are working on the virtual DJ-sets and music equipment and even if we haven’t completed the mission by now it is already so much fun to spin virtual records in this amazing environment. Besides that we are focussing on server infrastructure and multiplayer-features to provide a fully real-time experience for everybody both artists and guests.
In the weeks and months to come we will continue to develop and design the environments and will manage first test events and parties with real DJs and artist from all over the world. If you are interested to participate in those events both as an artist or guest follow us and feel free to email us at anytime.
This is the first article of a series of posts that we will bring along the journey and we are looking forward to keep you updated. In the meantime stay healthy, happy and rock on!
