Dimensino an ongoing webscrapbook series begun in 2020. Exploring the development of the AI/ Crypto / Web3 / Robotics ecosystem and it relationship to the coming ‘Metaverse’.
Dimensino is a parallel thinking track to my ongoing professional participation in the emerging discipline of World Running.
It is important to think in public. Some ideas and threads will be developed elsewhere. Others may be cut and left as frayed ideas at the edge of my thinking. Some posts are essays, others commentary, or just quick notes.
Dimensino is about about ‘hard’ things: AR/VR, Identity, Corporations, Brands, Intellectual Property, AI, Interdependence, Web3, gear V-Tubers use, 3D Printing, DAOs. it is about the protocols running on the machines we will build new worlds and run them on.
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The Near Future of AI Agents
A primer on the near future of agentic AI, and the governance layer that will become the most important product space this year.
Cloudflare’s NET Dollar: AI Agents, Crypto Rails, and Web Payments
This isn’t the first time I’ve talked about AI agents, agents scurrying around paying for things with blockchains.
Surface Without Substance | 2509
With its smooth, depthless glass, the smartphone is the ultimate surface. It denies the body its place in the interface.
Helpful LLocal Models | 2505
Tutorial engines are coming. And they’ll run atop local AI models embedded in our devices at the OS level..
Hold On
Trump Coin has sort of got lost in the noise in UK media due to the Tiktok shut down. But its way more insane and way more significant news.
The New Economic Entertainment | 2428
The future of entertainment is interactive, monetised, intertwined with AI and social media, gaming and gambling.
Cathedral of Screens | 2421
Apple wasn’t just selling products; they were selling a vision, a glimpse into what the world could be. But now we’re in that future—the world they sold us.
Surface Flatness | 2412
Don’t you think that the surface of the Internet feels super flat right now? I don’t just mean it’s UX but the whole internet.
Making Friends with AI
It’s worth exploring whether a Tamagotchi style lifecycle design pattern could be applied to AI assistants to help users maintain healthy emotional distance.
Like We Did In Y2K | 2337
The cultural and tech comeback of the Y2K era. Old trends shaping the state of the post vibe shift Internet.
The Rise of Co-Play: The Future of Multiplayer Software | 2325
I regret to inform you, for better or worse, the future of societal coordination and maybe even politics will emerge from gamer culture.
Tasty Vision, Pricey Byte | Thoughts on Apple Vision Pro
There’ll be more people watching others immersed in VR worlds than actually in them. A 5% ratio, seems like a reasonable estimate.
Autonomous Worlds Summit – Lisbon
I attended the Autonomous Worlds Summit last week. In the last year; unstoppable, infinitely moddable worlds built on the blockchain have become a reality
Season 1 – Recap Pt2 | Dimensino
In 2020 I wrote a series of posts on the future Crypto / Web3, and the development of the coming ‘Metaverse’. Lets see how I did …
Season 1 Recap – Pt1 | Dimensino
In 2020 I wrote a series of posts on the future Crypto / Web3, and the technical development of the coming ‘Metaverse’. Lets see how I did…
What a Difference A(I) Week Makes | 2307
In less than 6 weeks we’ve gone from ‘OpenAI’s chatbot is weird but interesting’ to ‘Google is doomed because they’re not shipping AI search before Microsoft’ to’These things are totally awful’.
Twice In One Week
I went into town twice this week, the most frequency I’ve been in Central London since the before times. Both for good reasons tho.
Unstoppable, Infinitely Moddable, Autonomous Worlds
Unstoppable, Infinitely Moddable, Autonomous Worlds are coming.
Sounds Like the Metaverse
With distortion banned, remix has become the go-to content filter workaround. For millions pop music now sounds like this..
Mickey in the Metaverse | 2235
As a symbol of the copyright regime of the 20thC. A permissive Mickey in the metaverse seems like an interesting experiment to try.
Pinball Wizard | 2228
Pinball Wizard is the name for a 1970’s cyborg. People who first entered a world inside a machine and ‘touched’ the metaverse.
Daemon & Discord: Anatomy of the DAO | The New Centre
Daemon & Discord: Anatomy of the DAO @ The New Centre: Begins August 2022
Wind-up Worlds
Wind-up Worlds, Web3, World Running and the urgent collective pivot we need to make towards Slow Social experiences.
DAOs: Governance vs Coordination | 2212
21st century meme culture and real-time chat have combined in DAOs to create the rolling AGM as a novel participatory form
Power Fandoms | 2134
With Web3 enabled Permissive IP frameworks, Power Fandoms will own, produce and share the value created by their worlds. They are coming soon
A Napster Moment For Collective Storytelling | 2133
Experienced Future shock this week with the launch of three NFT projects: LOOT, The Logged Universe, and Lifeforms. Permissive IPs are coming. If I was a major producer/owner of culture. I’d be very worried.
Mark’s IE6 Metaverse
I can’t belive Facebook showed off the wonders of VR by using a bland cartoon meeting room. Utterly ridiculous. The IE6 of the Metaverse.
Brands Are VInfluencers Now? | 2117
If you think brands twitter accounts bantering online is insufferable and weird, just wait till you see what’s coming next.
Will it Fit? But Is It News? | 2108
The new COD game is over 500GBs and may not fit on a base model PS4. Shouldn’t this be like … news or something?
Steps Toward a DAOWO VInfluencer in 2021?
What tools and technologies need to be built this year for a DAO to co-create and manage an autopoietic VInfluencer in 2021?
NPC Djs + Co-Creating Virtual Worlds
NPC ‘Muzak’ DJs, Russian billionaires, cutting edge entertainment venues and my hopes for future of architectural virtual hybrid environments.
Discord, DAOs and the Dweb
This post proposes three areas Discord and Dweb Developers should explore in 2021. Web3 Logins, Multisig Wallets, Discord DAO’s.
Early Access Artists
Early Access Artists are emboldened by Web3 technologies. Their artistic practice will look very different from existing models present today.
Synthespian Escalation
Due to converging technology & software, 2020 was a breakout year for the VTuber. What can we learn about the future of entertainment?
Roblox Corporation – IPO Filing (Notes)
I didn’t have anything to do on Friday. So I read the whole Roblox IPO filing and took some notes.
PERMISSIVE IPs
Exploring the potential for community owned/governed story worlds by splitting the difference between ‘Internet Protocol vs Intellectual Property’.
Sources of Value vs Organising Value
How we organise value is of fundamental concern to the Dweb and coming Metaverse.
Verticals of One
A Vertical of One is an individual with access to a complete ensemble of discrete, modular plug and play technologies.
Fortnite World Cup Explained (For Boomers) | 1918
This week I try to explain the 2019 Fortnite World Cup and its significance (for Boomers).
moolah over marin – space programs, drug cartels & bitcoins
do you know how cheap it is to put a satellite in space? This post is about space programs, drug cartels & bitcoins
