The future. We have represented it in many ways. Our imagination runs wild whenever the future is mentioned. But what’s in store for us in the future? What is realistically going to be there in the next fifty or one hundred years? We have already seen all electric cars. They are becoming popular especially with the younger generation. There are prospects of flying cars and hyperloop systems to change our understanding of transportation. Robots are definitely going to be a big part of the future. Machine learning is making huge steps; we will also see its applications in the near future. Wearable gadgets are also going to be part of the future; in fact smart watches are already an everyday staple for part of the population. There are others like the Google glasses or the HoloLens from Microsoft which seem to have a greater application for the future. However, what we are going to look at is the alternate reality that we will be able to experience in the very near future. We have already had glimpses of it through software applications but it can be done at a much greater scale. There are applications like Mondly which are using AR to teach languages, there are gaming apps that use AR and there are some like Amikasa which allows you to plan a room before purchasing anything for that room. These are all small-scale application but AR has a huge potential especially as tech becomes more advanced.
Computers, smartphones and wearable tech are becoming more powerful handling heavier tasks than they used to. This could be the stepping stone for AR. With the processing power in place, a lot can be done through augmented reality. AR has been there for a long time but the time for AR to flourish is now. Arcona is a company that wants to lead the world in making AR an everyday thing. There is a huge market and a huge following for AR related content in the world. The development of AR applications and their increase in number is proof of this. More people are getting access to tech that can be used for AR which is also helping in increasing the market for AR. More applications for AR are also coming up as people understand how the technology works. AR could revolutionize the future and help us achieve some of the dreams we had for the technological future. Arcona is going to use existing land to overlay an alternate reality platform that can be viewed using augmented reality devices. It will combine the virtual world with our world to create a digital land that exists within the layer of augmented reality that is the Arcona platform. It is going to be an interactive, informative and entertaining platform that will have the capacity to influence certain economies and provide services that may be common but the experience of having them in AR will make them surreal.
Hosting a worldwide augmented reality platform is not going to be an easy thing. There are a lot of factors that have to be considered especially when it comes to the technology that is going to be used to run the platform. Blockchain technology is going to be one of the principle technologies that will be used to run the Arcona platform. Why blockchain? Well, Arcona will need a system to for identification purposes in its platform. Arcona will host different AR enthusiasts from developers to those who want to experience AR. There is most likely going to be a need to identify who owns what in the platform. Furthermore, Arcona is going to sell its digital land. Blockchain will be important in identifying the owners of the land. Any fraud will be reduced or totally eliminated by the use of blockchain technology. Blockchain also makes it possible for platforms to use smart contracts may be required also as a source of identification for those who own intellectual property. Smart contracts will also be used to provide a way for making fast payments. The Arcona platform is going to have transactions being made in a P2P format and smart contracts are the best way to make the payments fast, simple and secure. Blockchain technology is mainly going to deal with administration of the platform. For the augmented reality layer, there are three key technologies that Arcona will employ.
Arcona will have an automated modelling system that will allow developers to build the augmented reality environment accurately based on data from the geographical information system and other reliable public domain. The automated modelling system will also be responsible for determining the most likely paths that can be used for movement in an area. It will also use a system whereby landscape details can be accessed remotely incase a developer is far away from the area that development is being made. There will also be the integrated modelling environment which will have the responsibility of creating and maintaining software in the Arcona augmented reality space and managing and editing content in the same space. These will be responsible for creation of the AR layer. Arcona will have a freeware known as AR viewer that will be made available for mobile devices. It will have a positioning system which will allow it to show AR content at a given location accurately.
The Arcona platform comes as a solution to problems that we may have overlooked. Let’s start with how Arcona can influence the advertising industry. It is no secret that the greatest form of advertising at this point in history is internet advertising. It is effective but most people are starting to see it as a disturbance especially with things such as pop up ads. AR can change the advertising game and make it more appealing to the target market. Augmented reality is interactive and it attracts the user’s attention fully. Advertisers can use this to their advantage. They can create ads that are captivating and fun where their target market would enjoy seeing them in AR. This would have an effect the next time they would be looking for that product. The memories of the ads would also be imprinted in the minds of the market. For the Digital Land owners in Arcona, advertisements can be a great way for them to get some tokens for hosting these advertisements on their digital land. This would make the Arcona platform a sort of micro economy through the use and exchange of the tokens.
Arcona also comes as a wonderful solution for the masses who want to experience augmented reality. The platform will host a number of developers who will come up with interesting products for AR. Users will get to experience all this through Arcona. It will also be a platform where they can share their ideas and developers can work on these ideas and make them available in AR. The interaction that Arcona will allow may prove vital for the development of AR technology. Furthermore, there are a number of convenient services that may be offered through Arcona such as furniture placement solutions, interior design and many more services. Arcona will also make life more interesting for most people through AR.
The AR industry is a bit disjointed at this time. Each AR developing company is doing its own thing. For AR to move forward, they will need to harmonize their products. Arcona may be what will make companies come up with hardware that works across all AR platforms. Arcona may be the future of AR in terms of numbers hosted by the platform and this majority may influence the production principles of AR companies. Arcona wants all its members to experience AR in the same way even through different AR hardware are being used. This will also prompt further development in AR hardware as their will be a ready market to consume the products made.
What would the Arcona platform mean for economies? We can look at tourism. The team behind Arcona came up with an AR theme park in one of the towns in Latvia and the theme park influenced the number of tourists that visited that town. It grew by around 30% after the theme park was opened. That is the future that AR can create for tourism. With AR you can create almost anything imaginable. For tourism specifically, there are those who are interested in historical milestones. Through AR, these historical activities can be recreated and users can experience them where they took place or even in other theme parks. Whole museums can be built on AR. People can see exhibits from different museums around the world from different places. All you would have to do is put on your AR gear in the AR ready environment and enjoy what museums have to offer.
And what about learning? AR has the power to make learning more interesting for all ages. For kids, they can have interactive drawing sessions where their drawing become animated through AR, hazardous chemical reactions can be displayed through AR, even in education, AR can play a very pivotal role in providing a holistic study environment for the learner.
The Arcona platform will be a cut above the rest. Its technological system allows it to stay above its competition. By Arcona being an interactive and accommodative platform, it promotes the development of AR through the ideas that are exchanged and developed in their platform. This is yet to be seen in any other platform in the AR space and it will keep it a step ahead of its competition. Its automated modelling system will also keep it soaring above the rest. It will allow the platform to accurately place augmented reality objects which changes with the environment and adapts with the movement of the user or viewer. This will be supported by a network of digital land marks to help in navigation of the digital land. Arcona combination of the real and virtual world will also be done uniquely keeping it above its competition in the AR space. They have already made great strides by successfully hosting the Ludza Castle AR Park. The experience gained from the development of the AR Park will also keep them ahead of the pack.
The Arcona platform will run using the Arcona tokens. Being the owner of an Arcona token will give you access to different products and services in the Arcona platform. Owning the token is like having a ticket into the Arcona platform. Without them you cannot be counted as an active user of the platform. Through owning the tokens, you also get the chance to help develop the platform. Through the contributions that you make, you may end up getting royalties if your creation is a success in the platform. You also get access to a host of other services in the platform such as the Arcona marketplace, land auctions and stock exchange all of which can be used to increase your Arcona token count.
The Arcona tokens are currently on sale in the Arcona website which can be accessed directly through https://crowdsale.arcona.io/. The crowdsale is a source of funding for the Arcona project. Through the sale of the Arcona tokens, the Arcona team will gain the funds that they need to develop their platform. Arcona is a beautiful idea that cannot be made possible without a good source of funding. The funds will go directly towards building the platform and paying for the operations that will allow the platform to run in a legal manner. Purchasing the tokens will also give owners access to the best digital lands available. Arcona has set up some program where active buyers of the Arcona tokens get priority when it comes to the purchase of prime Digital Land. Buying Arcona tokens during the early days of the crowdsale will also assure buyers of bonuses for every purchase they will make. The crowdsale runs until May 15th, 2018. You can read more about the Arcona project through the materials provided in their whitepaper https://www.arcona.io/doc/arcona_white_paper_en_3.pdf and links stated below.
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