Just the other day, I received a call from @oaldamstar, he said 'Hey Mistakili, the application has been fully rendered, the stage is set, everyone is waiting for you.' Everyone? really? And just as described on the manual of the Steem VR headset, I connected the device to the internet and logged into my steem account, put the device over my head, and the next thing I heard was a voice from a human looking A.I(Steem guide) saying Welcome to Steemtopia, land of Steem and freedom, please select your choice of activity from the listed options below.
- Attend the opening of the grand mall Freedom center
- Go play Steem monsters tourny
- Free roam
- Visit the Bank
- More Options
Since I was here for the opening, I clicked option 1 and and the first person I saw was Taskmaster, then @oaldamstar who was very much engrossed in his drink and the dance in a very large hall, then I saw a bunch of other people too grooving, it was the first VR party to ever be hosted. It was indeed amazing, except that there were no drinks and we couldn't eat VR food, but we could have real conversations.
Lets hold it there for a while, what am I even talking about? This is what you should see first
This is the next thing, a realm on a blockchain, with real human beings being active with all kinds of things. Some getting entertained, others sharing their wisdom, while others entertain. It is not all about money, it is about life, being present in a digital virtual realm, that is where you are now, so let me welcome you to: Steemtopia. And it is about you, me and some bots to make it into a realm where we all want to be present.
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What I understand this to be is a real life simulation of every steemians existence and activity in the real world into the Virtual world. Much like SIMS, but Steemtopia.
Imagine having an Avartar that is custom made to bear your resemblance, when you log into Steem with the VR, you're automatically virtually present in Steemtopia. After logging into Steem, the next thing is to scroll through the feed to find what is interesting right? Now this scrolling through the feed is likened to your avartar taking a walk down the street of Steemtopia, along the alley to the left is Aggroeds magnificent spot, you want to see what he has, you control your avartar with a control pad and walks down to Aggroed, (more like GTA), to read Aggroeds post, you click an option, then Aggroeds avartar begins to read out his post to you in a form of live conversation where you also reply with Speech to text function, no typing. Ofcourse a response might not always be gotten because he doesn't reply all his comments.
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We can think of it as the handsfree form of the real life steeming, it's optional ofcourse. If you own the VR device and want to. Those that prefer the traditional steeming will still see things as normal, they see posts and comments just as we are doing already, but with the VR and Steemtopia, there's a chance to visualize our traditional activities as if they were real.
It will be very fun and addictive, with missions and tasks, a total adventure.