Please describe your proposed solution.
We believe that the most practical and useful role for a digitally scarce item like an NFT is in the context of an open world augmented reality (AR) game. Our AR game platform will allow users to both play and create content outdoors. These experiences can be enhanced while creating real world utility for Cardano by implementing digitally-scarce items and other status tokens that can be validated on chain.
A core principle has been to design a platform where anyone can create playable digital content to be experienced by others outdoors. It's here, at the crossroads of technology and nature, where we’ve found a natural overlap between the player's physical and digital experience that makes owning a digitally-scarce item (such as an NFT) truly valuable.
For instance, awarding digital NFT prizes to the first few players that solve in-game puzzles or challenges. Those NFT prizes will then be used as a prerequisite to play or start other experiences within the overall ecosystem. Our in-game NFTs will naturally develop a secondary market as players will desire to purchase NFTs in order to gain access to verifiable prizes/credentials rather than complete all the prerequisite challenges.
Content creators may also set up unique events or tournaments requiring a certain status that can only be achieved by owning, purchasing, or by having been awarded specific NFTs earned by completing in-game puzzles and challenges.
Please describe how your proposed solution will address the Challenge that you have submitted it in.
We believe our implementation of NFT's within our platform will naturally drive adoption of Cardano as it provides a useful way to experience NFT's natively in the context of an AR game that users are already enjoying. It will provide a real world use case that is not centered primarily on speculation but rather through augmented reality gaming experiences.
What are the main risks that could prevent you from delivering the project successfully and please explain how you will mitigate each risk?
The risk that is our primary concern is making the implementation of the NFT creations within our platform user friendly enough so as not to make it a hindrance to the platforms general adoption.