Will, Lee, & Andrew Learn Web3: #36 Peter Ng: Designing Spatial. The Airbnb for NFTS.

Peter Ng graduated from UCLA in Design Media Arts, helped shape the early mobile experience at Google, completely redesigned the mobile app for Uber, and has now landed at Spatial where he heads the design team.

Wired: Spatial: The Airbnb for NFTs

The spatial virtual reality experienceHardwareOculus Rift - https://www.oculus.com/rifthttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololensMagic Leap - https://www.magicleap.com/en-usPlatform being built on UnityHow they create a presence layer for people to collaborate and mingle3D environments to showcase art and portfoliosHow to think about making a unique 3D NFT and how it's related to sculptureTaking virtual hikesPeople are minting whole environments!https://www.dezeen.com/2021/03/22/mars-house-krista-kim-nft-newsSold on SuperRare: https://superrare.comWhy it's important to display art in the right lighting, context, and setting. How Peter and spatial are working to create appealing digital architecture to show art in.How spatial partnered with OpenSea and SuperRare.How Peter transitioned from 3D artist to Mobile designer and how learning art as a baseline enabled him to jump mediumsHow hard it is to be a digital artistPeter's excitement about DAO's and De-centralizationhttps://ethereum.org/en/daoWhy DAO's creating ownerships automatically pushes people to shareLack of approval requirement"The world wide web becoming the world wide web again"The no code movement : https://medium.com/@McBain/build-a-no-code-ethereum-app-in-under-2-minutes-e1834d131685How do you actually view or interact with NFT's?Uploading, selling, and buying through SpatialBuying land via Decentral land - https://decentraland.orgThe easiest onboard to VR: Spatial + Oculus Quest 2NReal, one of the most inspiring new VR hardware developmentshttps://venturebeat.com/2020/08/10/nreal-light-ar-glasses-add-vr-lenses-launch-august-21-in-south-korea

We're introducing a new series where Will, Lee, and Andrew Learn about Web3. This is a pivotal moment in time where Web3 has exploded and a lot of smart people we know are dropping their careers to transition into Web3. This is a series where we bring friends on to learn about what's happening.

Previous Will, Lee, and Andrew Learn about Web3 Episodes:

Will, Lee & Andrew Recap After 25 Episodes and Starting a Learning Web3 Series#27 Yoshi Luk: Exploring DeFi (Decentralized Finance)#28 Evan Lai: How to Get Started Learning About Web3#31 Jay Chang: Cofounding Genopets. A Play-to-Earn NFT Game on Solana.#32 Shalin Pei: Coinbase Designer. Unlocking a Playground for Creativity.#33 Howie Zhang: Designing an NFT Game Economy as a Quant Analyst#34 Li Ouyang: Discovering an NFT Community She's Passionate About

Resources to learn more:

Read Chris Dixon: Why Web3 MattersListen to Tim Ferriss' episode with Chris Dixon and Naval Ravikant on Web3Listen to #14 Elliot Chun: Making the World a Better Place with Blockchain