This is a summary of the op-ed “‘Not About Playing It Safe’: Krista Kim on How Artists Inspire the Metaverse” by Leah Callon-Butler, published on CoinDesk on May 25, 2022.
For contemporary artist Krista Kim, there are too many corporate executives conceiving new virtual worlds and not enough artists. Ever since 2014, Kim has been calling for a reconciliation between technological innovation and the creation of art. In 2021, with the dawn of web3, she updated her original thesis to recognize the potential for blockchain to realize her vision for an open, decentralized future. In this vision, artists and creators are at the helm.
Kim has since partnered with major luxury brands including Louis Vuitton and Lanvin to help them make sense of the metaverse and find relevance with their communities.
This article features an interview with Krista Kim, who talks about the shift from web2 to web3 and how she sees blockchain empowering sovereign individuals to thrive in a world built on immersive, inspiring and artistic experiences. The following is an excerpt from the interview:
As a pioneering architect of the open metaverse, what do you think people are still getting wrong about virtual worlds today?
As a pioneering architect of the open metaverse, what do you think people are still getting wrong about virtual worlds today?
They don’t understand the long-term vision of what the metaverse is. Right now, there’s a misconception that gaming platforms are the metaverse — like The Sandbox, Decentraland and Cryptovoxels — those with low-fidelity graphics, where the look of the place is highly compromised. But if you think that voxelized graphics are going to last beyond the next year or two for Gen Alpha, you’re mistaken.
The future of the metaverse in terms of the quality of the graphics will be photo-real. With the introduction of more advanced hardware, like eyewear with augmented reality capabilities, the metaverse will be so powerful that the digital layer will be nearly indistinguishable from real life, with frictionless interplay between the two worlds.
Krista Kim
Read the full interview here:
“‘Not About Playing It Safe’: Krista Kim on How Artists Inspire the Metaverse” by Leah Callon-Butler
Published May 25, 2022 on CoinDesk
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