Puerto Rico's first virtual reality bioluminescent bay tour

Marketing material
Collect this virtual reality tour of Puerto Rico's bio bay to conserve this natural treasure.

Inspiration

Throughout the COVID pandemic, many of our world's natural wonders underwent organic restoration because there was little to no human interruption. In keeping with this spirit of nature restoration and creating access to Puerto Rico's natural treasures, we chose to build a DeFi virtual reality Conservation Collection: Puerto Rico’s Bioluminescent Bays Edition. This Conservation Collection provides ongoing revenue for ecological conservation for the three bay regions.

What it does

This Conservation Collection: Puerto Rico’s Bioluminescent Bays Edition gives anyone in the world the opportunity to collect and experience these natural treasures from the comfort and safety of their own home through virtual reality in order to conserve the natural ecosystem.

How we built it

We had a 4-step building process. First, we used Blender to create the scene. Second, we built the stage for the scene in A-Frame. Third, we integrated the Charged Particles protocols to create an annuity-like vehicle to generate ongoing revenue for ecological conservation. Fourth, we used Adobe Spark Post to create our marketing material.

Challenges we ran into

We have never used a Blender scene collection with so many complex components, including over 4 million faces, 7 million vertices, and 9 million triangles.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Taking an ordinary NFT idea and expanding its utility in DeFi for ecological conservation.

What we learned

We learned A-Frame can support the conversion of a Blender scene by baking the OBJs into one file.

What's next for Puerto Rico's first virtual bioluminescent bay experience

This project covers real terrain in the Fajardo region which is only one of Puerto Rico's three bioluminescent bays. Next, we would create two unique scenes covering Lajas and Vieques to finish up the Conservation Collection: Puerto Rico’s Bioluminescent Bays Edition. In each of the regions we would like to partner with conservation organizations such as, The Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust, to create a seamless revenue stream.