Ali Shutler

Decentraland Metaverse Pride Event Aims to Spur 'Real Change, One Avatar at a Time'

Decentraland is bringing Pride back to the metaverse, today unveiling plans for its 2023 event and parade that are designed to be even bigger than before. Created alongside community studios Polygonal Mind and Vegas City, Decentraland’s Metaverse Pride 2023 will run from June 27 to June 29. The three-day event is designed to “celebrate the diversity of the global LGBTQIA+ community, engender inclusivity, and add to the storied history of Pride month,” per an official description. Building on the

Meet Kim Asendorf: The Metallica Video Director Who Makes NFT Art Designed to Hypnotize

Fresh off of co-directing Metallica’s “Chasing Light” music video, which featured his artwork, digital expressionist and internet art native Kim Asendorf has revealed his latest NFT drop. Curated by Peggy Schoenegge for the Feral File platform, Asendorf’s "Colors of Noise" is a series of 50 unique artworks minted on Ethereum, of which 47 pieces will go on sale on Thursday, May 18 for 0.25 ETH (about $450) each. “Each one is an ode to sound design,” the German artist tells Decrypt, with the proje

Why Relics and Steve Aoki Are Building NFT Jukeboxes for the Metaverse

Can’t go anywhere in the real world without bringing along your favorite tunes? You’re not alone—and NFT startup Relicsxyz (a.k.a. Relics) is betting that there are enough people who will want to do the same in the metaverse. Relics has teamed up with DJ and Web3 champion Steve Aoki to launch the Idol III, a fully digital, metaverse-ready music player that takes the form of an Ethereum NFT collectible. Featuring a unique, pre-installed mix from Aoki’s Dim Mak label that has been mixed and master

Musician RAC's NFT Fan Pass Is 'About Belonging to Something'

Grammy-winning electronic musician RAC recently teamed up with HIFI Labs to launch the CULT Pass, a dynamic, blockchain-enabled membership pass for his Web3 supporters. Rather than a static digital image, the NFT orb morphs depending on the contents of an owner’s wallet, using special generative seeds based on the artistic vibe of digital artist Andres Reisinger plus visual prompts from text-to-image AI model Stable Diffusion—and audio triggers by RAC himself, of course. “This project tests what

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Stories by Ali Shutler

Decentraland Metaverse Pride Event Aims to Spur 'Real Change, One Avatar at a Time'

Meet Kim Asendorf: The Metallica Video Director Who Makes NFT Art Designed to Hypnotize

Why Relics and Steve Aoki Are Building NFT Jukeboxes for the Metaverse

Musician RAC's NFT Fan Pass Is 'About Belonging to Something'