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Hot Potatoes Is Launching its Promising NFT Collection and Game On Ethereum
The Hot Potatoes metaverse is a closed-doors gaming world where only HPs holders can compete for the bi-yearly grand prize of the game in a true play-to-win elimination style tournament.
Each extravagant Hot Potato possesses rare pre-defined traits acquired by interacting with humanity. These attributes include elements that might resemble some of the most extravagant real world characters of our time.
There is also a category of exclusive HPs with ultra-rare features and names such as HPs that resemble some of the most iconic and historical characters for each country or community. Some examples include Hot Potato Trump, Hot Potato Napoleon, Hot Potato Gandhi. and Hot Potato Marylin Monroe. The attributes of each NFT determine its rarity and value.
Holders of the most unique NFTs better their chances of surviving and claiming huge prizes starting from 12 ETH per winner in each six-month-long game.
Pre-Register for the HPs Sale to Access the First NFTs
The game developers have opened the pre-registration phase for investors wishing to join the PotatoVerse and be the first to hold exclusive and valuable NFTs. Pre-registered users will have early access to the upcoming pre-sale event, which will offer the first batch of HPs for minting.
The pre-registration form is currently accessible on the Hot Potatoes official website. Early-bird investors will be whitelisted to participate in the pre-sale and bag up to 5 limited collection NFTs. The pre-sale is scheduled to take place one week before the Public Mint Date.
Following the pre-sale event, most of the remaining HPs will be released to the public for sale, opening the door for the official launch of the PotatoVerse in Q2 2022. Private and public sale participants can create awesome NFTs at an initial mint price of 0.05 ETH and view their digital artwork on their Metamask wallet or on the Hot Potatoes website.
Gamers on the Hot Potatoes metaverse can mint an unlimited number of NFTs. The more HPs a user mints, the higher their chance of getting a rare NFT with the potential to acquire rare attributes and appreciate over time. Holding more HPs also increases the chances of surviving to the end and grabbing the final prize.
Hot Potatoes Are Tradable on OpenSea
Users who mint HPs can sell, collect and exchange their exclusive digital collections on OpenSea, the biggest NFT marketplace. Gaming enthusiasts and NFT investors who miss out on the pre-sale events can purchase these HPs exclusively on the popular market and earn the right to join the PotatoVerse.
Note that only HPs bought from OpenSea are eligible to join the game. That is because transactions on the leading NFT marketplace support royalties that enrich the final prize pool and fund game creation and development.
Crypto users can also access HPs from a special releases pool that will be excluded from the Token sale event. The project backers will release these reserved collectibles in the form of future NFT injections into the market and airdrops to community members.
The game developers are committed to creating a new world of NFT - based gaming. Their platform combines the value and rarity of digital collectibles with the fun and competitiveness of high-stakes play to win gaming.
Check out the project's Whitepaper to learn more about the HPs metaverse, NFT collection, and gaming mechanisms. To connect with the Hot Potatoes community and participate in discussions, join the social media pages below:
What is GameFi? & Is this the Next Big Thing?
GameFi is a combination of three massive markets – decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens, and blockchain-based games. Blockchain has shown the world its power to shape the future. Together with Decentralized Finance, blockchain brings the concept of GameFi to fruition, becoming one of the most anticipated arenas in the coming years. The goal of blockchain [...]
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Unity for Humanity launches environment and sustainability grant
The Unity for Humanity Environment and Sustainability Grant is the company’s first sustainability-focused grant within the existing Unity for Humanity Program. Created in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Project Drawdown (a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting climate solutions), the call for submissions for the grant will open on 22 April 2021 to coincide with Earth Day.
The Unity for Humanity Environment and Sustainability Grant will recognise winners whose real-time 3D experiences encompass themes of sustainability, including but not limited to climate action, clean energy, ocean health, sustainable cities and more. The grant is aimed at empowering employees and creators of all backgrounds to foster a more equitable, inclusive and sustainable world.
Climate-science experts from UNEP and Project Drawdown will serve on the grantee selection committee. Winners will receive funds from a pool of $350,000, along with technical and marketing support and coaching to ensure each winning project drives the largest impact possible.
Jessica Lindl, vice president of social impact at Unity, said: “The future of humanity is dependent upon significantly reducing and reversing carbon pollution to avoid the severe impacts of climate change.
“Our hope is that through our work with UNEP and Project Drawdown, and the new Unity for Humanity Environment and Sustainability Grant, creators around the world will leverage real-time 3D for positive environmental change and build immersive and motivating experiences about a brighter future that we can all work towards.”
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Sam Barratt, chief of youth, education and advocacy at UNEP, said: “Within the creative industries lies a deep bench of inspiring and pragmatic thinkers who are ready to roll up their sleeves and deploy their talents against this enormous shared challenge.
“We’re keen to see how through Unity’s platform and tools, creators from across the globe can bring their biggest and boldest ideas that fuel the need for action in the environmental arena.”
Dr Elizabeth Bagley, director of Drawdown Learn at Project Drawdown, added: “Global challenges like climate change can feel overwhelming, leaving people feeling hopeless and uncertain of how to work towards solutions. We have the solutions in-hand today to change our climate future, but we need more people to shift solutions into action in their communities.
“Thankfully, virtual spaces can provide game-changing opportunities to try things that are too expensive, dangerous, or complicated in the real world. We need all the inspiration we can get to build a future where both people and the planet thrive together.”
Unity is a leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D content. Creators – ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers and filmmakers – use Unity to bring their imagination to life. Apps developed by Unity creators have been downloaded more than five billion times per month in 2020.
More information about the Unity for Humanity grant is available online.
PlayStation gives first look at VR controllers; Facebook unveils AR wristband
The unique design of Sony's controllers uses an “orb” shape that allows gamers to hold the controller naturally, while playing with a high degree of freedom.
It uses adaptive trigger buttons that can increase their tension depending on what’s happening on screen; advanced haptic feedback to try and make sensations in the game world more impactful, and finger touch detection which can detect a user’s fingers without any pressing.
The controller is also tracked by Sony’s new VR headset through a tracking ring across the bottom of the controller.
In a blog post, Sony said it would start supplying prototypes to game developers soon, although it did not give exact dates for when a refreshed PlayStation VR system might be released to consumers.
PlayStation’s senior vice president for platform, Hideaki Nishino, said the new hardware had been made “from the ground up” with the aim of making a “huge leap from current-gen VR gaming”.
Microsoft has also been in the spotlight this week after gamers reported error messages appearing on their Xbox consoles that mentioned VR headsets. However, the firm denied it was developing VR for the platform, attributing the messages to a “localisation bug”.
Meanwhile, Facebook has announced it is developing a wristband which has been designed to control augmented reality (AR) glasses, which are expected to launch later this year.
Wearers of the band would be able to interact with the virtual world with their finger movements, the company said in a blog post.
Contextually aware AI is being developed which will be able to understand a users’ commands and actions as well as the context and environment around them.
It will make inferences about what information a user might need or commands they might want to carry out depending on the context.
The wristband input is designed to make selecting a choice effortless by letting users interact with virtual, always-available buttons through slight finger movements.
This marks an escalation of Facebook’s interest in a hotly contested race among tech giants including Apple, Amazon and Google to develop AR devices that could eventually replace smart phones.
In September 2020, Facebook said it was about five to 10 years away from being able to bring “true” augmented reality glasses to the market.
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