Decentraland All Hands No. 2

The second edition of Decentraland All Hands took part on 11. October 2023. The Decentraland Foundation team shared achievements of the past weeks, since the inaugural Decentraland All Hands #1 and upcoming happenings. Attendees were encouraged to submit questions throughout the event, for the AMA section of this meeting.
== Marketing Key Updates ==
* Emote Campaign success, how the usage increased in official documentation views - Aug & Sep were #1 & #2 highest months for secondary sales of Emotes
* New Onboarding Flow for mail subscribers - Every 2 days a user can learn something new, over a 30 days time frame
=== Save the Dates ===
* Emotes 2.0 Spin & Win - 12. October 2023
* AI World Fair - 25. - 27. October 2023
* Halloween Quests - Kick-off on 27. October 2023
* Decentraland Music Festival - 16. - 18. November 2023 - 8 winning creator submissions were shared on Twitter
* Monthly Themes: See the official blog post - Next upcoming monthly theme: Wellness
=== Marketing & YOU ===
* More ways to prepare and involve the community
* Ambassador Program: Community member Canessa was hired part-time as Program Coordinator
* Marketing 101 Presentation: 30. November 2023 at 3pm UTC
* DCL Branding Workshop: Scheduled for December 2023
== Special Announcement ==
Decentraland Foundation CEO Yemel Jardi shared a few details about the first upcoming Decentraland Conference, which aims to bring the Foundation team and the community together.
* May 2024 in Argentina
* IRL get together
* 3 days of joint work and celebrations
* Details and application form coming very soon
* Aiming to be an intimate conference
== Product Updates ==
Details of Shape Up Cycle #2 were already teased during Decentraland All Hands #1.
=== Shape Up Cycle #2: Released ===
* Emotes 2.0 - Emotes as never seen before; Includes files for geometry and sound, Elevate your expression 
* Map Improvements - Satellite View (Integration of genesis.city map); Orientation; Find crowded Places and friends; Filter by POIs and favorites; Improved navigability and Zoom options
* Editor Improvements - For Web Editor & VSCode extension; Primitive Shapes; Colliders; Text Shapes; Audio Source
* Smart Items in Editor - For Web Editor & VSCode extension; Create no-code interactive scenes; More powerful and customizable than ever before
* SDK7 Smooth Movement - Introducing Tweens for smooth movement
* Quest Server - Quest: A set of steps that players need to complete; Cheat prevention; Store progress; Alpha UI editor; Communication with custom rewards servers
* Worlds for ENS Domain Owners - Own an ENS Domain? Own a Decentraland World; Deploy scenes of up to 25Mb per World
* Host Events in Worlds - Create Events in Worlds; Discoverable in the Events dApp and in-world
* Scene Categorization (Places dApp) - Add category to scene.json or in the Builder (up to 3); AI for initial categorization; Art, Crypto, Social, Game, Shop, Education, Music, Point Of Interest, Fashion, Casino, Sports, Featured, Business
* Enhanced Marketplace Search - Seach Wearables, Emotes, Collections and Creators; Avoid typos and get suggestions; History of last terms searched
* Default Realm - Unique default realm; Make the world feel more populated; Still decentralized
=== Strategy Pillars ===
For the upcoming Shape Up Cycle, a new focus and strategy pillars were mentioned, placing a strong priority on enhancing user experience. Aiming to make it easier for both existing and new users to navigate and utilize the platform.
* Polished Experience - Pay our technical and design debts to have a solid platform.
* Onboarding - Smooth log-in and buying experience for web2 and web3 users.
=== Shape Up Cycle #3: In development ===
Polished Experience
* New UI Libraries - Material UI dor dApps: Profile, Marketplace, Builder, Governance, Places, Events, Account, Blog, Docs; Scene Builder components library
* Marketplace Notifications V1 - In-app notifications: Selling an item, Earning royalties, Bid accepted, Bid received, LAND rented, Renting period over, New airdrop
* Fix Hands for L1 Wearables - Remove clipping issues from upper body & L1 Wearables
* SDK7 UI Fixes - Auto-adjust width of parent, Make UI elements non-clickable; Images in buttons; Press enter on text inputs, Visual cues; Adaptable font size; Bold, italic, serif and monospace fonts
* More Smart Items - Play video from a URL; hang your NFTs in the wall; Open a link; Also: Teleport player, Avatrar animations, Delayed actions, UI notifications, etc.
Onboarding
* Frictionless Terms & Conditions Consent - Remove friction at the T&C step when entering Decentraland for the first time
* Improved Single Sign-On - Log-in once, get instant access to all Decentraland dApps and web client; Smooth experience while navigating across dApps
* Multichain Purchases - Buy Wearables, Emotes, LAND and NAMEs paying with any token (ETH, USDT, OPT, MATIC, etc.) while connected to Ethereum or Polygon
* Social Log-In - Don't have a wallet? No problem; Log-in with Gmail, Twitter, Discord and other social media accounts; Still: Secure, Ownership
Disclaimer: The team acknowledges that the scope of these initiatives may change and some features may not be delivered as planned.
== AMA ==
A total of 24 questions were submitted via Slido and have been addressed during this All Hands. When clicking on the time stamp next to each question, you will be redirected to the answer within the YouTube video.
# 00:56:04 - Where is the foundation currently at in terms of VR, any roadmap/ETA for Alpha? Is the current work on it based of the DAO grant or are they 2 separate projects
# 00:58:28 - What do you think about inviting experts from Karpatkey to enhance DCL DAO's financial transparency, optimize treasury, and promote sustainable long-term growth?
# 00:59:21 - When can we expect a referral code at login on the website? Many projects could track attendance and also allow special giveaways.
# 01:00:06 - Why not give the DAO one of the plazas to build on? The blog states you gave them to the DAO but yet, no, you did not.
# 01:01:07 - Would there be more economic-related features from the foundation? Feel like there is a lack of incentive schemes in every aspect of the system.
# 01:02:41 - When will decentraland come in profit?
# 01:03:59 - Are there any plans in the pipeline to include the satellite version of the DCL map from genesis.city into the main client?
# 01:04:16 - When is Decentraland going to allow people to profit from promoting the metaverse?
# 01:05:09 - What are the plans for getting wearables updated so they work with the new hands category?
# 01:05:41 - When will dcl dao start following the rules they made to sell mana? Dcl is selling alot mana
# 01:06:18 - If I wanted to make Decentraland 2, could I just fork? What's the licensing like? Does everyone have to agree to something? Plot specific or is it like CC-BY?
# 01:07:24 - Is there a new client in the pipeline? If so, what will be different in terms of comparison to the current one?
# 01:08:50 - The poll "Should DCL work with and adopt OMI standards for Vehicles & Seats?" passed with 99% and >6M votes, OMI meets right after the DCL all hands (12pm EST).
# 01:09:36 - For the music festival, how is the licensing working for music? I believe Iara has left the foundation and used to deal with this.
# 01:10:29 - Is there a way to take a snapshot of all the wearable data similar to how one can snapshot all the world data? Does wearables info get encoded to exported VRMs?
# 01:12:39 - If I wanted to use assets (like glbs) from Decentraland in an alternative client, what's the licensing like for that? Is there a way to query to the licensing?
# 01:15:01 - Does foundation have any plans to enter the India market just like sandbox did with bharatbox?
# 01:16:42 - Can projects with space in the main plaza for the music festival utilize the rewards system for wearables claims during the event?
# 01:17:12 - Are there any plans to use scene categorization for content moderation?
# 01:19:06 - Can we have the ability to access/manipulate the UV data on custom models so that we can do scrolling UV techniques please? 😅
# 01:20:00 - When NFT-gated setting via builder?
# 01:20:45 - How does the foundation envision people using decentraland in the future?
# 01:23:13 - Who will be the best person to ask about the endpoint for the new scene categories?
# 01:25:39 - I would like to know what the vision is for the Decentraland DAO and how can the DAO better support the Foundation?
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