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WorldCloud is the decentralized infrastructure for the AR industry. Its aim is to use the power of incentivized crowdsourcing to build a worldwide AR cloud to enable pervasive, omnipresent AR, which will become the single most valuable computing infrastructure in the world in the next few years.

The WorldCloud core team consists of multiple graduates of Stanford University, and other industry experts with previous experience at Facebook, Microsoft, IBM, Avanade, Xerox, etc., many of whom each over 10 years of experience working on AR, AI, computer vision, database and cloud computing technologies, as well as experts in blockchain technology.

The project is incubated by Multiverse, a leading provider of AR/VR technology solutions which has raised a $10M+ USD series A from distinguished venture capital funds in late 2017.



People have been looking toward AR to replace smartphones as the next computing platform. However, today's AR apps are disappointing and far from the killer apps envisioned in tech media and works of sci-fi, such as:

• A search engine of the real world. Look at any building, landmark, lake, mountain range, shop, item, etc., and instantly get information about this object.

• MMO AR social networking. When you see a person, an AR label shows you public information that he/she willingly shares, such as their socialization preferences and contact information.

• Multi-user AR games that understand the real world; for example, virtual personalities who can sit on furniture or climb trees.

• Ubiquitous smart shopping, where you can instantly get detailed information about any product, shelf or store, such as product descriptions, prices, user reviews, etc.

• The most complete three-dimensional map, much more useful and accurate than two-dimensional maps provided by Google and other providers. It will allow for accurate navigation to any physical location, including indoor locations; this is a prerequisite for perfected self-driving vehicles, letting vehicles understand the shape of the world, and will also allow automated drone navigation to become a reality.

• . . . And many, many uses that we haven't thought of yet.

We can't build any of these apps right now, because we don't have a way to persist virtual objects at arbitrary fixed real-world locations. This may sound simple but is in fact impossible to achieve without a global AR cloud. ARKit and ARCore can't do this and will never be able to.

To persist a virtual object in a fixed location, there needs to be a cloud service that stores a "global point cloud". When a user runs an AR app, what the device’s camera sees is a "local point cloud", which is compared to the global point cloud to find the device's exact position and orientation in the real world. This is called device localization.

Once we have device localization on a worldwide scale, we can persist virtual objects at fixed real-world locations anywhere in the world. Then, we can place any data or virtual object anywhere we want, enabling pervasive, omnipresent AR.

We already have the technology to build such a cloud infrastructure, but it takes a massive amount of manual, tedious work to create this global point cloud (mostly involving scanning the world with a smartphone). This is why we are solving this problem using incentivized crowdsourcing, which is a problem best solved using blockchain technology.



The purpose of the WRLD token is to provide incentive for global users to collect data for WorldCloud. At the same time, WRLD tokens also motivate users to share their unused PC storage, computation and bandwidth resources as buffer nodes to provide real-time data and device localization computation services for nearby AR users. This will provide an immediate and reliable supply of AR data, and enable excellent user experience in AR applications.

Furthermore, WRLD tokens are used as a store of value and driver of the global app ecosystem, which can be used to purchase ad space, in-app purchases, physical goods and many other items in AR-enabled applications (soon to be all applications).



Development is underway on multiple pieces of software that are essential to the WorldCloud ecosystem. The materials below demonstrate our current progress:

Quick Intro to WorldCloud:
https://youtu.be/L8aduPPzfD0

Demonstration of visual search engine prototype:
https://youtu.be/dSULj9-Kris

Data collection tool in action (point cloud scanner):
https://youtu.be/A0KfJBBtgH0

Cloud Data Visualizer:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pu8ejikknxka1vk/WorldCloudVisualizer%20v1.0.2.zip?dl=0

Whitepaper:
https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/world-cloud/whiterpapers/WorldCloudWhitepaper_EN_V1.0.pdf










-The foundation layer of WorldCloud solves the problems of AR data collection, verification, storage and usage.
-The application layer is completely open to any developer who would like to build an advanced AR application. These applications also help realize the circulation of WRLD tokens.
-Unlike all other blockchain projects, end users don’t need any knowledge of blockchains or cryptocurrency, allowing rapid adoption.

-WorldCloud introduces the Distributed AR Data Network (DARDN). Data collectors submit valid AR data to nodes in the DARDN that provide storage and device localization computation (SLAM) services.
-WorldCloud adopts an open governance model. Token holders vote to participate in the verification committee, which verifies the data submitted by data collectors.




WorldCloud has a strong network effect. Once built, it will have a huge barrier to entry.





Freeman Fan
Serial Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO, Multiverse (premier provider of AR/VR technology solutions and games);  Founder of Simple Thrill, built games with 30M+ players as an indie developer; M.S. Stanford University.

Robert Liang
Expert blockchain architect; previously IBM Blockchain Foundation Developer, blockchain technology consultant; implemented multiple blockchain solutions for IBM's clients using Hyperledger and Ethereum technologies; Avanade principle solutions engineer; 15 years of experience in enterprise IoT, cloud computing and database development; MS in Computer Science from the Utah State University

Elie Ahad
Expert in computer vision and image processing; previously senior engineer of the Hololens project at Microsoft, responsible for core technologies including computer vision, rendering pipeline, real-time 3D visualization; previous experience include senior engineering positions at Microsoft Research (Surface project), OmniVision, Micron Technologies, Xerox and Disney; 25 years of experience in augmented reality technology, computer vision, image processing and human-computer interaction research and development

Yi Ding
Senior Computer Vision engineer, worked on point cloud registration, feature and object identification and tracking, SLAM, multiple computer vision algorithms and AR SDKs; 5 years of experience in AR technology development; M.S. in ICME, Stanford University.

Yohan Duval
Computer Science Ph.D., INSA Toulouse; Expert in augmented reality, SLAM and localization technology; expert in training automation using AR and VR technology

Zekun Li
Software Engineer, Facebook; expert blockchain engineer; Creator of the blockchain game Decentraverse; M.S. in Computer Science, USC

Arnold Zhang
Blockchain technology fanatic; Creator of the blockchain game Decentraverse; full-stack web engineer; B.S. in Computer Science

Alexis Tonon
Senior Software Architect in 3D Graphics and AI; M.S. in Computer Science, INSA

Veronica Ge
Seasoned product and project manager; M.S. in Management Science, Stanford University

Junior Ferreira
Global marketing manager; Founder of Knova eSports; Marketing manager at Nordstrom

+6 more (please see worldcloud.io)











-2017  Point cloud collection, splicing, loop closure, matching and storage features completed.

-March 2018  Completion of WorldCloud ecosystem design.

-July 2018  WRLD Token private sale.

-September  WRLD Token public sale.

-End of 2018  Completion of data collection and verification features, available on smartphone devices.

-Early 2019  Completion of device localization powered by DARDN nodes.

-Mid 2019  All features of the DARDN completed; network launch.

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