Empowering augmented reality for NFTs
While KIWIE has been at the forefront of driving the NFT adoption across the street art community, the “Be Baller” festival was Overly’s first dibs at helping blockchain artists visualize their digital works. Since then, we’ve introduced new features that enable blockchain creators and NFT connoisseurs to easily bring their tokens off the screen and out into the real world.
“While on the surface we see digital items powered by smart contracts, NFTs most often have stories to them and are symbols of physical ownership,” says Gatis Zvejnieks, Chief Technical Officer at Overly. “As creators increasingly offer NFT sealed real-life items such as clothing, sporting equipment and artworks, we hope to offer an opportunity to bring those two worlds together.”
Overly Creator will soon launch its integration with OpenSea.io—the largest and most trusted NFT marketplace. People will use the platform to bring their NFT to life in augmented reality by simply adding a hyperlink to their OpenSea project. At first, the AR tool will support marker-based NFT recognition via the Overly app. The platform will accept such 3D file formats as GLTF, GLB, FBX as well as 2D JPG, PNG and MP4 assets. Similarly, files can already be uploaded to the AR creation tool manually to visualize NFTs sold or purchased on any platform. Markerless NFT visualization via WebAR is currently available on request. “People can use our platform to take photos with their purchases or decorate homes with digital objects. NFTs no longer have to be reserved for our virtual expeditions and games nor be completely separate from our world,” adds Zvejnieks.