Understanding Kalao…
Kalao is way more than just an NFT marketplace. This has been highlighted a few times already but as we get closer to the launch of the Citadel, we wanted to spend a bit of time on some key concepts of the experience we’re about to deliver.
Indeed, Kalao’s vision is to unlock the full potential of metaverse experiences, bringing the winning combination of NFT and Virtual Reality technologies to real-world use cases. This is a value proposition that is unique and will make Kalao’s experience unique.
“The Kalao framework will accelerate the adoption of VR technology to develop virtual worlds and sustain the digital transformation of business use cases.”
To achieve this, Kalao is building an All-in-One NFT ecosystem and therefore delivering a suite of products covering plenty of use cases.
- Kalao Marketplace: A premium marketplace where users can create, purchase, sell, and collect their favorite NFTs
- KalaoGo: Allows artists, creators, and partners to launch their NFTs collection. All-inclusive, Kalao takes care of everything from an end-to-end perspective.
- Kalao Vision: Allows artists, creators, collectors to showcase the favorite NFTs from their collection in their personalized 3D gallery. Fully integrated with the Kalao Marketplace, no need to be physically present to visit the gallery. Reach anyone anywhere.
- Kalao Citadel: Jump into a fully immersive metaverse experience. Kalao Citadel is our first community hub/world covering an unlimited amount of use cases.
A few months ago, we announced our Metaverse concept with the Citadel and our plans to sell some spaces. Since then, we’ve seen a lot of concerns from not being able to afford getting some to being very excited about the opportunity to buy a portion of the city and the upcoming activities.
More details on the sale of the shops and slots will be communicated shortly as we’ll get closer to the sale date.
However, many people have been asking for more information on the details behind The Citadel, its shops, the activities, the NFTs, and how they interact to power the game.
In this article, we’re going to delve into some of these details and share our vision for the Citadel
Kalao the Citadel
The Citadel will be Kalao’s first Metaverse world/hub and is planned to launch in Q1 2022.
We’re in the 2050’s. Futurist, future-proof, and hyperconnected city involving and gathering crypto cracks to build a unique and solid community.
Inside the city, users will be able to explore, play, attend events, interact with each other and access the whole Avalanche ecosystem in one place.
Multiplayer
Multiplayer mode allows several users to visit the Citadel at the same time in the same virtual environment and engage with each other.
Our Multiplayer solution consists of 2 parts
- Player-to-Player: Users can host their own gallery/showroom or map for private events and invite their community/friends to join them.
- Server-To-Player: Hosted by Kalao to cover large virtual events. It will be possible to host between 50 and 100 users per server. Server instances will be allocated dynamically depending on the number of users.
In both solutions, users will be able to have social interactions via voice, text messaging and exclusive character emotes.
Virtual Shops and Slots
Virtual shops and slots within the Citadel will be put for sale in the coming weeks. They will themselves be linked to an NFT, allowing its owner to trade them on Kalao Marketplace. Different sizes in various locations will be available.
A virtual shop is a virtual room allowing its owner to display an NFTs collection, give access to an Avalanche Dapp and soon host events.
A virtual slot: is a location inside or outside The Citadel where the user can display an NFT of their choice. The owner of the slot can also use the slot for advertising and marketing purposes.
The goal is to create a complete hub/world putting at the heart of the Citadel, the key representatives of the community, be it a Dapp, an NFTs artist, a collector, a partner.
-NFT Shops are a unique opportunity to get amazing visibility.
The Shops will allow a user to own his own space in the citadel. Owners will be able to customize the window of their shop with their own branding.
Each of these Shops can embed a few redirections to a website or to a Dapp without leaving the virtual experience. On top of giving access to an application, they also offer a unique virtual environment that can be completely customized; be it a gallery, a showroom, or a virtual land.
Two levels of customization
- Done by the owner (Place your 3D NFTs / change branding etc…)
- On specifications and realized by Kalao’s architects/designers
Shop owners will also have the possibility to rent their shop for Events, Seminars, AMAs.
-NFT Slots within the Citadel allows the community to build a community-based museum. Each slot, available in different sizes and locations, will allow owners to promote and advertise their artworks, project, or their company. Some will be located in the city on billboards, some in museums, and some distributed within the central building of The Citadel.
Community is at the heart of the Kalao project. Once the DAO concept is launched, Shops and Slots’ owners will be able to contribute to the development of Kalao through the DAO voting mechanism. Same as for stakers, owners of shops and slots will get early access to exclusive NFT drops as well as voting rights on activities to be developed, events to be organized, rewards incentive programs and improvements to be implemented.
Full Customization system
Personalization is instrumental in making the experience as unique as possible. Kalao’s customization system will delight artists, creators, and the whole community. We’ve developed a creation system that will allow all owners to customize their environment as they wish.
At launch, we’ll be starting with a pre-defined catalog of assets with plenty of customization capabilities. Shortly after, we’ve developed a system that will allow users to create their own 3D assets before importing them into our Metaverse Worlds.
These newly created 3D assets will be linked to an NFT to certify the authenticity of the asset as well as its creator, but most importantly allows trading on the Kalao Marketplace.
Avatarization
A fully immersive Metaverse experience implies Avatarization capabilities. Every user aims to live through their Avatar to create a character who is true to their DNA.
Avatarization has always been a top priority at Kalao.
Our avatarization system embeds body and face personalization as well as clothes and accessories.
A character’s body is being managed via a skeleton system. As the Kalao Metaverse is cross-platform, supporting VR headset or PC solutions, it was key to develop a skeleton system that can deliver seamless and frictionless movements for both VR headset and PC users.
Our system can replicate anybody's silhouette.
At launch, on top of personalizing the body and face, users will be able to add a certain number of accessories and clothes.
Shortly after launch, it will be possible to import your own clothes and accessories (provided they comply with Kalao’s systems requirements). These assets will also be linked to an NFT to make them tradeable anytime on the Kalao Marketplace.
Users will be able to customize their character in the avatarization stations which will be hosted and located in The Citadel.
Entertainment embedding Play-to-Earn and Explore-to-Earn concepts
We’ll progressively and steadily add activities, games and incentives to our Metaverse Worlds. An incentive program is being put in place to reward loyalty by dropping exclusive NFTs as well as distributing $KLO tokens.
Users will have to contribute and participate on a daily and weekly basis to earn incentives.
- Exploration mode: Visit galleries and, interact with other players.
- Building mode: Buy and own shops, slots or lands and get rewarded based on player activity at your location.
- Games: Leaderboards and multiplayer Battle royal mode. Users will need to get or buy a ticket in $KLO to attend. Top players will be rewarded.
- Live events: Attend events and get access to NFTs drops.
Ecosystem internal economy
The $KLO token will be the main currency to be used in The Citadel, be it to access exclusive shops and rooms, to play games, or to trade any assets available for sale in the Citadel.
To develop a solid sustainable and future-proof economy, NFTs will have an instrumental role within the Kalao ecosystem. Most of the assets in the Kalao Metaverse world will be linked to an NFT. Their owners will be the ones having full control over them and the associated privileges (access pass, customization, etc..)
Let’s Build together
We hope this article puts a bit more light on The Citadel world and what to expect from Q1 2022 onwards. Allowing the community to own their own part in the Citadel world through shops and slots is only the beginning of our journey together.
As we’ve highlighted already a couple of times, we believe in creating experiences and products that are truly built with and for the community.
We look forward to sharing more about our next steps as we get closer to the launch of the Citadel.
