\u201cThe final frontier\u201d, an art installation by American artist Tom Sachs, was one of the main attractions of NFT Paris. The biggest NFT event in Europe took place on the 24 and 25th of February at Grand Palais \u00e9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re, right under the Eiffel Tower.\u00a0<\/span>To create this artwork, Tom Sachs partnered with the metaverse platform Monaverse. Monaverse is the leading 3D world-building platform for social digital experiences. We had the opportunity to meet with Tom Sachs and the Monaverse team. Read on to find out more about this groundbreaking exhibition and activation.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018The Final Frontier\u2019 was a truly immersive experience. In fact, hundreds of people waited patiently to obtain a \u201cspace passport\u201d. These passports were physically printed in front of them, providing access to the allowlist of the new NFT drop scheduled for March. Through this, minters will have the chance to buy an apartment in space stations \u2013 some of them based on Le Crobusier\u2019s housing unit. Then, o<\/span>nce they had subscribed, participants became citizens of the Intergalactic metaverse. An avatar appeared on giant LED screen (powered by Mona) to signal this citizenship.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The Rocket Factory is \u201ca trans-dimensional manufacturing plant\u201d imagined by the artist Tom Sachs. The collection started with a free mint \u201cTest Flight Crew Patch\u201d. Following this, on August 1st, 2021, Sachs released NFTs representing three types of rocket components.<\/span><\/p>\n Further, holders who own three components \u00a0could ask for the creation of a physical counterpart of their Rocket. For a fee of 0.1 ETH, the rocket could be launched. The final physical rocket launch took place last August. Following the launch, t<\/span>he Rocket Factory team retrieved the rockets and gave the holders had to three options. Holders could choose to have the physical rocket could be shipped to them, donated to the \u201cMuseum Cabinet\u201d, or destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\n The second phase of the project \u201cthe mission\u201d, took place last June, with the drop of 4997 \u201cMars rocks\u201d. Now,\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe final frontier\u201d is the third phase of the project. Unveiled at NFT Paris, it allowed holders of Rocket Factory\u2019s NFTs \u2013 or people who minted a passport at the event \u2013 to purchase apartments on a space station.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Tom Sachs, whose artworks are displayed in prestigious venues such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, is well known for his mixed-media sculptures inspired by modern icons.\u00a0<\/span>He started experimenting with NFTs as soon as the summer of 2021 with his Rocket Factory NFT project. Sachs created a gamified experience around the concept of space exploration.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe final frontier\u201d is an interactive installation inviting the audience to play with the artist and become a member of the Rocket Factory community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe digital token is an expression of conceptual art, it\u2019s another way of doing the same kind of art that we\u2019ve been doing for over thirty years,\u201d<\/em> says Tom Sachs. \u201cAt the end of the sixties, artists didn\u2019t know what to do, they had made everything out of everything possible. So they started to make rules. Yoko Ono for example started to make art with instructions, and the Rocket Factory is another form of that. It\u2019s an extension of that kind of work, and we will continue, before, during, and beyond\u201d.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n By using the Monaverse platform, Tom Sachs experimented with the possibilities offered by the metaverse, creating a fully immersive experience where the audience is fully integrated into the creative process. \u00a0Speaking on the decision to work within Web3, Tom Sachs said:\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe best thing about this space is that for the first time in my career of 35 years, I felt part of a grassroots community. It feels like it\u2019s the beginning. Everything is glitchy, the wifi doesn\u2019t work here at NFT Paris, and we can\u2019t send text messages. But this is what it\u2019s like when it\u2019s something new. We are learning, adapting, and improvising. In the future we will look back and say, remember when wi-fi didn\u2019t work?\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Monaverse, created by Mona, is a leading 3D world-building platform enabling creators to imagine new digital experiences. Its CEO, Justin Mellilo, says it aims \u201cto be the medium of the metaverse\u201d. \u201cWe are an open platform for decentralized 3D assets and Immersive experiences. We\u2019re focused on building the tooling and infrastructure to empower creators or developers who want to launch their own Immersive 3D experience\u201d,<\/em> he explains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With Monaverse, creators can launch any type of virtual experience on the platform, in a really simple way. \u201cThey just need to import their 3D assets into Mona\u2019s SDK, where they can use something called visual scripting to start adding more interactive elements to their scene. And so with this SDK, creators can build an entire game experience.\u00a0<\/em><\/span>It can be a static environment, a story world, a live performance arena, or a piece of virtual architecture\u2026 Once their assets are in this SDK, we have a few tools that make it easy for them to click a button to export their scene.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n In the next months, Mona aims to expand into the AR side. Mona will offer an infrastructure where creators can build experiences and share them across desktop, mobile, web, AR, and VR. \u201cWe will also enhance our actual playable app, aka the Monaverse, which is accessible through the desktop now, but very soon you\u2019ll have an AR and VR also.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n It is clear to see that Monaverse\u2019s ambition is to be a major player in the future of the internet. \u201cWhat we\u2019re going to see is more and more 3D content evolve from those 2D web pages and start to seamlessly merge with the world around us via augmented reality or mixed reality,\u201d<\/em> believes Justin Mellilo. \u201cWe see that as the ultimate future for how the Internet and these experiences are going to evolve.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n When Monaverse first talked with the artist, Tom Sachs, the Rocket Factory was working with different experiments to expand the universe surrounding their rocket collection.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThey started allowing users to mint these Mars rock NFTs\u201d,<\/em> explains Justin Mellilo. \u201cThat\u2019s where they started thinking about being able to enable their community members to mint entire planets and worlds from these Mars rocks.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Tom Sachs then decided to create 11,000 worlds on Mona. \u201cA lot of projects promise Metaverse somewhere on the roadmap, but Tom Sachs Rocket Factory is fulfilling its promise of building 11,000 planets that their community can purchase, own and use as the basis for massively multiplayer online experiences through Monaverse,\u201d<\/em>says Justin Mellilo.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe final Frontier is the best implementation of an immersive metaverse experience for any community that we\u2019ve seen to date.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n The Final Frontier was a captivating experience for attendees of NFT Paris. Sach\u2019s artistic vision, together with Mona\u2019s capababilities as a platform, created an experience like no other. The interactive installation showcased the possibilities offered by the metaverse. Additionally, it created an immersive experience that fully integrated the audience into the creative process. By pushing the limits of contemporary art, Tom Sachs has created a conceptual artwork that resonates with the present times, presenting experiences that are sure to last a lifetime.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Get our free, 5 minutes daily newsletter. Join 25,000+ NFT enthusiasts & stay on top \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udf1a<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/TSRF_Mona_PressRelease_4-1-scaled.jpg.webp)
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