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This proposal is to vote on the Afloat dApp Staking application.
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Discussion:&nbsp;<a href="https://forum.astar.network/t/afloat-3d-production-and-distribution-dapp-staking-proposal/6937">https://forum.astar.network/t/afloat-3d-production-and-distribution-dapp-staking-proposal/6937</a>
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TLDR:
Afloat Platform and Network provides production and distribution, for managing ownership, monetisation and creation of 3D assets and Projects. By bringing Universal Scene Description on-chain in a framework to support the stakeholders of creator, project and collector in the entertainment industry. Thus, creating a sustainable ecosystem of revenue to create, collaborate and bring value to 3D artists work.
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Proposal:
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Project Overview:
Afloat Platform and Network provides production and distribution, for managing ownership, monetisation and creation of 3D assets and Projects. By bringing Universal Scene Description on-chain in a framework to support the stakeholders of creator, project and collector in the entertainment industry. Thus, creating a sustainable ecosystem of revenue to create, collaborate and bring value to 3D artists work.
The end goal is enabling the audience to own the original 3D production asset from e.g. Star Wars.
Network 
afloat.network
Stack 
Rust | Substrate | Ink | zkEVM | XVM | IPFS
Afloat Network is built using Substrate WASM and Astar zkEVM, allowing us to bridge to almost all ecosystems. Emerging technology like PolkaVM and JAM is set to decentralised computation and allow for opening and rendering of massive 3D scenes, enabling the Metaverse. We&rsquo;re bringing PixarUSD on-chain connected to Polkadot and Astar Network, in a framework we call production and distribution: PD Framework. The framework is built with pallets for managing ownership, collaboration, and shared revenue of 3D assets and projects.
Runtime Pallets
Asset for managing nested smart contracts of the PixarUSD asset structure. This includes ownership, collaboration, licensing and shared revenue, ensuring that all parties involved in the creation and distribution of the assets will benefit from the success of the projects. Project allows for the creation of projects in various domains such as games, movies, or animations, created with their own utility token. IP Register is a legal component that deals with trademark IP, allowing to license the IP to other projects. Studio Register This is designed to support the development of projects with creators and peers, ensuring that studios can manage their intellectual property and collaborate with creators on projects.
Platform 
afloat.app
Stack 
Swift | PixarUSD | SwiftUSD | swift-cross-ui
Afloat Platform is built on Universal Scene Description, an incredible effort by Pixar to bring an open standard for defining 3D scenes. The Platform application is built with Swift, which has C++ interoperability and allows us to easily support the PixarUSD, Hydra and MaterialX libraries.
The User Interface and Experience will conform to the different roles of Creator, Project, and Collector, from the more advanced features that Creators and Projects will require to the simple features that meet the needs of the Collector. The UI design is a simple yet powerful system for building UI elements with a neutral grayscale and background blur, which allows the image to bring colour to the UI elements. This allows the user to easily personalise the experience with a simple colour or image.
We have identified that the desktop application is mainly targeted at 3D artists who will need to view and render their PixarUSD assets before publishing them to the Network. This is where Hydra comes in, a framework that is part of PixarUSD for renderers to understand PixarUSD scenes.
Recent Highlight 
Our recent accomplishment has been to bring the PixarUSD library by Pixar to the Swift programming language, allowing us to build the application with ergonomic SwiftUI syntax and ship it cross-platform to Windows, MacOS and Linux. The library SwiftUSD is open source and developed by our Co-founder Tyler Furby and is about to be part of the Academy Software Foundation. This has been an important milestone for us, as it will allow the industry to adopt our application with ease as it&rsquo;s part of the ASWF umbrella.
This is a showcase 3 testing the C++ library PixarUSD interop in Swift with almost no modification to the library, and it&rsquo;s smooth!
Mission 
Afloat Platform provides on-chain 3D production and distribution for managing ownership, monetisation and creation of 3D assets and Metaverse worlds.
Short term we need to build out the first release of the Platform and Network with iterative feedback from artists and projects in the industry. At the same time we will work towards community building, partnerships and launching our Token that will sustain the continuous development of Afloat.
Long term the Afloat Platform and Network aims to transition into a DAO for 3D production and distribution, to create and publishing 3D assets and Projects to be used in the Metaverse. The community will decide the direction of Afloat.
Team 
The company team consists of three founders and six Advisors. The founders bring experience of 3D generalist, software engineering, and the development of PixarUSD pipelines. The advisors cover strategic and partnerships, Legal complexities of licensing 3D assets and IP projects on-chain, Technical knowledge in 3D software development, blockchain, VFX pipelines and Business direction and research.
Marti Staerfeldt Xavi Hidalgo Tyler Furby Breven Angaelica Warren Jack Lucas Alexandra Andhov Daniel S&aacute;nchez Jacob M&oslash;ller Nielsen Lance Henderson
Past Milestones 
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<li>The team has brought PixarUSD into the Swift programming language SwiftUSD afloat.app and afloat.network</li>
<li>Lightpaper</li>
<li>Figma Prototype and Design system</li>
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Roadmap
This roadmap outlines the short-term goals and strategies to ensure the continued development and future growth of the project.
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<li>Application Desktop and Web app for viewing and rendering</li>
<li>PixarUSD assets PixarUSD asset pallet: Ownership and Licensing</li>
<li>Partnerships</li>
<li>Whitepaper</li>
<li>Community building</li>
<li>Project pallet: Project and utility token</li>
<li>Deploy Afloat Network</li>
<li>Presale</li>
<li>Token listed</li>
<li>dApp Staking Reward Usage</li>
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We&rsquo;re actively raising funds for the development of this project, so far the answer we have got is &ldquo;Very interesting project, but doesn&rsquo;t fit our portfolio&rdquo;
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<li>All the staking rewards will go towards the development of the Afloat Platform and Network.</li>
<li>Once we can sustain it will be used to pay the fees for Creators to publish 3D assets: Storage and rendering costs.</li>
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Appendix
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<li><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/18RyxVzCKye9s969E2KBraFKpbrK8xWEH/view?usp=sharing">Lightpaper </a></li>
<li><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/11E4-xZF3ecZk_FVvhUdFRjiednypQ-fg/view?usp=sharing">Video PoC on SwiftUSD </a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/wabiverse/SwiftUSD">SwiftUSD Github </a></li>
<li><a href="https://openusd.org/release/index.html">PixarUSD</a></li>
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- **Problem Statement:** 
  - Afloat aims to revolutionize 3D asset creation and distribution in the entertainment industry by bringing Universal Scene Description on-chain to support creators, projects, and collectors.

- **Significance:** 
  - Afloat's proposal seeks to create a sustainable ecosystem for 3D artists to monetize their work and collaborate effectively, ultimately allowing the audience to own original 3D production assets.

- **Proposed Solution:** 
  - Afloat plans to build a platform and network using technologies like Substrate, Rust, and PixarUSD to enable decentralized computation, rendering of 3D scenes, and support for Metaverse development.

- **Expected Outcomes:** 
  - Staking rewards will fund the development of the Afloat Platform and Network, covering fees for creators to publish 3D assets, including storage and rendering costs.