boxquest

a decentralized interface for the physical world

“The Suicide of Our Troubles” - Karl Schroeder

• a mixed reality game begins to catalogue and incorporate real world objects and places
• the system eventually gives rise to AI-powered characters who seek “suicide” by resolving the environmental issues they represent.
• physical avatars
• overlayed virtual world

physical & virtual spaces

• the real world is messy
• interaction is more complex
• social norms
• body language
• physical barriers
• biases and prejudice
• technology can be reductive in its attempt to understand this world
• we must deliberately avoid building harmful structures

• the first vision of boxquest
• tagged objects can be tracked by and employ users
• external incentives to participate (a common theme for building decentralized systems)
• gig work and commodification are often alienating and exploitative
• removes the social and human aspect of our physical world

what is boxquest?

• a new spatial architecture of social media (where “space” actually means space)
• social interaction itself can be a powerful force to build real networks
• physical exchange of tagged items
• sense of communal investment in a quest
• positive engagement
• quest structure
• entries - image, message, location
• unique and restricted to each tag

hopes & dreams

• can boxquest’s tags come to embody their own social power?
• what types of quests can bring people together and do good?
• passing on a good deed
• traveling through the world
• universal reflections
• chains of social connection
• internal incentives
• a positive form of social media
• anonymous & accountable
• physical interaction
• a more comfortable local space

share your feedback and try out boxquest

thanks for listening!

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luke miller @lukvmil

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lukvmil@gmail.com