Ogoglio City Roadmap:
The Five Phases:
- Define the goal. [Completed]
- Evaluate strategies. [Completed]
- Chalk out foundations. [Current Phase]
- Invite the world.
- React.
Define the goal: [Completed]
Create an online city for work. Cities are engines of creativity and commerce, balanced in symbiotic relationship with the surrounding hinterlands. Population density and resource accumulation combine in urban areas to generate forward progress and value for the global human experience. Ogoglio City will mirror these effects by growing the social and technological structures which make urban areas rich in both culture and wealth.
Evaluate strategies: [Completed]
This is not a technical project. The technologies of online spaces have spread into the homes, offices, and purses of the developed world, but this incredible change in capabilities is the least interesting aspect of the Ogoglio project. The strategies for creating Ogoglio City are the result of a synthesis of civic planning, grassroots activism, and network theory. [TODO: publish reading and resource list]
Chalk out foundations: [Current Phase]
Cities are made of people. The foundations of Ogoglio City are creative, forward thinking groups empowered by tools for thought and connected by rich communication. This phase consists of advocating Ogoglio City to existing metaverse users and putting together a space hosting platform to serve as a jumping off point for Ogoglio City technical development.
Invite the world:
Cities are not company towns. Once the social and economic gravity well of a city is created it enters a period of fast growth which cannot be supported by a single corporation or government. Even while Cleveland was dominated by Standard Oil the influx of capital created a diverse network of entrepreneurs and the majority of value creation occurred outside of any single company. Ogoglio City's technical structure will grow from a handful of space hosting companies and metaverse enthusiasts to become a standard feature for every web space provider and ISP. In parallel the widening reach of these technologies will encourage social and economic diversification beyond games, chatrooms, and digital fashion
React:
Cities never stop building. New York City did not spring wholesale from the mind of Henry Hudson. Berlin was not pulled from Irontooth's pocket. Romulus and Remus did not build Rome. And yet each of these characters provided attitudes and goals for their accumulating citizens which attracted (some would say created) the merchants, craftsmen, and tastemakers of their eras. As our efforts generate social and technical momentum we must look to the successes and failures of civic planning to guide our diverse efforts as we enter the era of online cities.