November 20, 2024
Welcome to Decentraland’s vibrant, international community of creators & explorers! Here you’ll make new friends, explore a traversable world of community creations, attend diverse events, and unleash your creativity in a dynamic virtual world built by Decentraland citizens like you.
What is Decentraland? # Decentraland was the world’s first fully decentralized, social virtual world, empowering users to own, create, and control their digital assets and experiences. Launched in 2020, Decentraland features an open, traversable landscape filled with user-generated content that evolves and changes in real-time.
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November 20, 2024
Getting Started # What do I need to do to start using Decentraland? # The first step is downloading the Decentraland app onto your computer. Go to the download page here . Once you’ve successfully installed and loaded Decentraland on your computer, you’ll be asked to log into your Decentraland account, a process that happens online, so you can expect a browser window to open. Create and sign into your Decentraland account by connecting your Google or Discord account or another social profile or a digital wallet such as MetaMask or Coinbase.
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January 7, 2023
What is the Wearables Editor? # The Wearables Editor is a tool within Decentraland’s Builder that allows you to upload, add metadata to, and publish your own custom wearables.
Remember: these docs don’t explain how to create the models, meshes, and textures that make up wearables, they just explain how to use the Wearables Editor to upload and publish your wearables. For an intro on the actual wearable creation process, start here.
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June 18, 2021
The Decentraland DAO possesses a MANA fund that has been set aside to help sponsor and facilitate the continual growth of the Decentraland platform. One avenue used by the DAO to achieve these goals is a grants program that was voted in place by the community .
This grants program allows any member of the community to request funding to help reimburse their efforts in community building and education, creating 3D content for the world, or implementing new features and improvements to the platform.
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June 18, 2021
The Decentraland DAO possesses a MANA fund that has been set aside to help sponsor and facilitate the continual growth of the Decentraland platform. One avenue used by the DAO to achieve these goals is a grants program that was voted in place by the community.
This grants program allows any member of the community to request funding to make contributions in community building and education, creating 3D content for the world, or implementing new features and improvements to the platform.
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May 31, 2021
What Are Wearables? # Wearables are the various items of clothing, accessories, and body features that can be used to customize the appearance of a Decentraland avatar. There is a selection of default wearables that are freely available to all avatars, but Decentraland also supports the creation and use of custom wearables that are represented by non-fungible tokens (or NFTs). This allows a finite amount of different wearables to be created, or minted, on the blockchain, similar to the LAND.
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May 21, 2021
The Decentraland DAO is the decision-making tool for MANA, NAMES and LAND holders in Decentraland’s virtual world. Through votes in the DAO, the community can issue grants and make changes to the lists of banned names, POIs, and catalyst nodes. The DAO also controls the LAND and Estate smart contracts.
Issuing grants and making changes to the records and contracts owned by the DAO can only be done by using predefined proposals accessible in governance.
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November 20, 2024
What can I create in Decentraland? # It would be easier to ask what you can’t create in Decentraland! As a virtual world created by its users, in Decentraland you can create just about everything you see. Decentraland Creators make all the components that go into crafting a digital identity, such as Wearables (this can include whole skins, body parts, articles of clothing, hair styles, accessories, etc.) as well as Emotes , animations for your avatar which can include props and sounds in addition to movement.
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January 7, 2023
Intro # This guide introduces the basics for creating custom 3D models for Decentraland wearables. It explains how the Decentraland avatar system works, and it illustrates how to properly model your own wearables.
Note: this guide assumes that you already have some basic to intermediate knowledge of 3D modeling. If you’re new to 3D modeling, start here .
Before you get started, download the example files for reference meshes and textures: Wearables Reference Models The Decentraland Avatar System # The Decentraland “avatar system” is the broad collection of different body components and subcomponents that can be decorated with custom wearables.
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January 7, 2023
Once you export your wearable, you’ll have to upload it to the builder. This document will cover the process of uploading wearables.
Uploading Your File # Remember that you need to create a collection before you can upload your file. If you don’t know how to do that, check Creating a Collection . To upload your wearable, just drag and drop the file on the New Item window or browse your computer.
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