We’ve proposed two speculative protocols for a future where MR headsets are common and users want to share their mixed realities. The first, “FingerSync,” is an embodied mixed reality protocol. It’s designed to establish shared mixed reality sessions with Proof-Carrying Data, inspired by the concept of the ancient “secret handshake.” We aim to keep the shared mixed reality layer persistent and autonomous, even when users aren’t actively viewing it. To model such layered and intertwined futures, we’ve suggested a meta-protocol, “Autonomous Realities”. This is based on the “Autonomous World” and “Zupass” concepts, potentially serving for experiential network states.

Director of Reality Design Lab. XR Researcher, Designer, and Educator. A digital nomad located in Shanghai and NYC.

Co-founder and CTO at Mask Network. Research fellow at the Institute of Network Society at China Academy of Arts. Focusing on bringing data ownership and privacy back to users with the power of cryptography and permissionlessness.