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Larva Labs
Larva Labs is a technology company based in the United States, founded in 2005 by John Watkinson and Matt Hall, best known for creating the first NFT PFP collection, CryptoPunks. The company initially focused on writing apps for the T-Mobile Sidekick and has since expanded to other platforms such as Android and iOS, developing over 50 apps for the Sidekick and over 20 for other platforms. The company has had the opportunity to work with clients such as Google and Microsoft on a variety of projects and also offers a range of technology and software development services, including web infrastructure, genomics analysis software, 8-bit roleplaying games, and blockchain art projects.[1][2]
Projects
Blockchain
Cryptopunks
In March 2022, Larva Labs sold the intellectual properties of CryptoPunks and Meebits collections to Yuga Labs, the creator of the rival NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club. Despite the sale, the CryptoPunks and Meebits marketplaces are still hosted on Larva Lab's website. Along with the rights to the collections, Larva Labs also sold several NFTs from each collection to Yuga Labs.[4]
The project was originally intended as an experiment to see if it was technically and psychologically feasible to represent and sell digital art on the blockchain. Some of the challenges the team faced included finding ways to represent the art on the blockchain in a cost-effective way and fixing a bug in the code that governed the sale of the CryptoPunks. Despite these challenges, the project was a success and helped to pave the way for other projects in the field of non-fungible tokens.[18]
Autoglyphs
Autoglyphs is the first “on-chain” generative art project on the Ethereum blockchain that allows users to create and own unique artworks. The project was launched in 2019, and anyone who donated the creation fee of 0.2Ξ (about $35 at the time) to 350.org, a charity that fights against climate change, could create a glyph, thus becoming the first owner of that glyph. There is a restricted number of glyphs created, with a total of 512. Larva Labs no longer controls the code for generating the art or managing the ownership of the glyphs, which allows for a long-term guarantee of ownership and provenance that is independent of any central authority.[7][8]
Meebits
Web
Github Data Visualization using Flutter Web
Mobile
Androidify
BreathPacer
BreathPacer is a breathing guide app that can help users reduce stress and achieve deep relaxation through therapeutic breathing techniques. The app offers several features to assist with proper therapeutic breathing, including visual breathing cues, rain sounds to guide inhalation and exhalation, customizable pacing, an algorithm tailored to the user's height, the option to gradually decrease breathing rate during a session, the ability to play personal music, and a breathing timer. BreathPacer has been featured in "Mac Life" as a top app for improving health.[17]
Boo!
Released in 2015, Boo! is an Android Experiment that utilizes face detection and procedural animation. When using the app, the front-facing camera of the device is utilized to detect if the user is watching. The movements of the creatures within the app are based on spring/mass physics simulations and are drawn algorithmically without the use of bitmaps or pre-made animations.AppChat
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