{"id":405200,"date":"2022-02-12T21:01:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T18:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nycs-universal-hip-hop-museum-launching-metaverse-in-spring\/"},"modified":"2022-02-12T21:01:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T18:01:29","slug":"nycs-universal-hip-hop-museum-launching-metaverse-in-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nycs-universal-hip-hop-museum-launching-metaverse-in-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC&#8217;s Universal Hip Hop Museum launching metaverse in spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#NYC&#8217;s Universal Hip Hop Museum launching metaverse in spring<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>This museum is going meta.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s first brick-and-mortar hip hop museum in the Bronx will have a fresh online edge to it, featuring both real-world and online exhibits, The Post learned last week during an exclusive tour of the under-construction space.<\/p>\n<p>The $80-million Universal Hip Hop Museum will feature items such as a giant oil painting of Kanye West and Snoop Dogg\u2019s bicycle from the short-lived MTV sketch show \u201cDoggy Fizzle Televizzle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll also beam out live musical performances, break dancing sessions and fashion shows that can be viewed online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen people come in here, they get one physical experience by looking at the historical artifacts,\u201d said museum founder Rocky Bucano. \u201cBut when they leave here, that experience should continue even when they\u2019re home.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-102.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Universal Hip Hop Museum\" class=\"wp-image-21188815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-102.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-102.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-102.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Universal Hip Hop Museum has ambitious plans to not only provide visitors with a physical experience but to have a significant presence in the metaverse as well. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"931\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-099.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Hip Hop Museum\" class=\"wp-image-21188776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-099.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-099.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-099.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-099.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Universal Hip Hop Museum began construction last year and plans to open in 2024. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The two-floor, 53,000-square-foot museum at 65 E. 149th Street in Melrose will be attached to Bronx Point, a mixed-used complex currently being developed that overlooks Mill Pond Park and the Harlem River. <\/p>\n<p>The museum \u2014 currently just an open concrete husk \u2014  will eventually be home to a 250-seat theater and will highlight the five elements of hip hop \u2013 DJing, emceeing, break dancing, graffiti and knowledge, Bucano said. <\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s plenty of work to be done before the museum, which began construction last year, opens in 2024.  There are still thousands of donated pieces of memorabilia \u2014 boxes full of records, clothing and hip hop magazines \u2014 that need to be cataloged before they go on display, said archivist Adam Silverstein. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-museum-train.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rocky Bucano hopes to secure a 1970s subway car that will work as a bridge across the grand staircase near the entrance. \" class=\"wp-image-21189115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-museum-train.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-museum-train.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-museum-train.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rocky Bucano hopes to secure a 1970s subway car that will work as a bridge across the grand staircase near the entrance. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">J.C. Rice<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-085.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Universal Hip Hop Museum\" class=\"wp-image-21188792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-085.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-085.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-085.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Universal Hip Hop Museum has thousands of artifacts and memorabilia to catalog. The museum will focus on the five elements of hip hop: DJing, emceeing, break dancing, graffiti and knowledge. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">J.C.Rice<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And Bucano is currently working on securing a 1970s subway car from the MTA that will work as a bridge across the grand staircase near the entrance. <\/p>\n<p>Its metaverse \u2014 an immersive digital world accessible through virtual reality headsets and smartphone \u2014 is also a work in progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to showing the flyers, graffiti, archival video footage and images, we\u2019re excited to bring out b-boys, breakdancing in a physical space,\u201d said Mike Carnevale, whose company Carnevale Interactive is overseeing the design of the online space in cooperation with Microsoft and MIT. \u201cYou\u2019re not in the audience watching this on screen, your brain believes you are truly there.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-088.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Universal Hip Hop Museum\" class=\"wp-image-21188886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-088.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-088.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-088.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The museum hopes to allow visitors to experience events like Biggie Smalls r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing on a street corner and Grandmaster Flash DJing.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">J.C.Rice<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"986\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-097.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=986\" alt=\"This bicycle hand signed by Snoop Dogg will be featured at the museum.\" class=\"wp-image-21189145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-097.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1479 1479w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-097.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=986 986w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-097.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=493 493w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-097.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\"\/><figcaption>This bicycle hand signed by Snoop Dogg will be featured at the museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> is called \u201choloportation\u201d \u2014  projecting people and 3D objects from the real world into the digital world, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/holoportation-3\/\">according to Microsoft<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can have Naughty by Nature performing live in the metaverse,\u201d  Bucano said, \u201cand they won\u2019t be the traditional avatars, it\u2019d be the actual group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carnevale said other metaverse experiences the museum hopes to include are Grandmaster Flash scratching records at block parties in the 1970s and<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fxATyB6t-QY\"> Notorious B.I.G. rapping on a Bed-Stuy street corner in 1989<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see a metaverse where you can transport people to different times and places, so they\u2019re not only witnessing the history but they\u2019re immersed in hip hop culture,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"801\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-103.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=801\" alt=\"Universal Hip Hop Museum\" class=\"wp-image-21188844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-103.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1202 1201w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-103.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=801 801w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-103.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=401 400w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/hip-hop-103.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\"\/><figcaption>The Universal Hip Hop Museum plans to use the technology \u201choloportation\u201d to stage live events for users to experience in the metaverse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For now, the museum is hosting temporary exhibits at the nearby Bronx Terminal Market, where they just finished up a display that cataloged hip from 1980-1985. It had sections dedicated to hip hop pioneers Kurits Blow and DJ Grand Wizard Theodore. Guests were able to pose for photos in a fake subway car covered in graffiti. Next month, they\u2019ll transition to an exhibit that covers the genre from 1986-1990.<\/p>\n<p>The museum has been funded by public grants, charity organizations, a $5-million gift from Microsoft and donations from music producers Lyor Cohen, who previously led Def Jam Recordings, and Tom Silverman, founder of Tommy Boy Records. So far, the museum has acquired $35 million.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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