UK Celebrates Coronation of King Charles III With NFTs and AI Games
As the United Kingdom ceremoniously ushers in the age of King Charles III, Brits are celebrating with quiche, games, and a limited-run coronation NFT.
Of course, television coverage will be largely focused on the pomp, the parade, and the crown jewels. But up and down the country, less old-fashioned, more digital means of marking the coronation have emerged.
Trevor Jonesâ Coronation NFT on Nifty Gateway
To commemorate the occasion, the Evening Standard, a free newspaper read by millions of Londoners each day, has collaborated with artist Trevor Jones.Â
The result â an open edition NFT known as The Oath â is available for free on the NFT platform Nifty Gateway until midnight on Sunday.
A digitized and animated version of a painting Jones made, The Oath depicts St Edwardâs Crown, a 2.2 KG solid gold crown used in every coronation since Charles II in 1661.
NFT Art Captivates UK
In comments published by the paper, Jones said: âI wanted this particular piece to be for the people and anyone anywhere can mint one of these NFTs for free.â
An early adopter of NFTs, Jones has garnered a reputation for transforming works in traditional media into digitized tokens.
He is also one of just a handful of artists operating at the intersection of traditional art and the NFT movement.
Last week, the iconic London-based auction house Sothebyâs announced the expansion of its own NFT and Metaverse platform, enabling on-chain peer-to-peer secondary trading. This will allow artists like Jones to continue earning royalties after the initial sale of an NFT
AI Helps Developer Create Coronation Game in 24 Hours
Beyond Jonesâ coronation NFT, there are plenty of other ways the UK has been commemorating this weekend digitally.
On Saturday morning, the Lancashire Telegraph reported that a tech company created an online coronation game. Whatâs so impressive about that? the firm claims it did so in just 24 hours using Artificial Intelligence.
The report states that Burnley-based +24 used a range of AI tools including ChatGPT to create the new computer game.
King Charles Dash is a free browser game that sees players navigate King Charlesâ carriage through the streets of London. Within just a few hours of its release on Friday, thousands of people had already played, the report states.
âThe Coronation is the biggest event in the world this weekend. So obviously that was one of the prompts we went with, and the results speak for themselves,â the companyâs founder Dave Walker told reporters.
The team of developers used AI to build all aspects of the game. This includes the soundtrack and some of the animation.
âI would say upwards of 80 percent of the game was made with AI,â Walker commented. He added that âWeâre going to write up a white paper on how we used AI to build the game.â
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