Dotmoovs Takes the Stage: Solana Migration, Web App Launch, and What’s Next for MOOV on Mario Nawfal’s Space
Missed our latest space with Mario Nawfal? We’ve got you covered! This article is a transcript of the Twitter Space where Dotmoovs joined Mario to discuss our updates — from the MOOV token migration to Solana, the launch of our new web app, and how our ecosystem is evolving. Dive in and catch up on all the key insights at your own pace!
Q (IBC Mario Nawfal) — What is Dotmoovs?
A (dotmoovs) — So Dotmoovs is mobile platform that allows anyone from any different level of physical activity, to join and use artificial intelligence to detect their human movements and give them feedback on their performance on how to improve or also on how to learn new different, sports or new different moves, in order to keep active.
We also use tokens as a mean to gamify this whole experience and give rewards to people, from small victories to very big victories. So, basically, you just need your smartphone camera, download the Dotmoovs app, and use your smartphone camera to record yourself doing any kind of exercise. And we use our models to assess your movements and give you rewards after you complete the challenge. You can play against your friends, you can play against yourself, or even against famous people, famous sports players in different sports.
We launched the app in 2021. We have football, dance, and fitness now already on the app for you to try.
Q — But when did you guys start this journey, and when did you come about the idea of doing all this?
A — So we started it back in 2021, as the official starting point, but it started a little bit before. We were during COVID, and we, the founders, had different passions. We had this idea that we could play using our smartphone camera instead of a lot of sensors, just to stay active and compete against each other. And, we needed also a digital referee that could assess who wins the challenge, when no one impartial was there. Then, after that, we evolved, and we progressed to a new idea, that we are going to replace YouTube as the source for physical activity, like ChatGPT replaced Google for queries. We believe that dotmoovs is going to replace YouTube for search, of how to do physical activity, how to learn dances, how to learn an exercise, how to box. Whatever you want, to make yourself more active, we will provide an answer to you, customized to your preferences and with the right technology in a more cost-effective way.
Q — When did you guys launch the token?
A — May 2021
Q — So how does the token work within the ecosystem then? So are you able to earn it? You know, there were other projects how, like, stepN and some other ones that were doing stuff. And it’s like, do you earn the tokens? And then what can you use the tokens for? Because I think some people are just mining the tokens and then doing activities and then selling them and getting you know, so it kinda kills the liquidity. What exactly does the dot moves token do, and what is the name of it? Maybe tell us about the, the token, yeah
A — So the token is M O O V, so MOOV, as a short for move. Actually, it’s very interesting because, like, from May 2021 to now, we changed a lot of the tokenomics, around it and how the token could perform within the ecosystem. We started with the mobile app on Google Store and Apple Store. And as you can imagine, we suffered a lot from Apple, concerning the token part because they put a lot of barriers for us to keep going, with the token as the main asset for the whole, game economy around the physical activity. So now that’s what we launched. Actually, today, it’s a web app version of the mobile app. So we don’t need to struggle a lot with all the conditions against web3, solutions from Apple and Google. We are a little bit more free to test different ways of using the token, and be able to understand really how people can use it. So now you can use the token to challenge other people inside the platform. Right? So you go to web app, https://web3battles.dotmoovs.ai , and you challenge another person to go for a battle. And in within this battle, you invest MOOV into the reward spot, like something like a pool for the whole battle, and the winner takes it all.
So it’s not only as a reward that you get, but it’s also a way for you to keep going in into the game. We are also establishing partnerships, with different brands, in order for you to use the token to exchange for products and services. So we can start creating a whole ecosystem around the token. The token has more utility beyond playing in battles. Another, token utility that we are exploring is actually for people that want to, watch bat sports battles. And so as a fan, the use the token to sponsor players that are amateurs, but they can become pros, but they don’t have enough, funds to do it. So we are exploring this kind of three ways, for the token to have different utilities for different stakeholders within the sports industry, in a sense.
Q — What are some of the ways you guys are using AI in Dotmoovs? How is it enhancing the user’s experience there?
A — So, basically, we are using our models and our AI software, to assess biomechanical movement. So through the camera of a smartphone, we can assess and provide, government over what you are doing or maybe what you are performing. There are too many ways to do it right now. So let’s say you are practicing some sports or dancing. Let’s take freestyle football, for example. Let’s say you are competing with a friend. So, basically, the only thing you need is to put your smartphone recording yourself. And through our software and AI models, we can access, your entire movement. Through that, we can, either, give you points as a referee or we, the software, has the ability to tell if you are performing something wrong. Let’s speak, for example, a squat for, in fitness. Let’s say you are performing a squat, with a bad posture or with a biomechanical, wrong movement. The models have the ability and capacity to inform you in real time about that.
Q — So what about partnerships that you guys have built, how are you forging partnerships? Who are you working with to get all this done?
A — So actually, I have great news. Recently in the January, we were recognized by hype sports, innovation as one of the top 10 AI and sports, and tech companies in the sports industry. So we are start we started already a road show showing the dotmoovs to different sports organizations and brands like NFL, NBA, FIFA, so and also sports clubs, within that. So, Chelsea, and the main thing in here is that we will be able to establish pilot studies within these sports clubs and brands. So using gamification and AI for them to attract even more fans across the world by, creating these fun, immersive physical activity challenges where people can do it in order to use a token to exchange for tickets for games or, products or merchandising or experience that these brands and sports clubs can have. So we’re really excited for this next few months to do that, but also partnerships in the past. We were recognized by the Portuguese government and the European Union as one of the startups to follow as a blockchain example beef beyond DeFi, market. So in other kind of markets that can exploit blockchain, to improve, the business and the operations. And we got funded from them to develop the platform further. So this actually this MVP of the battles was funded completely by them, in a way. And within that, we got access to different companies in Portugal, small and big, that are going to, also develop these kinds of challenges immersed in their business, in their business models. So we have a huge supermarket chain in Portugal that is going to use Dotmoovs technology and gamification to make the shopping experience in the supermarket more attractive. So, like, clients can go, and they can do, like, a spot or a push-up, and they get points, and they kinda change the points, as discounts in their bills when they are paying for their, for their grocery. So those are some of the things that we are doing, now in this kind of b2b model, exploiting both gamification using blockchain and AI for sports performance.
Q — What does the future look like in terms of maybe new features or product launches that you can maybe see over the next year or two or three?
A — So thank you so much for that question because, actually, we really want to we’re now tackling to go to The US until the end of the year, talking with some investors to go for a series a raise, in order to make a new product to come fully available, concerning this. So it’s a totally personalized experience for you, on on on dotmoovs. It’s basically creating a ChatGPT completely dedicated and validated from experts, for you to improve not only physical experience, but nutrition the nutritional part. So the idea is that you join Dotmoovs and you ask for, oh, look. I’m really a fat person, and I don’t want to do any kind of physical activity. What can you suggest? And we will have enough content to provide according to your preferences and your routine, a specific plan to do it.
What is the difference between us and what ChatGPT can do right now, as Paul’s already mentioned before, is that we have a pool of experts validating almost every content that we have inside our platform. We also have, experts from this the different special like, different sports modalities inside. So we partnered with the championship from boxing, and is validating all the trainings, contents that we have for people to start learning boxing from amateur level to professional level. So that’s what we are planning is to create this whole experience for you, and just for you. It’s not just a general massive answer. So our team is completely dedicated to improve not only video recognition, of physical activity, but also, image static images, audio, and also text concern totally focused, and personalized to sports physical activity and nutrition.
Q — What’s the final call to action that everyone could do for you? Would you want us to visit the website or download the app? How can we all help out?
A — Yeah. So first thing, it will be to download the dotmoovs app. It’s available on Apple Store and Google Store too. And, going to the battles and try the battles to just compete against each other and where you can actually use the MOOV token, as the main, the main token too. So, web3battles.dotmoovs.ai and in there, you will have the full experience with using MOOV either in Ethereum or Solana, where you can just challenge your friends in doing them as many spots as you can, and then you pay them, dinner or a beer or whatever you want. That should be amazing.
