Give historical figures a second life through AI! Create viral content by chatting with your favorite historical personalities, watch them come alive, and earn rewards for your creative interactions.
FOOM is an entertainment platform built on ElizaOS that brings historical figures back to life as interactive digital avatars. Create engaging content, go viral, and earn while having fun with history! Key features:
- 🤖 Chat with anyone from history - from philosophers to artists to world leaders
- 🎬 Turn your best conversations into short-form viral videos
- 👄 Watch historical figures come alive with realistic animations
- 🎙️ Hear their authentic voices through AI generation
- 💰 Earn $FOOM tokens as your content goes viral
- 🌐 Powered by ElizaOS for natural, engaging interactions
- Node.js 23+
- pnpm
- Python 2.7+
# Clone the repository
git clone <your-repo-url>
cd eliza
# Install dependencies
pnpm install
# Copy environment file and configure it
cp .env.example .env
# Build the project
pnpm build
# Start the application
pnpm start
# In a new terminal, start the client
pnpm start:clientVisit http://localhost:3000 to start chatting with historical figures.
Imagine being able to:
- Have a rap battle with Shakespeare
- Get relationship advice from Cleopatra
- Debate philosophy with Socrates
- Create viral content with historical legends
FOOM makes it possible by:
- Bringing historical figures back to life through AI
- Making history fun and entertaining through modern content creation
- Building a creative economy around historical interactions
- Rewarding creators for viral historical content
While having fun, users naturally learn about history through their interactions - making education an organic byproduct of entertainment.
Our vision is to create the ultimate platform for historical figure reincarnation, where creators can build audiences and earn rewards by bringing history to life in entertaining new ways.
- Framework: ElizaOS for AI agent management
- Frontend: React, TypeScript
- Smart Contracts: Solidity (Ethereum)
- AI: OpenAI GPT-4 for conversations
- Animation & Voice: HeyGen for talking head generation and voice synthesis
- Web3: viem, wagmi, RainbowKit for wallet integration
Our platform utilizes two main smart contracts:
GeniusToken: ERC20 token used for content publishing and verificationFoomGeniusAnswer: Manages content verification and publishing system
- Real-time voice and video conversations with historical figures
- Battle Mode: Watch and vote as historical figures debate trending topics
- Enhanced token economy with engagement rewards and creator incentives
- Expanded roster of historical personalities
- Multi-platform support for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, etc.
- Mobile app for on-the-go interactions
- Advanced animation and real-time rendering capabilities
- How to verify content is genuinely created by our historical figure avatars
- Implementing on-chain proof of creation for each interaction
- Creating a transparent verification system for historical figure authenticity
- Preventing impersonation and unauthorized use of historical personas
- Building trust in the platform's content generation process
- Maintaining historical accuracy while allowing creative interactions
- Scaling real-time video generation and voice synthesis
- Optimizing token economics for sustainable creator rewards
- Managing high-concurrency during battle mode events
- Ensuring respectful representation of historical figures
- Balancing entertainment with historical authenticity
- Content moderation for user-generated interactions
- Decentralized governance for community-driven development
- AI model fine-tuning for more authentic historical personalities
This is a hackathon project built during Spring Hack. We welcome contributions to make history more interactive and engaging!