Jay Albert
All work
BuildAugust 2020

The on-demand economy

A platform connecting street vendors to nearby customers, with live location on a map.

A phone over a map with icons marking mobile vendors

Consumers are increasingly expecting an on-demand experience for every product and service they engage with. Amazon has set the tone for two-day deliveries and is working on reducing turnaround time from days to hours. To deliver products and services within hours of a request, companies will begin to manage mobile distribution centers and mobile service providers.

The product of a week of research and development.

Toyota's vision

Toyota is already anticipating mobile distribution centers and mobile service providers. The video below shares the full vision of a Mobile Electronic Marketplace.

Toyota's Mobile Electronic Marketplace.

Where it goes

As several companies work on autonomous vehicles, I see an opportunity to spring up a third-party service that can be deployed now and can integrate with future autonomous systems.

The Layerworks storefront, with the capsule slab in its 3D viewer and the dimension callouts
BuildAug 2026

Layerworks Print Co. storefront

The shop front for a small-batch 3D print business: a featured product with an interactive GLB preview and a commissions intake, deployed to Pages by Actions.

Consumer & Commerce

A 3D model of a black shirt with the Mix3d logo on the front
BuildDec 2022Mix3d

Mix3d Clothing

A clothing line out of the Mix3d community, designed in 3D and given an AR layer so the print could be scanned.

AR & VR, Consumer & Commerce, Blockchain & Web3Write-up

A pottery vase icon
BuildAug 2020

Grace Potter

An e-commerce storefront for handmade pottery, built end to end including checkout.

Consumer & CommerceWrite-up