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Virtual artist Miquela debuted a music video at Lollapalooza

The Verge

For the uninitiated, Miquela is essentially a digital avatar that started out as a CG influencer on Instagram and has since expanded into the world of music, releasing several singles and music videos since 2017. She’s part of a burgeoning field of digital influencers. We were eager to show-off a world that could only be her own.”.

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AmazeVR gets another $15M to forge the future of immersive concerts 

TechCrunch

AmazeVR , a virtual reality concert platform that enables users to experience their favorite artists’ VR concerts through content generation tools, announced today it has secured $15 million, which was oversubscribed within three weeks. . Users would join as avatars, hang out with other users, and experience VR concerts together.

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Roblox has big plans for virtual music events

The Verge

With live, in-person events almost entirely canceled across the globe, artists have been searching for new ways to connect with fans. That could mean a skyscraper-sized cyborg version of Travis Scott stomping around Fortnite ’s island or a ghostly CG-animated avatar of The Weeknd performing in TikTok. Things have started slowly.

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GTA Online is getting an underground nightclub featuring real-world resident DJs

The Verge

The developer is designing The Music Locker like a venue you might actually attend in real life, located beneath The Diamond in-game casino and resort in its fictionalized version of Los Angeles. The open-world crime series has always secured high-profile artists for its in-game radio stations. Image: Rockstar Games.

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FlyMachine raises $21 million to build a virtual concerts platform for a post-pandemic world

TechCrunch

Meanwhile, startups like Wave raised huge bouts of VC funding to turn real performers into digital avatars in a bid to create more digital-native concerts. And while some smaller artists embraced shows over Zoom or worked with startups like Oda who created live concert subscriptions, there were few mainstream hits among bigger acts.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

It has closed its first round of $300k from investors in the US and Ukraine to fully launch The Breakfast in New York and Los Angeles. Manna
 Co-creating fantastic lifelike avatar media like games, quests, cinema, shows, webcasts, social and business events in a 3D/AR/VR ecosystem. You can support it on Patreon here.

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Hustler at the end of the world

The Verge

He knew how to navigate the sharks and the con artists. His WhatsApp avatar was a round-faced cartoon man in over-ear headphones. Besides, he told himself, the doctors and the first responders and the essential workers — these people needed him. He knew how to find a deal. He knew how to wrangle a product from point A to point B.