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Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In this early stage, the metaverse is being envisioned and portrayed as an online reality that we humans enter and experience as avatars through a VR headset, similar to the Oasis experience in the movie Ready Player One. Those already exploring the metaverse can attend live concerts and meet with government officials. Cryptocurrency.

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Two NFT copycats are fighting over which is the real fake Bored Ape Yacht Club

The Verge

Digital marketplace OpenSea has banned the PHAYC and Phunky Ape Yacht Club (or PAYC) collections, both of which are based on the same gimmick: selling NFTs with mirrored but otherwise identical versions of high-priced Bored Ape Yacht Club avatars. Like other avatars, though, anybody can technically copy or modify the associated ape picture.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), Handwriting is quickly becoming a lost art form. 9) Browse pictures of baby animals regularly. and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ).

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What is the metaverse, and do I have to care?

The Verge

Neal Stephenson famously coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash , where it referred to a 3D virtual world inhabited by avatars of real people. On the other hand, science fiction stories can conjure a vivid picture of “the metaverse” without illuminating how it should work or why it should exist.

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Who’ll make the next million-dollar NFT?

The Verge

Generative profile picture NFTs are all the rage, but creators say it’s not just about the money The first time Tom Williamson and Rob Mehew tried to make an NFT project, they landed on unicorns. Plump and slumped over, unable to stand up on their own four hooves, and illustrated in a chunky 16-bit art style.

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Primitives wants to turn your crypto wallet into a social network

TechCrunch

He started putting together a thesis around NFTs and social networks while visiting Amsterdam, where he had a chance to closely observe how social networks formed in person at art galleries, restaurants, and parties around a shared interest in Solana. Primitives is designed to be easy to use, Gabeau said.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Twibbon is a tool that allows your supporters on Twitter and Facebook to add a micro version of your nonprofit’s avatar to their profile pics. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art.

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