The Verge

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

XOXO Festival co-founder Andy Baio unveiled his newest project on Tuesday : a new platform for virtual events called Skittish. You attend events as an adorable animal avatar, and explore the worlds created for you by clicking around with your mouse or navigating with the WASD keys on your keyboard like you might in a video game.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

SoWork, a virtual co-working startup, began after Punwani and his co-founders decided to build a machine learning edtech company. So, combining their love for building and gaming, the group put together an internal communication product inspired by virtual worlds. Permanence is the elephant in the room for any virtual HQ.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Brett Martin, the co-founder and president of Kumospace, believes a core piece to easing the transition is workplace collaboration tools — especially video chat tools that foster a “virtual office” feeling. “ When COVID-19 hit, we scrambled like everyone else to go virtual. Image Credits: Kumospace.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

On June 22nd at 9:00 AM PST, Jonathan's avatar along with Second Life CEO Philip Rosedale will lead a discussion with residents on the role of philanthropy in virtual worlds. We are interested in learning about virtual worlds and how to operate within them. There will be a live audio feed. The details are here.

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The Verge

AUGUST 19, 2021

Facebook is bringing the office to VR with Horizon Workrooms It wasn’t long into a recent press briefing I attended in virtual reality when Mark Zuckerberg showed up to talk about the metaverse. A companion desktop app lets you beam a live feed of your computer screen over your virtual table space.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 26, 2021

The invite-only audio app has taken the world by storm as the new innovative way to conduct interactive conversations. These users are sparking conversations about virtual, hybrid , and in-person events. She hosts and moderates the “Virtual Insanity” room, a daily chat with industry experts about all things virtual events. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

The voices were good enough that they were rated as human or as good as human by listeners — not something you could really say about the usual virtual assistant suspects when they speak more than a handful of words. There are attendant risks and no realistic business model for it, so that’s off the table for now.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

If you, like the rest of the world, have managed to shift to the virtual environment, you may be looking for ways to improve your digital presence. Virtual events are one way that this is possible, and they provide brands with an exceptional way of connecting to target audiences and connecting with future customers. .

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AccelEvents

JUNE 15, 2020

But the virtual space is not just limited to virtual staff meetings or social gatherings. Virtual conferences and trade shows are becoming the new industry standard. Best Practices for Running a Virtual Trade Show. If you are new to creating virtual trade shows , there are a few things you should keep in mind.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

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 Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

I don't know if I'm still shaking from the excitement or the hour long multi-tasking frenzy of listening to a live audio feed, seeing a blog.tv MacArthur Foundation hosted its first discussion in Second Life to explore the role that philanthropy might play in virtual worlds. The John D. and Catherine T. to the USC folks).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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TechNode

APRIL 26, 2024

Alibaba Clouds Emote Portrait Alive (EMO) model, which is able to convert portrait photos into talking and even singing avatars is now available on its Tongyi Qianwen app, in a move the tech giant hopes will bring a wider user base to test its GenAI tool. Alibaba Cloud, in Chinese ]

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Intel made its first statement on the metaverse on Tuesday — its first public acknowledgement of that sometimes-nebulous future of computing which promises an always connected virtual world that exists in parallel with our physical one. He says that a 1,000x increase in power is needed over our current collective computing capacity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life. I also turned off my audio.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

” It’s worth noting that Soul Machines’ other co-founder, Mark Sagar, has won Academy Awards for his AI engineering efforts creating the characters in the films “Avatar” and “King Kong.” ” Perhaps the skill behind producing such realistic digital humans is why Soul Machines reported a 4.6x

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

(Source: blog.bytebytego.com) Going Multimodal Foundation models have also expanded to process and generate multiple data types, or modalities, such as text, images, audio and video. million images, Cosmos Nemotron 34B is a leading VLM that enables the ability to query and summarize images and video from the physical or virtual world.

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

If you click on the cog icon, you can pick an avatar and change your username. You can choose to create either a private theater with up to 10 people, but everyone must be invited, or you can host a public theater with up to 10 hosts (with audio and video) and unlimited people watching (with access only to the text chat function).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

” The “metaverse” is an increasingly used buzzword that references a shared virtual environment, like those provided by large-scale online gaming platforms such as Fortnite, Roblox and others. And bored users shifted to audio-based social networking on apps like Clubhouse or Twitter Spaces. Image Credits: Apptopia.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 26, 2021

The invite-only audio app has taken the world by storm as the new innovative way to conduct interactive conversations. These users are sparking conversations about virtual, hybrid , and in-person events. She hosts and moderates the “Virtual Insanity” room, a daily chat with industry experts about all things virtual events. .

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The new default for VR, if you’re okay with Facebook As someone who writes about virtual reality and has been stuck at home just like many people during the 2020 pandemic, I’ve gotten asked one question over and over: if virtual reality is so great and actual reality is so dangerous, why isn’t everybody turning to VR?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface. But there is also a trust issue too -- particularly if you don't know all the avatars in real life. There I go again, wanting a virtual flipchart.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

danah boyd has a post called " On Being Virtual " (be sure to read the comments) As Kevin Gamble on the SLED list notes, what she seems to be saying is that if you look at the rise of social tech amongst young people, it's not about divorcing the physical social structures to live virtually. Come on, get real already.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2023

Be virtual or augmented reality, artificial intelligence, or cloud computing – eLearning is at the forefront of their usage. Virtual Reality, on the other hand, is being used to train new recruits and help them comprehend real-life scenarios. In the coming year, this technological penetration will increase even more.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2023

Be virtual or augmented reality, artificial intelligence, or cloud computing – eLearning is at the forefront of their usage. Virtual Reality, on the other hand, is being used to train new recruits and help them comprehend real-life scenarios. In the coming year, this technological penetration will increase even more.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2023

Be virtual or augmented reality, artificial intelligence, or cloud computing – eLearning is at the forefront of their usage. Virtual Reality, on the other hand, is being used to train new recruits and help them comprehend real-life scenarios. In the coming year, this technological penetration will increase even more.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 5, 2007

Today, an interview with Sibley Verbeck (Hathor's his virtual name), founder/CEO of the Electric Sheep Company , which does experience design for real-world companies in virtual worlds including Second Life. Virtual worlds provide an opportunity for social engagement with content, and 2. How would you define virtual worlds?

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Two-way audio is enabled by four microphones above the protruding hunk of plastic that houses a projector. The projector sits above a 720p camera that captures what the child is doing and sends it to their virtual playmate. A 720p camera sits above the screen to capture the child and their actions, and a 10-watt speaker sits below it.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

——————————————————————————- 3DLOOK A retail tech start-up behind the virtual fitting room YourFit. It has now moved to Poland and set up the office there.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

FaceTime allows two iPhone -- and soon, next-generation iPad and iPod Touch -- users to have a streaming video and audio conversation while both are connected to a wireless network. Look for mobile providers to combine these ideas to enable a virtual meeting environment with video, audio, whiteboard, and presentations from multiple attendees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Games for Social Change gaming and libraries was recently published and the author is the Shifted Librarian and My Avatar Wears Tight Jeans and 4 Other Things I learned from Internet Librarian 2006 is worth the read from Michael Stephens.

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