TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

All over the world startups are piling into the space marked “virtual interaction and collaboration”. You choose an avatar, then meet up with their colleagues or friends inside a browser-based game. As you move your avatars closer to one another person you can video chat with them, as you might in real life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2006

I attended a meeting at the SLTechSoup Office, a discussion forum on Avatar Marketing hosted by Harvard Berkman Center , and visited a donation site for the Make A Wish Foundation. The TechSoup group is collaborating on a directory of nonprofits and we want to make sure your organization is included.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2020

Applications can span across chat and collaboration and easily have a workflow that expands into meetings now,” explains Michal Lesiczka, a group product manager of Microsoft Teams, in an interview with The Verge. Microsoft is also rolling out a new “Together Mode” that attempts to turn co-workers into virtual avatars to improve meetings.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

” Hubs provides the dev tools and infrastructure necessary to allow users to visit a portal through any browser and collaborate with others in a VR environment. .” Mozilla launched Hubs in 2018, which it pitched at the time as an “experiment” in “immersive social experiences.”

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

They show an unreleased, dark-colored headset being used to customize virtual avatars with what looks like full body tracking, new controllers with a charging dock, and more footage of the Horizon Workrooms app for work collaboration in VR.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2023

It allows users without coding experience to build structures and spaces in the metaverse, optionally collaborating with others in real time as they do so. MeetKai’s second new product, MeetKai Metaverse Editor, is a bit more differentiating. Metaverse-building tools exist, to be sure — startups like Tripolygon provide them.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In keeping with the virtual nature of 2021, the award will be presented by an avatar of Gucci’s creative director Alessandro Michele (pictured above) inside a Roblox experience. Players will also be able to explore a virtual recreation of Royal Albert Hall to watch the awards.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Earlier this month, a beta tester posted in the official Horizon group on Facebook about how her avatar was groped by a stranger. The plan is to eventually tie it into Horizon Venues, a standalone experience for throwing large events in VR, and Horizon Workrooms, its VR work collaboration software.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

While companies like Branch and Gather look like video games with a productivity element, Nooks skips the avatar feel altogether, looking closer to Teamflow or Tandem. We don’t actually believe that in order to talk to someone you need to be a video gamer, have your avatar around and go walk up to them,” he said. “It

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The Verge

APRIL 1, 2022

App researcher Alessandro Paluzzi has been posting evidence of the feature’s development since at least December , but more recently discovered what appears to be an official dialog box from Twitter about how these tweet collaborations could work.

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The Verge

JANUARY 13, 2022

However, they also noted that Second Life already allows withdrawing money from in-game sales to their real-world accounts and thinks it can win over younger users with better avatars and a lack of the kind of ad tracking platform we associate with Meta / Facebook.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Spatial’s original pitch was a virtual workspace where people could don VR headsets, talk to co-workers in virtual meetings, and collaborate by examining virtual items. Instead, Spatial is focusing on collaborations with artists who want to show off their NFT projects. But over the past year, that’s changed.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Niantic has released details of Pokémon Go’s upcoming Ed Sheeran collaboration in a new blog post , a little over a day after first teasing the surprising crossover. A virtual Ed avatar?) Ed Sheeran (right) serenades a Squirtle with sunglasses (left). Image: Niantic. isn’t at all clear.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The merch is cobranded with a trio of collaborators: Bored Ape Yacht Club, the highly sought-after NFT collection; Punks Comics, which recently featured Indigo on an issue’s cover; and GMoney, a pseudonymous crypto enthusiast who’s been consulting with Adidas on how to enter the NFT space in a way that feels authentic.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

All major social networks including Instagram , TikTok , and Snapchat have their own take on how collaborations should work. A new app called Along wants to remove all these restrictions to allow infinite-length collaboration videos with multiple creators. The app is based on the concept of infinite videos called “tapes.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The company is planning to allow users access content via different media: Meta/Oculus headsets, Qualcomm, immersive avatars and a web platform, Zaatarah said to TechCrunch. Creators’ immersive content collaborations have also been a core driver for VUZ content, where its top creators get over 100 million views globally.

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2020

Facebook and Oculus’ joint work on hand tracking, more realistic avatars, spatial audio, and more powerful wireless technology illustrate how seriously the company is committed to the idea of virtual presence and making it as powerful as possible. VR and AR is all about giving people remote presence,” Zuckerberg said. “So

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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. I believe that the importance of virtual worlds may be less about their growth as economies, and more about their capacity for collaboration and human development.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

. “There is a healthy ecosystem of innovation in virtual characters, from companies that focus on visuals, avatars, hardware, motion and more. We’re avatar- and platform- agnostic, and looking forward to collaborating with many of these players,” Gelfenbeyn continued.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2012

AXIS creates, performs, and teaches “physically integrated dance”— a contemporary dance form that evolves from the collaboration between dancers with and without disabilities. (Mission sentence or two and budget size/staff numbers). AXIS Dance Company is based in Oakland, CA.

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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. He’s biased, of course — Kumospace sells a video chat platform. Image Credits: Kumospace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2006

(Click through to the larger version to read the poster) I've been going to meetings on information island at the TechSoup area in Second Life where a small group of avatars interested in nonprofits and Second Life have been busy working on some exciting plans lead by Susan Tenby of TechSoup. Next meeting is 10:30 a.m.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

Users create a profile, upload an avatar picture, write a short biography and can then scream into the ether to other users on behalf of their digitally sculpted selves. Nearly every social media experience today is built on the same premise: Humans identify with individuality.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Unlike most of the dime-a-dozen NFT projects churning out digital avatars, Superplastic developed its characters and fictional universe up front rather than tacking it on (or promising to tack it on ) after cashing in on the speculative craze driving astronomical prices on OpenSea.

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2014

Jason also serves as an instructor in Digital Media Marketing at George Brown College, has held positions on several governing boards is also a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars. Before 13NTC, he teamed up with Jason Samuels to set up all of the collaborative note-taking docs for the breakout sessions at the conference.

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Gyrus

MAY 31, 2016

Virtual Environment and Avatars: Virtual learning environments bring the social interaction part of traditional classroom training into the e-learning world. Organizations are using virtual training coach also called avatar, who engages with the learners like a real human being.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

Your nonprofit has a visually compelling avatar that is used consistently on all social networks. Tools like Canva and Pablo make it super easy. This is Social Media 101, but a best practice still not widely adopted by most small nonprofits. The 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report. 2,780 NGOs • 133 Countries • 6 Continents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2008

One group came up with an idea about using a wiki for internal collaboration. So I asked on Twitter, what is your best wiki adoption tip for internal collaboration? Here's the responses: Laura Whitehead suggested reading this article about wiki collaboration and happiness. I'd borrow, steal & give credit.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

” To some extent, Fortnite has begun to embrace the metaverse by offering non-gaming experiences like online concerts you attend as your avatar, and other live events. Ahead of its shutdown, Houseparty also toyed with live events that users would co-watch and participate in alongside their friends.

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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2020

Players can create their own games for their 3D avatars to explore and engage with, and anyone can share those worlds with other players to build collaboratively together or just to play the experience as a standalone game. You’ll also be able to share the game for others to jump in and collaborate on your project together.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Avatars Avatars allow employees to enjoy an immersive learning experience and personalize their learning journey to make it more relatable. Collaboration Collaboration allows employees to work together towards a shared goal and foster a sense of community, improving learning outcomes.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Avatars Avatars allow employees to enjoy an immersive learning experience and personalize their learning journey to make it more relatable. Collaboration Collaboration allows employees to work together towards a shared goal and foster a sense of community, improving learning outcomes.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

By bringing on a virtual space, Tinder is trying to show new and old distributed employees what its work culture is like, from collaboration rooms to company-wide virtual events such as hackathons. Beyond hiring and R&D capital, SoWork has also added one big customer to its 100-company private beta: Tinder.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 12, 2021

However, that hasn’t stopped DraftKings and the NFL Player’s Association from signing a new deal for a “gamified NFT collaboration.” The sports betting company plans to launch its collections during the 2022 - 2023 season. As far as how the operation will work, the details are scarce.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life. " What has been going on here is experimentation to understand the possibilities and potential of virtual worlds as an educational , instructional , therapeutic , marketing , and/or collaboration medium.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Shirley Williams ponders the Communities of Practice Online Collaboration Exercise "The best way for doubters to control a questionable new technology is to embrace it, lest it remain wholly in the hands of enthusiasts who think there is nothing questionable about it." How easy was it to collaborate with your team mates?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

Sometimes it doesn't support the process of collaboration effectively for all the reasons we already know. But there is also a trust issue too -- particularly if you don't know all the avatars in real life. And, how does a virtual world tool help or hinder effective online collaboration or a synchronuous online communication?

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