Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Its easy to say that the name of the advertising game has always been attention. But the level of skill, belief, strategic rigor, creative confidence, and sheer will required to win this game has never been higher or more complex. If the game really was the closest thing to the real deal, why not make it that much closer?

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The Verge

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Image: Rockstar Games. Grand Theft Auto Online is soon getting its own concert venue with the planned opening of The Music Locker, an underground nightclub that will feature real-world DJs in residence. The announcement on Monday means developer Rockstar Games is taking cues from other savvy multiplayer games like Fortnite and Roblox.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

For a moment there, it seemed like Epic Games was going to work with creators to uplift their popular dance moves by letting players officially reenact them in Fortnite — instead of simply copying them to sell more emotes and skins for your in-game avatar. the original video has 15.7 million views on tiktok.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

This sort of larger-than-life, impossibly elaborate staging is one of the advantages of performing inside of Roblox — the hit kids game — where Lil Nas X will become the first major artist to use the platform for a fully virtual concert this week. “I Later, it will morph again into a futuristic city as he plays “Panini.” Photo: Roblox.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

An online database of third-party social media apps and software, there are thousands of free tools listed in categories ranging from photos and videos to music and games. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. oneforty :: oneforty.com. Qwiki :: qwiki.com.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

Stadium Live also has “Rooms,” a feature that’s currently in beta and allows fans to create a unique room with avatar items. Some of the items are interactive, such as a speaker that plays music. Livestreams range from video game seshes, to “fit battles” (outfit contests), among others.

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

The company had raised over $2 billion by promising incredible hardware that would open up a new artistic medium — the first plausible avatar for the long-held dream of mixed reality. A pair of projects with Insomniac Games, including the short 2018 game Seedling and a follow-up called Strangelets.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2022

There is also a Music Money Plaza where users can understand the concept of credit and build it. Users can pick an avatar, chat or turn on their camera and get coaching in “a non-threatening way.”. Suma Wealth helps Latinos build credit through gaming, in-culture content by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

We’ve been able to attract top talent from the [music, entertainment, tech and gaming] industries we touch,” Lee said. Users would join as avatars, hang out with other users, and experience VR concerts together. The music industry is due for a paradigm shift, and many companies have been trying to innovate the next big thing.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A virtual Ed avatar?) With the event, Niantic appears to be attempting to follow in the footsteps of Epic Games, which has offered a number of in-game music events in Fortnite over the years from artists like Travis Scott and Ariana Grande. In-game events like these are big business for Niantic. isn’t at all clear.

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Nickelodeon is launching an Avatar Studios to make more TV series and films based on the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. Nickelodeon is launching an Avatar Studios to make more TV series and films based on the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.

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The Verge

JUNE 15, 2021

After taking a year off due to the pandemic, the world’s biggest gaming event returned in a digital-only format. After the muted reception to Square Enix’s Avengers game , it’s surprising just how exciting Guardians of the Galaxy looks. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. The game is listed as “coming soon.”. They Always Run.

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

Fittingly, the debut installation was created by LaTurbo Avedon , an artist and curator who also happens to be a digital avatar. Move further and you’ll enter a club filled with thumping dance music. From the memesis of the installed works and locations, down to noisy reflections from the game engine itself.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

As well as being live at the Coldplay performance, fans can also get actively involved in the event via avatars. They will be able to dance along with the music through their invented character, get close to the stage and see the band in action from every angle. JOYTOPIA will provide users with an unprecedented concert experience.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

Users of the app can create their own customizable NFT-based avatars called Primojis, which resemble something like doodled sketches of emojis. The startup came out of stealth today and announced it had raised a $4M seed round led by Redpoint with participation from Union Square Ventures, Harlem Capital, Stellation Capital, and others.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Once they select an avatar — their selfie — they’re plopped into a stylized, video game-like simulacrum of a physical office complete with chairs, coffee tables, water coolers and conference rooms.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web. When mobile wallets go mainstreaam, this simple tweak in text-to-give fundraising will be a game changer. In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

I didn’t think it would be that compelling to meditate in a group with avatars, but I went and tried a few of their meditations, especially during the pandemic. “When I was at Electronic Arts, I knew how toxic game communities can be and how they are not friendly to women. “I am hoping to mark the occasion.

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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. You can also view statistics about what time people voted and from what country.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Bigthinx – AI technology focused on fashion retail, wellness and the metaverse with products for body scanning, digital avatars and virtual fashion. echo3D – Cloud platform for 3D/AR/VR that provides tools and network infrastructure to help quickly build and deploy 3D/metaverse apps, games and content. The Metaverse.

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AFP Blog

JULY 27, 2006

And throughout the fantastic landscape, three-dimensional avatars walk and fly and talk - and spend a new and very real form of currency. The virtual world was created by a real-world company, Linden Labs, in 2003 and now numbers some 200,000 members who spend hundreds of thousands a day in 'Linden dollars,' the game's currency.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 14, 2009

When you enter, you start the visit by "logging in" at a kiosk that records your name, your voice, your photo, and your favorite color and music genre. At the Brooklyn Museum, you are invited to pick a digital avatar (image) from their collection to represent you. Each exhibit greets you by name at the beginning of the experience.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Artie , a startup looking to rethink the distribution of mobile games, announced today that it has raised $10 million in funding. This actually represents a pivot from Artie’s original vision of creating augmented reality avatars. ” (That’s certainly something Fortnite-maker Epic Games seems to be fighting for.) .”

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The Verge

MARCH 7, 2022

Alongside digital DIY tools like Twine, Bitsy has made game-making genuinely approachable In the video game Under A Star Called Sun , players wake up alone on a spaceship. A friend passed away in 2019; they loved sci-fi, so a year later Richard made a game set on a spaceship. Illustration by Álvaro Bernis / The Verge.

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The Verge

APRIL 16, 2021

Two organizations, Earth Day Initiative (EDI) and March for Science NYC , are collaborating to offer a series of online events culminating in a virtual march and rally using an online gaming platform.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 9, 2025

The pop star is taking center stage as the headliner for Fortnite Festival Season 8 , a rhythm-based game that feels like Guitar Hero ’s wild little cousin. But don’t think it’s just about playing music — Sabrina’s influence is everywhere. And it’s causing quite the buzz.

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