TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

The brainchild of Ilya Gelfenbeyn, Michael Ermolenko and Kylan Gibbs, the startup’s AI-powered service generates virtual characters primarily for games, but also in broader entertainment and marketing campaigns. “ Inworld is a creative platform for building virtual characters for immersive realities. .

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The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

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. The protagonist is a master hacker who gets in katana fights at a virtual nightclub. Real-time 3D computer graphics and personalized avatars.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

For corporate holiday events, you might have considered hosting a virtual holiday party such as a Santa exchange. Business, non-profits, and charities should consider hosting a virtual holiday fundraiser like a virtual gala. Things to Consider Before Planning Your Virtual Holiday Fundraiser.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Another honoree, HeyGen , launched a streaming avatar that enhances real-time interactions, creating more useful chatbots and tutors. take advantage of our heightened connectivity, more and more companies (currently about 2,000) have become mobile virtual network operators, or MVNOs.

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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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TechNode

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

TikTok owner Douyin is piloting a new AI-driven feature, dubbed the V Project, introducing virtual avatars designed to mimic creators’ personalities and habits, enabling 24/7 interactions with users, according to Chinese media outlet Tech Star.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

Like a box of LEGOS, Rooms is meant for open-ended play where people use the objects to express themselves in some way — whether that’s building a tiny version of a real-world room, a dream room, or by creating some sort of interactive space, like a simple game or a musical instrument you can click to play, or something else.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

All over the world startups are piling into the space marked “virtual interaction and collaboration”. Step forward Cosmos Video , which has a virtual venues platform that allows people to work, hang out and socialize together. Cosmos allows users to create virtual venues by combining game mechanics with video chat.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2022

Ironically, the answer in both cases greatly depends on the code and the data infrastructure that will power every interaction in the realm. When you make your way through the proverbial crowd in a metaverse, your VR headset has to render every other avatar next to you according to your perspective and spatial location.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

2) Interaction and response from postings (i.e. Averaging 200 interactions per post on Facebook (this includes comments, likes and wall posts). I do social media reporting at the large events with the objective of creating a virtual experience for those who cannot attend. Please summarize your ROI. I am tracking the ROI.

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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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AccelEvents

AUGUST 25, 2020

Virtual events offer a lot of benefits to an event organizer. Virtual attendees can see benefits as well! A virtual event means that those face-to-face interactions will not be possible but that does not mean that you can’t facilitate and encourage networking all the same. . Advertise the Opportunities. Show Them How.

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TechNode

APRIL 23, 2024

An avatar of JD founder Richard Liu participated in its third livestreaming show on Monday as part of a promotional event for this years World Book Day. The e-commerce giant will reportedly offer free services to merchants to try avatar-based livestreams during 618.

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The Verge

AUGUST 4, 2021

Facebook Reality Labs wants to help people see your eyes while you’re in virtual reality — even if the results sit somewhere between mildly unsettling and nightmarish. It’s useful for quickly dropping out of VR, and it can also enable a form of augmented reality by adding virtual objects to the camera feed. Facebook Reality Labs.

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TechNode

APRIL 18, 2024

Richard Liu, founder of Chinese e-commerce company JD, debuted his livestreaming show on Tuesday using an avatar in his likeness. The billionaires virtual doppelganger drove total sales volumes to exceed RMB 50 million ($6.9 The post added that its AI-driven virtual hosts now serve more than 4,000 brands. Three, two, one!

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

After a challenging year for location-based virtual reality startups due to COVID-19, Sandbox VR , a location-based VR startup, is making a comeback with a plan to expand its operations further across the globe. The global location-based virtual reality market is projected to reach $26.3 Canada and Asia. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

While Meta tries to convince users to attend virtual work meetings in its metaverse , ForeVR Games , a VR gaming startup with casual games like bowling, darts and cornhole, is a reminder that virtual reality is supposed to be fun. The new capital brings the company’s total raised to $18.5 Image Credits: ForeVR Games.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Jio subscribers in India will get exclusive access to a range of features in Krikey, available on Android and iOS, including a 3D avatar, and entry to some game levels and weapons. “We believe AR has a huge potential in not just gaming but in many other industries to disrupt the way people interact with the world around them.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Originally just called Horizon, it requires a Facebook account and lets you hang out with up to 20 people at a time in a virtual space. Safety is a big concern for a VR environment like Horizon Worlds, where you can easily interact with someone you don’t know. Now we can open up and say we have interesting things that people can do”.

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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

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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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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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Specifically, he sees the Active Replica team working on personalized subscription tiers, improving the onboarding experience and introducing new interaction capabilities in Hubs. “We will benefit from their unique experience and ability to create amazing experiences that help organizations use virtual spaces to drive impact.

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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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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

Two-dimensional virtual event platforms such as Hopin, Cvent and Zoom have become staples of virtual events, but these are about consuming content rather than “user activation” for brands. So in the metaverse, brands have turned to platforms like Meta, Sandbox or Decentraland for this kind of interaction.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

There are a total of 15 Snap Lenses for EpocCam, which include virtual backgrounds, virtual masks, and customizable filters. Become your digital avatar, colorize your hair, interact with animated characters, and much more”. Now the functionality is included natively in the EpocCam app. Pro version. Pro version.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2010

Susan Tenby from TechSoup Global along with Interactive Producers Evonne Heyning from and Josephine Dorado. Also, engage in a mixed reality event as avatars and representatives from nonprofits around the world discuss their work both virtually and in their communities. Mixed Reality Learning Lab. Dates: All conference long!

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AccelEvents

JUNE 17, 2020

As planners all over the world move their events online or to a hybrid format, the use of virtual event platforms continues to grow. These platforms can help event planners and organizers market and host a virtual event, like a conference or a trade show, that delivers the same quality and value as a live event.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 17, 2020

As planners all over the world move their events online or to a hybrid format, the use of virtual event platforms continues to grow. These platforms can help event planners and organizers market and host a virtual event, like a conference or a trade show, that delivers the same quality and value as a live event.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Soul Machines , a New Zealand-based company that uses CGI, AI and natural language processing to create lifelike digital people who can interact with humans in real time, has raised $70 million in a Series B1 round, bringing its total funding to $135 million. Interacting with Viola, the digital person created by Soul Machines.

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

This marks DeepSeeks first integration into a game and its debut as a virtual avatar, the Justice Mobile team said on the Chinese social platform Weibo. In the game, the DeepSeek-powered Shen Qiusuo will chat with players, share martial arts stories, and engage in emotional interactions. Justice Mobile Weibo , in Chinese]

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AccelEvents

MARCH 4, 2021

With the events industry focused on hybrid and virtual events instead of more traditional live events, event producers need to pay careful attention to the attendee experience. With an online event, those factors are non-existent and care must be taken to ensure that each virtual attendee has an immersive experience.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 28, 2020

These impromptu networking opportunities are not possible at a virtual event. It can seem difficult to think of networking ideas for your virtual event, but we’re here to help. To that end, here is a list of creative and original networking ideas to include at your next virtual event. Virtual Networking Ideas.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2020

Applications will be able to add a tab to meeting invites where Teams users can interact with the app before a meeting begins. 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

JANUARY 5, 2023

To round out the new product suite, MeetKai is launching MeetKai Cloud AI, which allows developers to plug a cloud-driven voice assistant into an existing virtual environment. ” Image Credits: MeetKai.

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