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5 Oculus Quest Tips for Nonprofits New to the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The universal menu includes: Apps : View and launch apps from your library. Create your Oculus Avatar. Have fun with your avatar! That said, for someone like me ( Heather Mansfield ) who is very uncomfortable on camera in real life, it’s not uncomfortable being an avatar of myself in Oculus.

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It’s a Sign: AI Platform for Teaching American Sign Language Aims to Bridge Communication Gaps

NVIDIA AI Blog

Sign language learners can access the platforms validated library of ASL signs to expand their vocabulary with the help of a 3D avatar that demonstrates signs and use an AI tool that analyzes webcam footage to receive real-time feedback on their signing.

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VR gaming startup ForeVR Games raises $10M to grow its library of Wii Sports-like titles

TechCrunch

Segal also said that since legs are coming to Meta’s avatars , ForeVR plans to “leverage that technology” when the time comes. VR gaming startup ForeVR Games raises $10M to grow its library of Wii Sports-like titles by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch. Image Credits: ForeVR Games.

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Google is brightening up your Gmail avatar with new illustrations

The Verge

The new library of illustrations indicates that Google is taking a different approach from avatars like Snap’s Bitmoji or Microsoft’s Xbox avatars, which can let you make stylized representations of what you look like. Google’s new illustrations instead give you a wide variety of generic things and places to use for your avatar.

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9 Must-Know Best Practices for Distributing Your Nonprofit’s Content on Social Networks

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If you want your nonprofit to be highly shared, retweeted, +1’d, repinned, and liked, then you absolutely must have photo-editing skills and a digital image library to work with. If your avatar, banners, and backgrounds are professionally designed, then users are much more likely to become followers. Engage authentically.

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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. Real-time 3D computer graphics and personalized avatars. Is using one avatar or item across different worlds as simple as it sounds?

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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. In addition to text quotes, Quoto also has a digital library of quotes embedded on images.

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