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Meta opens up access to its VR social platform Horizon Worlds

The Verge

Its thousands of beta testers have held regular comedy shows, movie nights, and meditation sessions. He says that, so far, Meta employees have been making the script blocks at the request of beta testers and that the company eventually plans to release a free library of them. An asset library of objects is also coming.

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What is the metaverse, and do I have to care?

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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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Paramount Plus is a powerful nostalgia machine, but it doesn’t feel necessary yet

The Verge

There certainly seems to be a bunch to choose from, but with missing seasons, incomplete film collections, and no immediate “must watch” TV or movie options, the question is still why would anyone sign up for this right now? Whereas CBS All Access was restrained in its offerings, Paramount Plus takes full advantage of Viacom’s library.

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Google TV is adding kids profiles this month in the US

The Verge

You can also opt to share movies and TV shows you’ve already purchased to the kid profile with Google Play Family Library. The background on kid profiles can be customized with various themes, and Google says it will be adding profile avatars “in the coming weeks.” Image: Google.

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The latest modern art installation is inside Fortnite

The Verge

Fittingly, the debut installation was created by LaTurbo Avedon , an artist and curator who also happens to be a digital avatar. Fortnite developer Epic has been particularly adept at this, creating a brand-new social-focused island used to host concerts and movie nights.

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iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 preview

The Verge

So it’ll be interesting to see how things like SharePlay, one of the update’s marquee features, actually shake out once people have the option to watch movies and listen to music together in person again. Lastly, you can now put your Memoji avatars in outfits. Overall, iPadOS 15 gets a lot of the same improvements as the iPhone update.

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