Futurism

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The 44-second clip Meta shared on Instagram over the weekend shows misshapen avatar characters sitting in a circle of chairs while discussing their breakups (because of Valentine's Day, apparently?) My ex broke up with me via text using emojis," one avatar says in the video while waving his arms around. "I

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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. Real-time 3D computer graphics and personalized avatars. Second Life , a virtual world that isn’t a traditional game, has been frequently described as a metaverse.

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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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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Another honoree, HeyGen , launched a streaming avatar that enhances real-time interactions, creating more useful chatbots and tutors. As part of its ongoing efforts to infuse its products with AI-powered capabilities, Adobe released a new tool that transforms still images into video in less than two minutes, guided only by text prompts.

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2008

60) Search « M+R and NTEN CMS, Email, Fundraising Benchmarks Study | Main | 51% of Donors Not At All Interested in Social Networks » Monday Apr 21 2008 EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life Monday, April 21, 2008 at 02:56PM | by Caitlin Ochs Imagine having the ability to translate virtual reality into actual reality.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I was hired in July 2009 to come into the organization and breathe life into social networking, explore new opportunities and empower the volunteers. Did you experience resistance from higher ups in the organization initially utilizing about social media, or were they supportive? 5) Launch a mobile version of www.pancan.org.

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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. Details: Lius avatar is powered by the companys ChatRhino large language model, according to a WeChat post that JD published on Wednesday. Three, two, one! Show [shopping] link!

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2008

60) Search « M+R and NTEN CMS, Email, Fundraising Benchmarks Study | Main | 51% of Donors Not At All Interested in Social Networks » Monday Apr 21 2008 EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life Monday, April 21, 2008 at 02:56PM | by Caitlin Ochs Imagine having the ability to translate virtual reality into actual reality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2006

Susan Tenby and I were co-authors (our real life and avatar photos above). Technorati Tags: secondlife.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2006

The Second Life build is a virtual representation of their alternative gift catalogue Communities in remote areas of the world request particular items, say a cow or a pig. There is a chicken animation where your avatar can move around like a chicken. You can to it in Second Life here.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2009

And one of these tools is Second Life , the most prominent online 3D virtual world where users can meet and socialize using voice and text chat for free. We asked GreenTech volunteer Michael Hodges to sign up and try out different things in Second Life like find the Nonprofit Commons Island and befriend 'avatars' there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

That's my avatar with a fez I pocked up in Virtual Morocco in Second Life, a student project! I've been curious what a virtual Angkor Wat or other cultural wonders of the world look like in Second Life? How could explore culture in a virtual environment as a learning experience that is connected to a real life experience?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

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. The idea is to bring back the kinds of serendipitous interactions we used to have in the real world.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2009

One free service is Second Life, the most prominent online 3D virtual world where users can meet and socialize using voice and text chat. Last week, we posted a Second Life review by GreenTech volunteer, Michael Hodges, entitled Second Life as Alice in Wonderland. Monica is a San Francisco based architect.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life. Both events had their share of clunkiness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2007

Stacy Surla invited me to participate remotely at the IA Summit taking place this weekend in Las Vegas on a panel about IA in Second Life and informal poster session to introduce Second Life to IA folks. I had skype with a video camera and Second Life application opened (which kept crashing my computer.) It was Peter Morville !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

While at first it may feel a little narcissistic, it is a clever and moving exhibition of your Facebook life – and one of the few Facebook apps I have recommended that anyone add on Facebook. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. oneforty :: oneforty.com.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2010

We all work hard to present ourselves online the way we want to be seen, either for our job/professional careers or to keep a line between personal life and work. Only knowing someone by their avatar or their username may make it difficult to share stories and ask hard questions, online. Tip #3: Meet Real People.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2007

A photo from this afternoon's protest poster and t-shirt making workshop that is part of RootsCampSL "J27 Events for Peace " Building stuff together in Second Life is where great learning takes place.The workshop leader was errcheck Hick (you can see his read t-shirt and ponytail in the photo.) He did an excellent job.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2009

The reason was because many participants in the room were participating from both Second Life and the room in San Jose, and they are doing so, in avatar form. The reason was because many participants in the room were participating from both Second Life and the room in San Jose, and they are doing so, in avatar form.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

" Griefing can be a problem in Second Life, although it does not happen at every location all the time. For example, at the BlogHer in Second Life panels and social events no problems were report as indicated by this report by VintFalken and the Information Literacy Weblog. it's easier to destroy than to create ???

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The Verge

MAY 17, 2021

Here’s the official description of what you’ll be doing in the digital version: As they enter the Gucci Garden experience, visitors will shed their avatars becoming a neutral mannequin. Without gender or age, the mannequin symbolizes that we all begin our journeys through life as a blank canvas.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2010

Attendees can join a tour of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life or learn how to use digital storytelling and Facebook for quick and easy updates to keep connected to supporters. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Photo from Kate in Flickr Social Signal Open House in TechSoup Office last week I'm playing catch up here on a bunch of Second Life stuff happening over the past week that I didn't want to let slip through my fingers: Social Signal held an open house in Second Life to welcome their new virtual worlds manager, Catherine Winters , to Social Signal.

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The Verge

APRIL 16, 2022

It’s not immediately clear how else Microsoft plans on implementing ads, such as having them show up as avatar skins or as videos inside game lobbies. Saints Row 2 even had real-life ads on billboards, like this one for Netflix.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 26, 2007

This month's Net Tuesday will be a special "mixed reality" event in San Francisco and in Second Life to celebrate the opening of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life , a community space for nonprofits. I am a total Second Life newbie. I found this Second Life Basic Help page today which might help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Right now there's a group of us trying to do some action learning about how to facilitate virtual collaborative work and learning in Second Life. To make life easier the boxes will grow bigger and after about an hour they will disappear. The first level is the second life literacy skills - how you move around and communicate.

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The Verge

MARCH 10, 2021

That could effectively translate most of a user’s face onto an avatar or into a motion capture system. The palm-sized tracking pucks are 33 percent smaller and 15 percent lighter than the last generation, and HTC promises a 75 percent increase in battery life. They will also be released in the US on the 24th for $129.99.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The developer is designing The Music Locker like a venue you might actually attend in real life, located beneath The Diamond in-game casino and resort in its fictionalized version of Los Angeles. Rockstar will even let you enjoy high-roller status with VIP perks you can only obtain if you’ve purchased a penthouse suite at The Diamond.

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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. Then on Saturday afternoon, Lil Nas X’s avatar will finally perform. Photo: Roblox.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 11, 2008

Our conversation focused on Facebook, Second Life, and Skype. The same with Second Life. Organizations hold meetings on Second Life, I put on a sexy female avatar with my breasts hanging out, and I'm just accepted. All the guys have learned to use female avatars and personae on the sites.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

.” Ohanian explained that, when he was going through Y Combinator, he was going through a rough time in his personal life. The financial burden added even more complexity to his life, and an incalculable level of stress. Itsme , an Avatar-based social platform. Gloria , a company building the home of football online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2008

TechSoup's Susan Tenby , Senor Manager--Online Community Development , gave a prepared testimony before the the House Committee on Energy and Commerce' s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet on April 1st about the potential of Second Life. Mercury News Washington Post Coverage also on the TechSoup Second Life Blog ( here )

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

While at first it may feel a little narcissistic, it is a clever and moving exhibition of your Facebook life – and one of the few Facebook apps I have recommended that anyone add on Facebook. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Qwiki :: qwiki.com. USTREAM :: ustream.tv.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2006

That's my Second Life avatar). You knew I just had to do this. the lastest from Feedburner - the ability to put your log or photo into an RSS widget. The hardest part was the creating the jpg. Downside is that if you put javascript into your post - it doesn't show up.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

Through the platform, data scientists could customize the avatars’ poses as well as their hair, facial hair, apparel (e.g., ” One of Synthesis AI’s digital avatars. masks and glasses), and environmental aspects like the lighting and even the “lens type” of the virtual camera.

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