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Virtual artist Miquela debuted a music video at Lollapalooza

The Verge

Lollapalooza moved online this year , and the music festival kicked off in an appropriately online way: with the debut of a new music video from virtual creator Miquela. The “Hard Feelings” video also differs from her past music videos in a few ways. She’s part of a burgeoning field of digital influencers.

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Roblox has big plans for virtual music events

The Verge

Despite its straightforward nature, 1.156 million unique players showed up for the event, with a peak concurrent total of 166,620 people — and it’s just the start of a plan to make music an integral part of Roblox. The developer even partnered with K-pop supergroup BTS to debut a music video in Fortnite.

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FlyMachine raises $21 million to build a virtual concerts platform for a post-pandemic world

TechCrunch

San Francisco-based FlyMachine is aiming to seek out the holy grail of the digital music industry, finding a way to capture some of the magic of live concerts and performances in a live-streamed setting. The virtual concert industry didn’t have as big of a lockdown moment as some hoped for. Spotify experimented with virtual events.

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GTA Online is getting an underground nightclub featuring real-world resident DJs

The Verge

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. Rockstar is following ‘Fortnite’ and ‘Roblox’ in turning its online virtual world into a live music space. Image: Rockstar Games. Image: Rockstar Games.

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AmazeVR gets another $15M to forge the future of immersive concerts 

TechCrunch

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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Hustler at the end of the world

The Verge

His WhatsApp avatar was a round-faced cartoon man in over-ear headphones. During one transaction in Los Angeles, the buyer’s representative was supposed to meet the seller’s representative in the parking lot of a Denny’s to exchange bank details and then travel to a warehouse to pick up the gloves. “You Your choice.”.

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What a damning civil rights audit missed about Facebook

The Verge

Suhauna Hussain / Los Angeles Times ). It’s designed to create virtual live avatars of you and your colleagues to help people better engage with meetings. Today I learnt about #punk music. Microsoft researcher Josh Benaloh is working on voting software that could solve the problem of trust in secret-ballot elections.