TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

NetEase, the second-largest gaming company in China (behind Tencent), is among a group of investors who just backed IMVU, an avatar-focused social network operating out of California. Founded in 2005, NetEase is now known for its news portal, music streaming app, education products and video games that compete with those of Tencent.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 7, 2020

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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

An online database of third-party social media apps and software, there are thousands of free tools listed in categories ranging from photos and videos to music and games. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. oneforty :: oneforty.com. Qwiki :: qwiki.com.

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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. “Using weapons such as the bow and arrow, chakra, lightning and fire bolts, players can battle through different levels of combat and puzzle games,” Krikey said.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2010

Only knowing someone by their avatar or their username may make it difficult to share stories and ask hard questions, online. Find out what you have common (hobbies, music, travel) and what drives people to do the work they do (personal stories, passions, skills). So, make friends!

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As its audience continues to grow up, Roblox is trying to grow up, too, by expanding into music , offering its players a way to hang out with their friends and catch a show — a particularly useful service at a time when pandemic restrictions prevent large gatherings across most of the world. Photo: Roblox. million people.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

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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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

Stadium Live also has “Rooms,” a feature that’s currently in beta and allows fans to create a unique room with avatar items. Some of the items are interactive, such as a speaker that plays music. “Sports is more than just sports to Gen Z, it is culture, music, fashion, and so much more.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Players can unlock skins for their cornhole bean bags/boards, darts and bowling balls, listen to music through YouTube-powered jukeboxes, as well as explore different “halls” and bowling lanes, such as bowling in Atlantis or playing darts at a British pub. Image Credits: ForeVR Games.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

While companies like Branch and Gather look like video games with a productivity element, Nooks skips the avatar feel altogether, looking closer to Teamflow or Tandem. We don’t actually believe that in order to talk to someone you need to be a video gamer, have your avatar around and go walk up to them,” he said. “It

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

and music-making app Collab , among other things. Meanwhile, third co-founder and iOS engineer Nick Kruge , hails from Smule (where he was Director of Product Design) and Uber , in addition to Google, where he worked on YouTube mobile and YouTube Music. “But for now, it’s all just like just a website or a game you play.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A virtual Ed avatar?) With the event, Niantic appears to be attempting to follow in the footsteps of Epic Games, which has offered a number of in-game music events in Fortnite over the years from artists like Travis Scott and Ariana Grande. isn’t at all clear. In-game events like these are big business for Niantic.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

As well as being live at the Coldplay performance, fans can also get actively involved in the event via avatars. They will be able to dance along with the music through their invented character, get close to the stage and see the band in action from every angle. JOYTOPIA will provide users with an unprecedented concert experience.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Given as little as a single word, QuickVid chooses a background video from a library, writes a script and keywords, overlays images generated by DALL-E 2 and adds a synthetic voiceover and background music from YouTube’s royalty-free music library. QuickVid is already testing Stable Diffusion for generating avatar pics.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Its an umbrella term for transformers, large language models, diffusion models and other neural networks capturing peoples imaginations because they can create text, images, music, software, videos and more.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

Users of the app can create their own customizable NFT-based avatars called Primojis, which resemble something like doodled sketches of emojis. The startup came out of stealth today and announced it had raised a $4M seed round led by Redpoint with participation from Union Square Ventures, Harlem Capital, Stellation Capital, and others.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web. 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. Animoto :: animoto.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

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. You can also view statistics about what time people voted and from what country.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

I didn’t think it would be that compelling to meditate in a group with avatars, but I went and tried a few of their meditations, especially during the pandemic. I was thinking we could have an ambient music DJ event and a launch party of our two communities coming together. “I am hoping to mark the occasion.

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

Fittingly, the debut installation was created by LaTurbo Avedon , an artist and curator who also happens to be a digital avatar. Move further and you’ll enter a club filled with thumping dance music. (An actual IRL space called The Factory is currently under construction.) Smoke machines create a foggy haze.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Once they select an avatar — their selfie — they’re plopped into a stylized, video game-like simulacrum of a physical office complete with chairs, coffee tables, water coolers and conference rooms. Image Credits: Kumospace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

ll all be able to stay home, prevent climate change and just send our avatars to Switzerland. Music in video: Wonder Drums by porchcat But by the time I arrived on Wednesday, there were already one million blog hits for ???Davos Davos 2007.??? At this rate, we???ll Has this view been changed by the pervasive Internet access?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Bigthinx – AI technology focused on fashion retail, wellness and the metaverse with products for body scanning, digital avatars and virtual fashion. allt – Brings together the world of entertainment and engagement by connecting apps on phones and devices in the home to movies, shows and music. The Metaverse.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2021

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. The iOS 15 homescreen is largely unchanged from iOS 14.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Here’s how they break down: Priority: the little icon that goes with the notification — usually the avatar for the person who sent it — will appear in your status bar and on the lock screen instead of just the icon for the app. Expand it down, and you’ll get full album art, a scrub bar, and whatever else the music app wants to toss up there.

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AFP Blog

JULY 27, 2006

And throughout the fantastic landscape, three-dimensional avatars walk and fly and talk - and spend a new and very real form of currency. They buy land and buildings (all virtual of course), clothing and accessories, movies, vehicles, and music. And more and more, they give money away. Real money to real charities.".

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2008

And while I'm excited to engage in this discussion with other museum professionals on June 4, I'm even more thrilled to meet the real people behind the avatars who initiated these wonderful exhibits. I've been grappling with these and other questions over the last several months.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2007

To be eligible for the prize, your exhibit must be on the theme of "Art, Film, Music & Technology." We know there are lots of people out there who have been "peeking in" on Second Life for awhile now, reading the articles, seeing the videos, maybe even creating an avatar.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 14, 2009

When you enter, you start the visit by "logging in" at a kiosk that records your name, your voice, your photo, and your favorite color and music genre. At the Brooklyn Museum, you are invited to pick a digital avatar (image) from their collection to represent you. Each exhibit greets you by name at the beginning of the experience.

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2021

It’s rare that apps come back from the dead, but it seems like that may be what’s happening with Turntable.fm, a site that let you create their own radio-stations and DJ sets with music you curate before it got shuttered in 2014. Even rarer, it seems like there are two versions involved in the revival: the original Turntable.fm

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

Your supporters also want to see what your staff and working space look like – the human beings behind the avatar, if you will. I make sure that music on Pandora is on the agenda for at least half the day. Since I have returned from Asia I have cut my consumption of broadcast news by 95%. Silence is also good.

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

The company had raised over $2 billion by promising incredible hardware that would open up a new artistic medium — the first plausible avatar for the long-held dream of mixed reality. A mixed reality music experience with the band Sigur Rós. A mixed reality Spotify music app. A collaboration with virtual comics company Madefire.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Nickelodeon is launching an Avatar Studios to make more TV series and films based on the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. Nickelodeon is launching an Avatar Studios to make more TV series and films based on the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

This actually represents a pivot from Artie’s original vision of creating augmented reality avatars. Artie is also developing games with a major music star and a superhero IP-owner, and he argued that by combining no code/low code authoring tools with Artie’s distribution platform, this could become a bigger trend.

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The Verge

JUNE 15, 2021

Based on the initial footage, the game appears to really nail the Guardians vibe, complete with lots of banter and ’80s music. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Who knows if James Cameron’s Avatar sequels will ever actually materialize, but at least you’ll be able to head back to Pandora in a video game.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

“So you can see the avatar of who’s talking and you can click it and follow them or browse their profile to see what else they’re interested in, so it’s a different experience than just a flat audio file.” ” Image Credits: Callin, screenshot by TechCrunch.

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