TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Today, a startup in that bigger ecosystem, which believes it can fix one aspect of how this works — how we ourselves appear — is announcing some funding along with a beta of its live avatar software that has been years in the making. For now, you can share the avatars with friends and put them into a dancing animation.).

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

On a Friday night in September, more than a million people showed up to an album launch party inside the virtual world of Roblox. American pop star Ava Max held a “virtual fan meetup” in the game to celebrate the launch of her new album Heaven & Hell. They’re events that have attracted millions of virtual attendees.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 15, 2020

But the virtual space is not just limited to virtual staff meetings or social gatherings. Virtual conferences and trade shows are becoming the new industry standard. Best Practices for Running a Virtual Trade Show. If you are new to creating virtual trade shows , there are a few things you should keep in mind.

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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. The protagonist is a master hacker who gets in katana fights at a virtual nightclub. Real-time 3D computer graphics and personalized avatars.

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Futurism

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Meta has released a new "ad" for its flagship virtual reality app,Horizon Worlds and it's so much worse than anyone could have predicted. 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?)

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Digital Trends

MARCH 2, 2021

At Microsoft Ignite, Avatar and Titanic director James Cameron joined Microsoft for a fully virtual tech conference featuring holoports, a new Mesh, and more.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Synthesia One of the leading AI video creation platforms, Synthesia , allows users to generate professional training videos using AI-generated avatars. With just a script, Synthesia can turn your content into a video featuring a virtual presenter. Key Benefits of AI Video Tools : AI avatars simplify video production.

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TechNode

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

TikTok owner Douyin is piloting a new AI-driven feature, dubbed the V Project, introducing virtual avatars designed to mimic creators’ personalities and habits, enabling 24/7 interactions with users, according to Chinese media outlet Tech Star. Tech Star, in Chinese ]

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2023

Founded in 2018, the startup initially focused on conversational AI, aiming to build cutting-edge, top-of-the-line voice recognition and speech synthesis tech. MeetKai’s room-rendering tech. MeetKai launches new room-scanning tech and metaverse builder by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch.

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The Verge

AUGUST 14, 2020

Pinterest employees are staging a virtual walkout today to protest discrimination and retaliation at the company. The petition encourages employees to overlay their Slack avatar with the faces of the three women. Photo by Spencer Platt / Getty Images. These were policies that Ozoma and Banks helped create.

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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. take advantage of our heightened connectivity, more and more companies (currently about 2,000) have become mobile virtual network operators, or MVNOs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Employers have responded in kind, more or less, with tech companies in particular offering generous work from home and hybrid work options. “ When COVID-19 hit, we scrambled like everyone else to go virtual. ” One of Kumospace’s virtual office spaces. Image Credits: Kumospace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? Mensajeros de la Paz with a virtual homeless kid has received enough Money to. I also tracked down the avatar in Second Life and did an interview with the people from NGO involved in this campaign. I try base my opinions on research.

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The Verge

JANUARY 20, 2022

Twitter is working on ways to showcase such blockchain-supported items , while Reddit launched its own collection of NFT avatars for users. An NFT is, at heart, a way to claim ownership of a digital item like a JPG or a GIF via a unique address on the blockchain.

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The Verge

JANUARY 13, 2022

A recruiter works on a computer, 19 June 2007 at the cyber cafe “Le Milk” in Paris, during the Neo Job-Meeting (NJM) event, the first virtual job fair on the 3-D “Second Life” on-line game. Photo credit should read STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images. HighFidelityXR Invests in @SecondLife.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

“We will benefit from their unique experience and ability to create amazing experiences that help organizations use virtual spaces to drive impact. With Active Replica, Ervin and Denis sought to built a platform for virtual events and meetings built on top of Mozilla’s Hubs project.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 15, 2020

But the virtual space is not just limited to virtual staff meetings or social gatherings. Virtual conferences and trade shows are becoming the new industry standard. Best Practices for Running a Virtual Trade Show. If you are new to creating virtual trade shows , there are a few things you should keep in mind.

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The Verge

JANUARY 9, 2021

Oh hey, it’s all of my PC games available to play on the Quest 2, wire-free, from within a virtual room. I’m going to walk you through the steps required to make this happen on your Quest 2 virtual reality headset. Buy the Virtual Desktop app for Quest. Virtual Desktop running on the Quest 2. This is getting weird.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Simply plug in your nonprofits’s website URL and you can seen cached versions of your site going back to 1996. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

3) Creating a webpage on our website specifically for the social media community and offer Twitter backgrounds, avatars, copy and paste status updates/tweets and downloads for people to use and share. (4) I do social media reporting at the large events with the objective of creating a virtual experience for those who cannot attend.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 17, 2020

As planners all over the world move their events online or to a hybrid format, the use of virtual event platforms continues to grow. These platforms can help event planners and organizers market and host a virtual event, like a conference or a trade show, that delivers the same quality and value as a live event.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 17, 2020

As planners all over the world move their events online or to a hybrid format, the use of virtual event platforms continues to grow. These platforms can help event planners and organizers market and host a virtual event, like a conference or a trade show, that delivers the same quality and value as a live event.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

With the promise of an interconnected virtual world coming into focus and user-crafted gaming content exploding, Infinite Canvas is looking to apply to the metaverse lessons learned in the esports boom. “Metaverse” is the hot buzzword right now, but it’s not an empty term. million subscribers. . Shachar asked.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Now, certain industries are emerging as potential areas where New Zealand can win in the tech space. Deep tech, medtech/biotech, climate tech, and crypto and blockchain are all areas that investors say they’re either actively investing in or watching for signs of scale. New Zealanders make really good founders.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

That said, to be alerted of new resources for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. e-Newsletter. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 16, 2021

Virtual and hybrid event platforms like Accelevents will have features designed for automating your event marketing efforts. Augmented reality spaces, perfect for virtual exhibitors. Event tech will be integral to your hybrid event anyway, and your exhibitors, sponsors, and presenters will want to capitalize on its benefits.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

In partnership with AiFi , a startup that aims to enable retailers to deploy autonomous shopping tech cost-effectively, Microsoft today launched a preview of a cloud service called Smart Store Analytics. AiFi’s autonomous in-store tracking tech in action, with avatar stand-ins for real shoppers. million purchases to date.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Spatial, an early player in virtual reality workroom apps, is changing its focus to virtual art galleries showcasing non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. It’s a potential indication of where some “metaverse” tech might be going in the near future — namely, away from VR-heavy, work-focused experiences and toward more entertainment.

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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. Avatars are virtual alter egos, that are our embodiment (not always human, as I noted) in a virtual world.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Facetime : While Mark Zuckerberg is promising better metaverse avatars, Estonia-based Ready Player Me is delivering. Andreessen Horowitz led the company’s recent $56 million raise into the company that is building dynamic, animated game avatars for virtual worlds, Ingrid writes. Big Tech Inc. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

MacArthur Foundation hosted its first discussion in Second Life to explore the role that philanthropy might play in virtual worlds. Something to make the virtual world better and empowering the community in a unique way. We hope that together to make the virtual and physical worlds better. tech into their giving practices.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Launched by Nonprofit Tech 2.0, #FundraisingFriday is a Twitter campaign meant to encourage individuals to donate $10 to their favorite nonprofit every Friday. e-Newsletter. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

AmazeVR , a virtual reality concert platform that enables users to experience their favorite artists’ VR concerts through content generation tools, announced today it has secured $15 million, which was oversubscribed within three weeks. . Users would join as avatars, hang out with other users, and experience VR concerts together.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Nova itself is a counterpoint to profit-focused corporate venture capital outfits, and is instead focusing on abilities to collaborate with the LG conglomerate across the board, in a few key verticals: the metaverse, connected healthcare, smart homes, electric vehicles (EV) and the wonderfully fuzzily named tech for good. CurieAi, Inc.

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TechNode

JUNE 19, 2024

WeChat owner Tencent will ban virtual influencers from livestreaming on its TikTok-like service Video Accounts, a strict move that the tech giant said aims to encourage more real live hosts who can interact with viewers in real-time. The move comes as rival platforms have largely adopted a hands off approach to AI-powered anchors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech for Good 2.0 A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

That said, to be alerted of new resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. e-Newsletter. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk. USTREAM :: ustream.tv.

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