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Lil Nas X brings Old Town Road to Roblox with an elaborate virtual concert

The Verge

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. “I I’ve been working hard with Roblox to create this incredible VIRTUAL LIVE CONCERT EXPERIENCE!

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Inside Facebook’s struggle to keep young people

The Verge

They predicted that, if “increasingly fewer teens are choosing Facebook as they grow older,” the company would face a more “severe” decline in young users than it already projected. And while Instagram remains incredibly popular with teens, Facebook’s own data shows that they are starting to engage with the app less. Declining numbers.

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WildWorks, maker of Animal Jam and Feral, angers fans with embrace of crypto gaming

TechCrunch

Less than a year ago, WildWorks, the makers of the kid’s virtual world game Animal Jam , launched its next big effort with a game aimed at Gen Z teens, called Feral. Players will be able to connect their NFT avatar to Cinder on the day it’s minted to join the free-form MMO’s community and explore the virtual world.

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Live Blog Post from MacArthur Foundation: Virtual World Event on Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. to the USC folks).

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This company is making digital humans to serve the metaverse

The Verge

When we think of the metaverse, popularly depicted as a game-like virtual environment where humans use avatars to live, work, and play, we’re often the main characters. Digital people running on Soul Machines’ dystopian-sounding Humans OS 2.0 can use their hands and will one day be able to use full-body motions.

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Be sure to embed your avatar or logo and embed hashtag for the campaign on the images and graphics. 9) Host Virtual Fundraising Events. After COVID-19, many of your supporters will want to reconnect in-person, but virtual events are likely here to stay. See Hope Grow raised nearly $460,000 for TreeHouse teens.

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Best Practices for Nonprofits: Engaging Youth in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Global Kids , a nonprofit that worked virtually with a group of youth in Teen Second Life last summer on their chosen issue of child sex trafficking, shares its best practices for nonprofits. who want to work in Second Life. These include general tips (e.g., use real world content when addressing real world issues).