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Music Artists and Communities: Feeling the Beat in the Metaverse

Music Artists and Communities: Feeling the Beat in the Metaverse

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INNA MODJA

SEAN

KEREM DEMIRAYAK

METAVERSE NEWS

2023 tech predictions: AI writers, testing crypto times and ‘be ready’ for EU Big Tech regulation

Euronews Next takes a look at what could lie ahead for the tech and crypto sectors in 2023.

Electronic skins are usually attached to joints to track a user’s movements. Up until now

Scientists had had a hard time making an electronic device flexible and stretchable enough to be comfortably used

This headset makes you feel things on your lips, mouth and tongue for more immersive VR experiences

Is virtual reality getting too weird?

Augmented Reality metaverse platform, OVER takes center stage at Metaverse Fashion Week 2023

On March 31st, OVER will occupy a prime location in Milan’s Piazza del
Duomo to stage a unique hybrid fashion show. Under the patronage of the
Municipality of Milan, the virtual catwalk will showcase designs from
new and traditional fashion brands – modeled by digital avatars
appearing in the physical world, via OVER’s augmented reality app.

WhatsApp would exit the U.K. market

End-to-end encryption ensures that only the user and the person they are communicating with can read or listen to what is sent, and nobody in between, not even Meta/Facebook, can gain access to this content. 

Google and Meta Platforms filed a lawsuit against a South Korean watchdog

It came after the PIPC slap a combined fine of 100 billion won ($77.2 million) on them for collecting personal information without users’ consent

Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $1,710

Land in Decentraland and The Sandbox skyrocketed after Facebook’s rebrand to meta

South Korean company SK Telecom's air taxi mockup was one of the eye-catching demonstrations at the 2023 MWC

Tech companies and wireless carriers at this week’s expo in Barcelona displayed advancements to connect people and businesses online

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METAVERSE NEWS

Metaverse Tokens Outperforming Bitcoin in January

🚀 Metaverse Tokens SAND & MANA Skyrocket in 2023 🔥

Will the metaverse be entertaining? Ask South Korea

Decentralized Systems Lead the Metaverse Revolution

Non Fungible Conference is back with the most radical lineup, ready to celebrate the NFT era

The news is out! We’re going to @NFCsummit in Lisbon from 7-8 June 2023 and we get to give you 20 Allowlists! Use the code “METASUMMIT30” to get a discounted ticket (€30 vs €600) 🔥

HTC Vive XR Elite headset debuts for enthusiasts and enterprises

HTC Vive debuted its Vive XR Elite virtual reality and mixed reality headset at CES 2023

'NO AI' Watermark Generator​

Concept Artist Edit Ballai presented a new tool that can help protect your property from being fed to image generators

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A Look into the future of the #music industry.

Warner Music Group’s Web3 and Metaverse investments and partnerships

Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA) published their annual report of 2022

BGA has conducted a member survey to assess and present data from the views of BGA members and blockchain gaming professionals on the state of the industry and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

NFT gaming trends in 2023: Industry execs expect more big players to jump in

From more gaming companies jumping in to the relevance of popular concepts, various industry pros shared their insights on upcoming NFT gaming trends.

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BGA Panel : New ownership model and utilities of NFTs

BGA Blockchain Gaming Panel

Speakers List:

DR. ALEXANDER HOBBS

SAJJAD REHMAN

SARO MCKENNA

FLAVIEN DEFRAIRE

3D Motion Capture Tools, NFTs & Creator Economy in Metaverse with Yassine Tahi

This week on the podcast, we invited Yassine, CEO of Kinetix shared his view on how democratized 3D creation tools, user-generated motion capture and NFT are tightly linked in the current stage of development, creating new business model based on asset ownership.

METAVERSE NEWS

Building Real-World AR Software and Hardware with Qualcomm

Niantic, Inc. and Qualcomm team up to create their own AR headset standard

Virtual gear for new realities: Adidas Originals launches inaugural NFT wearables collection

 revealed their virtual fashion collection. What do you think?

Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon AR2 Designed to Revolutionize AR Glasses

Qualcomm introduces Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1 platform

GOOD READS

Report: The Metaverse in Asia

The potential impact of the metaverse to GDP in Asia is US$0.8T-US$1.4T per year by 2035, roughly 1.3 – 2.4% of overall GDP.

Immersed Metaverse Market Map

This market map features 70 companies that have defined the metaverse and are building their portion of the ecosystem.

Top 30 NFT Use Cases for Enterprises

30 ways NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens on a Blockchain) are being used by enterprises.

Even in the metaverse, women remain locked out of leadership roles

How to bridge the gap in the new era of internet?
Women are locked out of leadership in the metaverse according to McKinsey & Company.

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Crypto's Who's Who: Web3 Companies

The who’s who of Web3 Companies

METAVERSE NEWS

Yuga Labs Acquires Beeple's WENEW and its Flagship NFT Collection, 10KTF

The company behind Bored Ape Yacht Club has hinted at an integration between 10KTF and its gamified metaverse platform #Otherside

Apple Plans a 3D World and Video Service for Its Mixed-Reality Headset

The first version of the operating system, codenamed #Oak, is wrapping up internally and should be ready for the new hardware next year.

Netflix is innovating toward to next era of the movie industry

So many opportunities are coming to the movie industry, and Hollywood should be aware of what the competition is doing

Sony investigating NFTs and blockchains, new patent reveals PlayStation

BREAKING: Sony just filed a #patent for in-game #NFT infrastructure for their PlayStation console.

Nike Will Let People Design and Sell Sneakers for the Metaverse

👟 The iconic brand’s latest venture is a metaverse play called .Swoosh, a Web3-enabled platform where people will be able to buy its virtual products

Web3 gaming infrastructure startup Xternity raises $4.5 million: Exclusive

Israel-based start-up “Xternity” is helping web2 game publishers use web3 and NFTs, through its “no-code” platform

Immutable-Backed Web3 Startup Eterlast Emerges From Stealth with $4.5M Raise

Gaming company “Eterlast” has raised $4.5 million to bring web3 games to sports fans

GOOD READS

Metaverse beyond the hype:

Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy

Gartner Outlines Six Trends Driving Near-Term Adoption of Metaverse Technologies

Gartner defines a metaverse as “the next level of interaction in the virtual and physical worlds.”

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[Metaverse Roadshow] Lighthouse Labs with Jonathan Brun

Watch this interview with Jonathan Brun, co-founder & CEO of Lighthouse Labs. Yingzi chats with Jonathan about Lighthouse, spatial web and the future

How to become content and experiences builders inside the Metaverses

We invited the founder of Supersocial, Yonatan Raz-Fridman (Yon). Yon is a content and experience builder in Metaverse especially Roblox. 

[Metaverse Summit] Buying & Building in the Metaverse: tips and lessons learned

In this podcast we share tips and lessons learned

METAVERSE NEWS

Meta to Let Users Mint and Sell Polygon-Powered NFTs on Instagram

NFTs is supported for display on #Polygon, #Ethereum, #Solana, and #Dapper, which will encourage creator economy as a new way to monetize leveraging web3.

Warner Brothers Taps Nifty’s, Daz 3D to Launch Game of Thrones NFTs

The American media giant is rolling out digital collectibles, including iconic moments and characters, from the hit series Game of Thrones

Meta is testing a way to mint and sell NFTs on Instagram

Your favorite creator may start trying to sell you digital collectibles, aka blockchain based tokens, if Meta gets its way.

GOOD READS

What do consulting firms think about Web3??

📖 Here is a list of the best 12 reports

Create Your Own Metaverse Applications with C++ and Python in Omniverse Kit 104

Metaverse needs No-code or Low-code to scale! NVIDIA published new version for developers. #creatoreconomy

How user-generated content is changing the game industry for good

“Limitless creation; endless engagement: How UGC facilitates the human drive for creativity,”
UGC represents a paradigm shift in the new generation growing up right now playing games.

web2 Companies Building in web3

Many Web2 companies are now aggressively preparing for and transitioning to Web3 by Peter Bergstrom

What are zero-knowledge proofs?

Trust, but verify.

Zero-Knowledge Proofs, “ZKPs”, provide the possibility to achieve verification, at scale, whilst also preserving the actors’ privacy.

Strategy: The XR headset positioning map

Presenting: The (new and updated) XR HMD POSITIONING MAP.

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How to leverage NFTs to support Art and Artists with Pauline Foessel

How to leverage NFTs to help promote art and artists? We sat down with Pauline Foessel to talk about the roles of art and curators in the metaverse, and how NFT’s can help artists today to raise funds.

From Meta to Metaverse with Aakarsh Naidu

In this episode, we chatted with Aakarsh Naidu around his journey from working in Meta, to creating his own company around open metaverse.

Open Metaverse & Digital Identity: how to build a desirable Web 3 with Ryan Gill

In this podcast Ryan Gill tells us about Digital Identity, the mindset of Web 3 and the importance of an open Metaverse

METAVERSE NEWS

Warner Bros. Entertainment has entered the NFT Space

WB launched a new Twitter account under a separate name Warner Bros NFT, leveraging studio’s library of existing IP. They’ve launched with Lord of the Rings which is one of the top grossing IP of all times.

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Venture Capital pours into NFTs & Web3 Gaming

Venture funding and major brand partnerships were bright spots in an otherwise difficult quarter for NFTs

Netflix announces its expansion into cloud gaming, opening up another studio in California

Netflix is doubling down on its strategy into cloud gaming

Will Wright, legendary Sims and SimCity developer on a metaverse #NFT game on #blockchain

‘The game says it’s a ‘unique and immersive metaverse experience”

ZED RUN World Cup Tournament: What you should know

Virtually Human Zed Run announced a month-long World Cup Tournament inspired by the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Crypto Gaming Startup Stardust Raises $30 Million Despite Slump

 secures a $30m raise led by Framework Ventures that will help their team continue to enable the ease of blockchain adoption for game studios

ChainSafe raises $18.75 million in Series A to accelerate web3 adoption

 announced $18.75m raise to focus its’ efforts on multi-chain R&D and blockchain gaming

Delysium raises $10m from strategic round

 announced a partnership with Immutable as well as a $10m strategic funding round led by Anthos Capital

GameFi Platform Arcade Raises $3.2M from Seed Funding Led by Crypto.Com, Solana, KuCoin and Others

Arcade raises $3.2m in seed funding to help them with making blockchain gaming more accessible to a global audience

ByteBrew raises $4M for integrated mobile game analytics platform

ByteBrew raised $4 millions for its free #mobile game analytics platform

Genesis League Goals Presale: Info and Considerations

Splinterlands launched Presale 1 of card packs for their new Genesis League Goals card game (a new soccer game created with real Major League Soccer player cards)

GOOD READS

Unity CEO John Riccitiello describes the realities—and distractions—of the metaverse

the realities—and distractions—of the metaverse

Snoop Dogg and Astro Project Drops ‘Crip Ya Enthusiasm’ Video

What’s in the future? We’ll see these kind of experiences to be released on real time 3D platforms like Fortnite Creative or Roblox.

What is a DAO? Decentralized Autonomous Organizations)?

DAOs are organizations where this hierarchical management structure is replaced with software.

Digital Consumer Trends 2022

In this special report, Deloitte cover the metaverse, virtual reality, and web3 (i.e. blockchain-based assets like Bitcoin).

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Female entrepreneurs in metaverse : how to create a world in link with reality?

This week on the podcast, we sit down with Susan Cummings, CEO of Petaverse Network, and Tiny Rebel Games, and Camille Merré an entrepreneur, artist, Co-Founder/Chief of Metaverse of GEM-XR.

DAO: Community and Collaboration in a Decentralized World

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DANI OSORIO

NICOLAS WEBER

TAMLYN RUDOLPH

NIEK VAN DER VOORT

Gamified Music Experience powered by NFT: How to disrupt Metaverse business model

In the new era of Metaverse entrepreneurship, it is important to combine the divers tech stacks and create something truly innovative and creative.

METAVERSE NEWS

Announcing Coinbase + Google Cloud

 teams up with Google for crypto payments

2022-10-18
FIFA Launches Virtual Ecosystem in Roblox Metaverse Ahead of World Cup in Qatar 2022

  to launch #metaverse experience in Roblox

Former Google ads boss launches ‘Web3’ search startup with backing from Coinbase, top VCs

  makes Search more #web3-friendly

Damien Hirst burns artworks after collectors pick their NFTs instead

Damien Hirst is burning paintings (and NFTs)

Konami has announced plans to launch a platform for trading in-game NFTs

 steps up its #NFT game

Legs are finally coming to Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse

The tech CEO said getting it right will be “hard.”

Lawyers zoom in on the metaverse

A number of law firms and legal technology companies are setting up offices in the metaverse!

Mark Zuckerberg reveals new Quest Pro VR headset

Meta Quest Pro competes with HoloLens and MagicLeap in Workplace VR verticale

AI Image Creator DALL-E 2 Comes to Microsoft Software, Including Bing

Microsoft is bringing AI-generated art to its Office suite with the launch of DALLE-2-powered Microsoft Designer and adding an AI text-to-image model to its search engine Bing

Meet Iono, The Electric-Type Gym Leader From Pokémon Scarlet And Violet

 just dropped a virtual woman named “iono” to hype two upcoming games

INTRODUCING THE PHYSICAL BACKED TOKEN (PBT)

Web3 startup Chiru Labs (the company behind NFT project Azuki) has announced the launch of a new open-source token format called the Physical Backed Token

GOOD READS

Tried and tested revenue streams for fashion brands in the Metaverse

Brands ranging from  to Nike, from FOREVER21 (UK) LIMITED to Tiffanys exploring different revenue streams to future-proof their digital businesses.

Stable Diffusion VR is a startling vision of the future of gaming

A glimpse into “Real-time immersive latent space.”

#DAO was a Revolution and may change organisational structures as we know it

This reports provides a glimpse of how our society can function in the future without top-down structures

Metaverse and Money, Decrypting the Future

184 page report by Citi GPS in which the potential of the metaverse are explored

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Web3 Marketing & Communities

Speakers List

SHANE NEUBAUER

NIKITA SACHDEV

ANDY KEH

ANDREW SHATYRKO

ROBERTO HERNANDEZ

Web3 Foundation & Polkadot Roadmap and Vision with Joe Petrowski

This week on the podcast, we sit down with Joe Petrowski to talk of Polkadot, Web3 and beyond

The Metaverse is Geospatial with Dr. Nadine Alameh (Open Geospatial Consortium)

In this episode, you’ll learn about how geospatial data can help accelerate building a metaverse that is as useful for entertainment.

METAVERSE NEWS

Unveiling the Lighthouse Closed Beta
Lighthouse, the company building the open metaverse search engine, announced in late September the release of its NFT-gated beta. The Lighthouse portal enables users to search for experiences across and within more than 20 virtual worlds, galleries, and 3D environments while discovering and connecting with fellow creators and explorers.

Within mere weeks of releasing the beta, the Lighthouse waitlist attracted more than 35,000 users looking to explore the spatial web. Join the party (and invite your friends!) by registering for their waitlist at this link.
Metaverse Report - in search of the reality and trends

The Metaverse, Beyond fantasy –  an in dept report

Meta showcased their Instant Avatar

This technology has been preenacted in the research paper from Meta Research Lab, now it’s finally becoming a use case for mass market.

Microsoft - Meta Partnership around immersive work environment.

The companies will seek to integrate key Microsoft apps with Meta’s VR and metaverse technology. From 3D renditions of Microsoft Office 365 apps to immersive Teams meetings, Microsoft is also looking at bringing virtual reality (VR) to creative projects.

Introducing Meta Quest Pro, an Advanced VR device for collaboration and creation

Mark Zuckerberg just announced the Meta Quest Pro, “a mixed reality headset for collaboration and creativity”.

SEC Scrutinizes NFT Market Over Illegal Crypto Token Offerings

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is scrutinizing creators of NFTs and the crypto exchanges where they trade to determine if some of the assets run afoul of the agency’s rules, according to people familiar with the matter

Pixelated clothing at Paris Fashion Week is metaverse fashion flipped on its head

Dress sprayed onto model on Coperni catwalk at Paris Fashion Week

Parisian fashion brand Coperni used Fabrican’s sprayable, liquid fibre to spray a dress onto a model at its Spring Summer 2023 show at Paris Fashion Week.

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The New Film Value Chain: Innovation from Production to Distribution

Speakers List

LOUISA BREMNER
DARIL FANNIN
ALVARO LAMARCHE TOLOZA
QUENTIN AUGER
SIMON RAMES
OLIVIER KLEPATZKY

Blockchain Gaming Guilds, decentralized community beyond Play-to-earn

This week on the podcast, we sit down with Mirko from Unix Gaming who shared with us the creation and community of an emerging gaming guild.

 

Decentralised Messaging in the Web3 Way with EPNS

In this interview we sit down with Harsh Rajat to discuss how a decentralized notifications protocol works in a way that is chain agnostic.

METAVERSE NEWS

Walmart Jumps Into Roblox With Launch of Walmart Land and Walmart’s Universe of Play

The two new virtual destinations will offer unique interactive content and entertainment for customers, bringing to life the best of Walmart’s ‘isles’ in a virtual world with special experiences

Metaverse startup Improbable raises $100m at $3bn+ valuation

London-based metaverse startup Improbable is on track to close a $100m (£88m) fundraise at a valuation of more than $3bn (£2.64bn) as the company seeks profitability.

Tesla's AI Day delivers a real Optimus prototype and more FSD updates

During Tesla’s AI Day event, Elon Musk unveiled Optimus, an AI-powered humanoid robot Musk plans to mass-produce in the future.

Japanese prime minister says gov't investment in digital transformation will include Metaverse, NFTs

Japanese prime minister says gov’t investment in digital transformation will include #Metaverse, #NFTs

Tim Cook says AR & VR will be revolutionary, but the public will need education

Tim Cook also says Apple avoids the word ‘metaverse’ because the average person doesn’t know what it means — a stark contrast to rival Facebook

European Union plans to combat counterfeiting with NFTs by 2023

𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐍𝐅𝐓𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

Solana NFT Game Star Atlas Launches Playable Demo on Epic Games Store

Star Atlas just rolled out its first playable demo, plus its developer released tools to help other studios bring games to Solana.

Sega has announced its first blockchain game

SEGA will be teaming up with Japanese based blockchain game studio, double jump.tokyo, Inc. to develop a new game based on SEGA’s popular IP…the Sangokushi Taisen series!

GOOD READS

50 Years of Gaming History, by Revenue Stream (1970-2020)

🕹️1970–1983: The Pre-Crash Era

🖥️1985–2000: The Tech Advancement Race

👾 2001–Present: The Online Boom

Niantic, Inc. Founder John Hanke : A real-world metaverse will be more magical than VR

Niantic founder says adding a tech layer to indoor and outdoor experiences can enhance reality

Legal Challenges & Considerations in Web3 Gaming by Amy Madison

🕹️ Chapter One: Money Transmitters and Convertible Virtual Currencies

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The History and Future of Metaverse Fun

The History and Future of Metaverse Fun by Evin McMullen from Disco

3M's of the metaverse

With speakers:

OYIN ADEBAYO TEDDY PAHAGBIA SOPHIA SHLUGER LEILA HURSTEL SANDY CARTER

Digital fashion, identity and creator economy in the Metaverse, with Adriana Hoppenbrouwer

We sit down with Adriana to discuss not only the role of digital fashion but more importantly its link with self-expression, digital identity and creator economy in the Metaverse.

METAVERSE NEWS

Brelyon's Immersive Virtual Monitors Promise VR Without a Headset

The MIT spin-off Brelyon has raised $15 million to develop new “ultra-immersive” virtual monitors that promise VR experiences without a headset.

Unreal Engine 5’s Nanite & Lumen now work with virtual reality.

Nanite and Lumen initially didn’t work in VR. Developers of VR apps had to use the legacy geometry and lighting systems, negating many of the advantages of the new engine. But with Unreal Engine 5.1 Nanite & Lumen now work with VR.

How AI Will Completely Dominate the Animation Industry In Less Than 5 Years

Writers and visionaries will be freed to craft and imagine even better stories. The next ten to twenty years will probably feature an era of human artistic abundance, where some of the greatest works of mankind will dwell on for eternity…

NVIDIA Announces Major Release of Omniverse With New USD Connectors and Tools, Simulation Technologies and Developer Frameworks

NVIDIA has unveiled a connector to use Unity with NVIDIA Omniverse, which is NVIDIA’s collaborative creation tool that leverages #USD to make people using different applications work on the same scene together at the same time. Imagine a Google Docs like tool for 3D scenes creation, with an additional layer for simulations and digital twins.

Are blockchains decentralized?

A report commissioned by the Pentagon concluded that the blockchain is not decentralized, is vulnerable to attacks and is running outdated software. The report, “Are Blockchains Decentralized, Unintended Centralities in Distributed Ledgers”, uncovered that a subset of participants can “exert excessive and centralized control over the entire blockchain system.

Tesla is creating a simulation of San Francisco in Unreal Engine​

Unlike other companies developing self-driving systems, Tesla doesn’t create HD maps to help its self-driving systems navigate, but it uses its simulation to create “corner case” scenarios to put its self-driving software through.

Highlights from the Vogue Business Metaverse Atelier with Epic Games​

Metaverse Fashion highlights this week

Niantic Deploys Lightship VPS AR Tools for Web

The new platform anchors #webAR and virtual content across physical locations by adding depth and realism to immersive experiences anywhere in the world using its AR map, allowing precise, centimetre-level accuracy across global locations, with just a mobile browser and no app required.

Is Nikeland the next Metaverse commerce success story?

Two articles exploring this topic by the Drum and Metanomics. Find the links to these articles in this LinkedIn post.

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Legal issues in the metaverse

There are a variety of legal issues concerning the metaverse, especially given that it is a meeting point for multiple technologies, requiring or linked to servers, hosting, software, platforms, hardware and other peripherals (e.g. VR glasses and haptic gloves for sensing virtual objects), content, graphics, maps, buildings, photos, interfaces, as well as blockchain for acquiring and registering tokenised virtual assets.

Neal Stephenson’s Metaverse Moonshot – LAMINA1

“Inexorable economic forces drive investors to pay artists as little as possible while steering their creative output in the directions that involve the least financial risk.” –– Neal Stephenson

LAMINA1 by Neil Stephenson (Author of Snow Crash) have published the whitepaper outlining their vision for the #metaverse and the #web3 technologies to power it.

Tokenomics Report by Binance Research

“Tokenomics can be defined as the study of determining and evaluating economic characteristics of a cryptographic token. [The Binance report aims to understand] how various incentives affect the supply and demand of a token and, ultimately, its price.”

The Metaverse Overview: Vision, Technology, and Tactics - Report by Deloitte​

Report depicts the development vision of the Metaverse, analyze current stage of Metaverse technologies and cases, build the framework of the Metaverse industry, and explore how companies should respond to Metaverse opportunity.

What China, Marvel, and Avatar Tell Us About the Future of Blockbuster Franchises

An essay on trade wars, unexpected successes, and the once but not future kings of the screen.

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Unlocking the creation of the Metaverse with MetaVRse

Unlocking the creation of the Metaverse with Alan Smithson from MetaVRse

Digital Real Estate and Land Ownership

Digital Real Estate and Land Ownership with speakers:

Pierre MÉvy Azaria

Antonio Talarico

Gwendall Esnault

Dave Carr

Hrish Lotlikar

Building a video game as a gateway to blockchain and DeFi with Jérôme de Tychey

In this episode of Metaverse Summit Roadshow, we sat down with Jerome De Tychey to talk about the link between DeFi and Games. 

METAVERSE NEWS

Animoca Brands continues shopping spree with MotoGP mobile dev acquisition

The company announced its acquisition of WePlay Media after it recently closed multiple multi-million dollar fund rounds with investors such as Temasek.

South Korean ministry recommends enactment of special Metaverse laws

The MSIT identified that imposing older regulations serve as a deterrent to the growth of new ecosystems.

Bandai Namco, SEGA among video game giants eyeing blockchain gaming

Big gaming firms are working to spur mainstream blockchain gaming adoption, and don’t want to “change that policy” even if it causes pushback from some.

FaZe Clan to Create Virtual World, Sell Digital Real Estate On Gaming Platform ‘The Sandbox’ (Exclusive)

As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, FaZe Clan, the esports and creator organization that went public this summer, has selected The Sandbox to develop and host a virtual world that will be the gaming company’s home in the metaverse.

JPMorgan: China’s Metaverse-Related Economy Could Reach $4T

The metaverse will have “profound implications” for China and will affect gaming, advertising and e-commerce, JPMorgan said in a research report last week.

Fortnite Creator's Epic Games Store Launches First NFT Game

Epic Games Store Launches Very First NFT Game
Mythical Games’ Blankos Block Party with more than a million players, is now available on the Epic Games marketplace.

People, technologies & infrastructure – Europe’s plan to thrive in the metaverse

The EU has just made the metaverse a priority for the ‘digital age’ of Europe.

Apple RoomPlan API — WWDC 2022

iOS 16 introduces new ‘RoomPlan’ API for quickly creating 3D floor plans using LiDAR.

Utilizing Apple's RoomPlan for 3D Environment Modeling​

How to use Apple’s new RoomPlan API in iOS16 to recreate environments in 3D? Check out this demo:

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Stable Diffusion Launch Announcement

Stable Diffusion is a machine learning, text-to-image model developed by Stability AI, in collaboration with Eleuther AI and LAION to generate digital images from natural language descriptions. The model can be used for other tasks too, like generating image-to-image translations guided by a text prompt.

When Art and Technology Collide

The intersection of art and tech has flavors in NFTs and digital art, of course, but the collision is even more timely in 2022 due to the arrival of mainstream AI-generated art.

There are three players to know: DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion. Let’s quickly tackle each, and then unpack some of the ramifications of AI art.

Banks Compounding Their Interest In The Metaverse

What does Metaverse mean for banking? Goldman Sachs says that the Metaverse could be an $8 trillion market with other estimates bringing the number even to $30 trillion within 10 or 15 years.
From Microsoft to NVIDIA and to Shopify it seems that big names across industries are trying to put early on a foot in the game.

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METAVERSE SUMMIT ORIGINAL​

Challenges in game distribution in web3.0 space

The talk by Hideaki Uehara at the Metaverse Summit In July 2022 on game distribution challenges

How AI and Intelligent Tools will power New Experiences

Learn from this panel of AI and Intelligent Tools

Blockchain “Made in France” French Leaders on DeFi, Metaverse and Beyond

One of our first episodes of Metaverse Roadshow in-person event in December 2021. The experts future-proof opinions still stand under today’s circumstances

METAVERSE NEWS

Roblox inches toward a deeper, more mature vision for the metaverse

Roblox outlined a vision for the future of its busy social gaming platform on Friday, incrementally ushering its community into a new era that might not always resemble what’s come before.

Starbucks Taps Polygon for Its 'Starbucks® Odyssey' Web3 Experience

Starbucks is only the start of a trend we will see throughout this year. Those who have written off Web 3 as a fad that is on its last legs are not seeing the bigger picture.

Metaverse Technology Opens Up a Wider World of Privacy Concerns

The expansion of digital experiences accessible through immersive headsets and related technologies is generating concerns about the information that’s collected on people who wear the devices, and how to protect it.

Web3 Investor Animoca Brands Raises Another $110M for Open Metaverse

The company has invested in more than 300 startups, including a number of prominent Web3 and NFT firms that have since hit it big—including @NBA Top Shot and Flow blockchain creator Dapper Labs, leading NFT marketplace OpenSea and Axie Infinity game creator Sky Mavis.

Interactive 3D face drawing

A team of researchers presented IDE-3D, a GAN-based generative model that enables local control of the facial shape and texture, as well as real-time, interactive editing.

GOOD READS

The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age by James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg

In The Sovereign Individual, Davidson and Rees-Mogg explore the greatest economic and political transition in centuries—the shift from an industrial to an information-based society. This transition, which they have termed “the fourth stage of human society,” will liberate individuals as never before, irrevocably altering the power of government. This outstanding book will replace false hopes and fictions with new understanding and clarified values.

BALAJI’S NETWORK STATE Raoul Pal Adventures in Crypto · Featuring Balaji Srinivasan and Raoul Pal

Network States author interview about nation-states, the internet, the metaverse, cryptocurrency, and more

The Network State by Balaji Srinivasan

Network States is being written off the back of The Sovereign Individual.
Technology has enabled us to start new companies, new communities, and new currencies. But can we use it to start new cities, or even new countries? This book explains how to build the successor to the nation state, a concept we call the network state.

The Future of (Crypto) Gaming

The last 12+ months have been monumental for crypto gaming, and despite various growing pains we are more excited than ever to play a part in its evolution. It’s important to stress once again how early this sector is, making it difficult to be certain which models will win out over time. As proponents of the space, it’s important that we periodically challenge our assumptions and try to picture novel ways these technologies can improve games for both players and developers. We believe this is a great time for developers looking at this sector to reflect on the complexity involved with open economies, and how susceptible to over-financialization these games can be.

 

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