Karlie Kloss wants to dress your avatar
Karlie Kloss is partnering with Roblox to highlight five designers who create entirely virtual collections. Even in the metaverse, Karlie Kloss is fashion forward.Read Full Story.....»»
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is Ubisoft’s big E3 shocker
Ubisoft shocked E3 audiences by showing off Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora......»»
Somewhere Good just raised $3.75M to make your somewhere good
Nearly every social media experience today is built on the same premise: Humans identify with individuality. Users create a profile, upload an avatar picture, write a short biography and can then scream into the ether to other users on behalf of thei.....»»
Avatar startup Genies scores $65 million in funding round led by Mary Meeker’s Bond
Over the past several years, I’ve covered my fair share of upstart avatar companies that were all chasing the same dream — building out a customizable platform for a digital persona that gained wide adoption across games and digital space.....»»
Blue Origin will start selling tickets for New Shepard space tourism flights on May 5
Blue Origin seems very close to flying paying customers on its New Shepard sub-orbital rocket, having conducted a dress rehearsal of astronaut loading and unloading on its latest mission. Today, it also revealed that it will be selling the first tick.....»»
Queenly raises $2.3M for its dress marketplace
One of our favorite companies from the most recently Y Combinator batch has closed a seed round. This morning Queenly announced that it has closed a $2.262 million round, following its $800,000 pre-seed raise. TechCrunch covered the company in Februa.....»»
"Avatar" Reclaims Box Office Record from Marvel"s "Avengers: Endgame" After China Re-Release
ComicBook.com reports: Back in 2019, Avengers: Endgame hit theatres and after a couple of months, it ended up knocking Avatar out of the highest-grossing film spot. The James Cameron movie was number one for an entire decade before the Marvel film ca.....»»
Virtual avatar coaching with community context for adult-child dyads
Virtual reality avatar-based coaching shows promise to increase access to and extend the reach of nutrition education programs to children at risk for obesity, according to a new study......»»
Avatar marketing: Moving beyond gimmicks to results
Researchers from University of Texas-Arlington, University of Virginia, Sun Yat-Sen University, and University of Washington published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that seeks to advance the discipline of avatar-based marketing......»»
Makers of ‘kid’s first virtual world’ Animal Jam targets Gen Z teens with Fer.al debut
Before kids graduate to the expansive virtual worlds in games like Roblox, Minecraft, and Fortnite, they often get their start in online social gaming with a game like Animal Jam. Here, kids learn to personalize their avatar, explore a world, chat wi.....»»
"A bridge to music"s future?": Abbey Road sets stage for festival avatar 5,000 miles away
In March 2020, the world-famous Abbey Road recording studio shut its doors for the first time in almost 90 years......»»
Microsoft unveils Mesh, and with James Cameron, dives into mixed reality
At Microsoft Ignite, Avatar and Titanic director James Cameron joined Microsoft for a fully virtual tech conference featuring holoports, a new Mesh, and more......»»
How to set an iMessage profile picture and name
Why send a boring text when you can spice things up with a unique avatar and name? We show you how to get crazy using iMessages while protecting your privacy......»»
A Monkey Companion Bot Named Dexter
Build a fun robot monkey you can customize, wear with you on adventures, or use as an avatar Read more on MAKE The post A Monkey Companion Bot Named Dexter appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers......»»
Dress codes can reveal social aspirations, political ideals, says scholar
For centuries, dress codes have been used to maintain specific social roles and hierarchies. But fashion and style have also traditionally served another purpose: to express new ideals of individual liberty, rationality and equality, according to new.....»»
Viral "I"m Not a Cat" Filter Is Decades-Old Software
Footage of a Texan lawyer denying he was a cat as he appeared with a feline filter on a live call was created using a decades-old piece of software pre-installed on some Dell laptops. The BBC reports: The Live Cam Avatar software was also available f.....»»
How to make a Facebook avatar
Here's how to get your own Facebook avatar, customize it, and use it with the Facebook app. It's super easy......»»
Iris Van Herpen creates haute couture dress from ocean plastic
Fashion designer Iris van Herpen has unveiled a haute couture dress constructed from ocean plastic fabric produced by Parley for the Oceans, which was cut into trilateral pieces to form a tessellated, translucent garment. Read more Fashion.....»»
How Final Fantasy VII Remake legitimizes sexuality and gender identity
Over 20 years later, "Cloud in a dress" isn't just treated as a joke. Preeeeeeesenting... [credit: Square Enix ].....»»
The latest bounty hunters to join Fortnite are Sarah Connor and T-800
On Wednesday, the PlayStation Store prematurely advertised a Terminator skin bundle for Fortnite. It showed that both a Sarah Connor and a T-800 avatar was (or soon would be) available. Sony quickly removed the ad, but not before users had captured s.....»»
Virtual social network IMVU raises $35M from China’s NetEase and others
The line between social networking and gaming is increasingly blurring, and internet incumbents are taking notice. NetEase, the second-largest gaming company in China behind Tencent, is among a group of investors who just backed IMVU, an avatar-focus.....»»