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MeetKai launches new room-scanning tech and metaverse builder

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Not everyone believes that the metaverse — social, VR-centric worlds — has staying power. This year at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show, MeetKai is launching several new platforms geared toward metaverse creators and users, including a way to digitize 3D spaces and buildings using any internet-connected device with a camera.

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LiveKit co-founder believes the metaverse needs open infrastructure

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In fact, one large social media company approached him about using his app for its 1,000-person company, but was concerned about security using Agora. COVID changed the world to where we are living online, even going to weddings over the internet,” he added. “We Investor survey results: Upcoming trends in social startups.

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Bringing the National Museum of African American History and Culture to the world

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A good deal of the traffic has been driven by a QR code deployed across social media channels and other communications outlets to promote awareness of the digital museum’s existence. But thanks to an inventive digital offering, called Searchable Museum , the museum has been able to reach even more.

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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

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NFT sales volumes are falling and crypto prices remain depressed, but Nigam expressed confidence about the long-term demand for digital avatars, likening them to mobile apps in their significance to the internet. Everybody wants to exist in a 3D spatial world,” Nigam said.

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Thinking of hibernating through the metaverse winter?

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McKinsey & Company calls the metaverse “ the next version of the Internet.” Some examples are interacting in marketplaces to purchase virtual goods or services, playing games, exploring museums or gardens, touching or seeing 3D versions of objects, hiking, attending conferences or musical events, painting, and composing music.

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AI-driven audio cloning startup gives voice to Einstein chatbot

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While the video engine powering the 3D character rending components of this “digital human” version of Einstein is the work of another synthesized media company — UneeQ — which is hosting the interactive chatbot version on its website. So there’s a bit more than AI artifice going on here too.

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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

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With Emperia, brands can put on live events with hosts that walk them through a virtual space, or customize exhibits and displays with 3D models and images of real-world inventory. internet users were expected to shop in VR ahead of the 2022 holiday season. A separate poll of over 2,000 U.S.

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