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NFTs could bridge video games and the fashion industry

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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) offer new ways for consumers to collect, wear and trade fashion online, and now that most fashion shows have scaled back or gone virtual , they may become an important tool for the industry. Fashion designers like Schirin Negahbani are already creating NFTs that represent actual clothing.

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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

TechCrunch

Now, The Warehouse is available to the general public, meaning users can download the Genies Studio app to create their own avatars and buy digital fashion items to dress them, Genies CEO and founder Akash Nigam told TechCrunch in an interview. An image of the Genies platform showcasing a fashion collection designed by creator Ian Charms.

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Luxury fashion meets blockchain on Syky, the Seven Seven Six-backed web3 platform

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Alice Delahunt believes the future of fashion is in web3 and created Syky (pronounced “psy-key”) to put the wheels in motion. It felt like there was potential for virtual fashion and digital fashion to really take off,” she told TechCrunch. “I I believe that the luxury fashion houses of tomorrow are being built today.”.

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Lablaco seeks to help usher in the new era of web3 digitized retail

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Today, SPIN by lablaco, launched its first digitized retail experience called Web3 Fashion: The Origin Story at the famed Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées. The plan is to host a three-week takeover with Crypto.com, showing consumers how digitized fashion could lay the path toward a zero-waste and more sustainable future.

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How Zero Trust is supposed to look

CIO

Sometimes it is described as a specific capability or yet another appliance (either hardware or virtual). Zero trust for users Your users need fast, secure, and reliable access to applications and the internet from anywhere and everywhere. Much like users, they need to be granted secure access to both applications and the internet.

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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

TechCrunch

Does the average person want to shop for apparel in virtual reality (VR)? Enter Emperia , an “immersive” retail startup that — to its credit — has already created virtual stores for brands including Bloomingdales, Dior, Ralph Lauren and Lacoste. A virtual store created with Emperia’s platform.

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Cosmos Video – a ‘Club Penguin for adults’ to socialise and work – raises $2.6M from LocalGlobe

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All over the world startups are piling into the space marked “virtual interaction and collaboration”. Step forward Cosmos Video , which has a virtual venues platform that allows people to work, hang out and socialize together. Cosmos allows users to create virtual venues by combining game mechanics with video chat.

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