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The Metaverse: What it is and why it matters for brands

Sprout Social

To put it simply, the metaverse is an all-encompassing term that refers to immersive, hyper-realistic virtual environments where people can interact via personalized avatars. The book described the metaverse as a digital world that exists parallel to the physical world, with the ability to visit virtual spaces at will.

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Virtual Event Technologies Defined

SocialFish

3D Virtual Platforms serve as virtual worlds where users assume an avatar and explore the environment. 3D virtual worlds often represent convention centers, hotels and traditional meeting spaces along with untraditional environments. Virtual Event. Virtual Tradeshow.

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The magical power of great writing and insight

The Way of the Web

Again, not necessarily something that was inconceivable in the 50s, but something that is hitting us now with the likes of Avatar, or the massive leaps in videogame cinematics over the last 10-20 years. “The average working week was now about twenty hours – but those twenty hours were no sinecure.

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The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Abuse application invites and consistently invite friends to participate in vampire games. Add an avatar and a bio at the minimum. Don’t do in the virtual world what you would not do in the real world. And now there’s that lovely “ignore all&# button after the application requests.

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Facebook Credit: Zuckerberg next Treasurer of the Internet App2User

Laurel Papworth

They can be cds/dvds, software for your office, downloadable whitepapers and books on an iPad, ringtones, music/videos on the iTunes store, films on DVD, images like backgrounds and avatars. What applications can I use Facebook Credits with? [I Hero World 2,100,000. Tiki Farm 3,600,000. - (Lil) Farm Life. - (Lil) Zoo World.

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