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  • The Peabody Awards are accepting submissions for the interactive and immersive category, honoring storytelling projects in formats such as games, virtual and augmented reality, interactive journalism and documentary, and social video. Submissions will be accepted through October 5, 2023 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. The interactive and immersive cycle of the …

  • Venice Immersive 2023 – Official Selection

    by paradoxig

    Venice, 20th July 2023. – The selection of projects for Venice Immersive, the XR – Extended Reality section of the 80th Venice International Film Festival (30th August – 9th September 2023) of La Biennale di Venezia, is now complete. The official program will take place on the Venice Immersive Island …

  • Beijing-based WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc, a leading global Hologram Augmented Reality (“AR”) Technology provider, announced that it is developing an application scenario-based digital human gesture generation algorithm system. The system allows the digital human to generate different actions based on environmental changes. Not every digital human’s sentence must be accompanied …

  • The University of Nicosia (UNIC) announces the launch of the world’s first Master of Science (MSc) in Metaverse, a ground-breaking programme designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills required for careers in metaverse design and management. With a rich history in crypto and blockchain education since 2013, UNIC …

  • Decentraland – New Templates

    by paradoxig

    With recent updates, launching a World is becoming easier than for those of all technical levels! Now, users can deploy a World via the Builder which just requires following the UI prompts. The Builder also allows for simple scene creation by dragging and dropping assets into place. However, if users …

  • 2024 SXSW Applications Now Open

    by paradoxig

    Something bright is peeking over the SXSW horizon, ready to shine a creative light on what’s next – and that includes you! Applications for SXSW 2024 are now open…Deep in the heart of SXSW, the creative pulse from our community keeps us going long after the March event ends. Across …

  • Interdisciplinary Network aims to advance research on the Metaverse Eight research institutions working in seven different countries in Europe have launched the European Metaverse Research Network. The purpose of the European Metaverse Research Network (EMRN) is to carry out research that will map out both the highly beneficial possibilities inherent …

  • In a move to use Generative AI responsibly, Ascendant Art has launched an AI Avatar generator app that compensates the artists whose art was used to train the AI. The company trains its AI Avatar maker with art submitted by artists to its content-creator website. The company has developed a …

  • CLO Virtual Fashion, a global leader in digital garment solutions and the developer of CLO and Marvelous Designer, and Epic Games, the developer of Unreal Engine, announced that the companies have purchased shares in each other. “We strongly believe that digital garments will play a significant role in the future …