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The Role of the Avatar in the Metaverse

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Following Facebook’s big reveal at its Connect 2021 and 2022 events, the company announced a series of technological updates. The major acquisition hopes to build future metaverse infrastructure based on serious gaming technologies. The avatar-based Metaverse is adding a new dimension to the world of social media.

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ARTISANT Launch Web3 Fashion amid FTX Collapse

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The indestructible, silicon-based HaLo chips integrate Kong Land technologies to host crypto and non-fungible token (NFT)-based assets. The Tallinn, Estonia-based firm recently partnered with no-code collaboration platform HiberWorld, which hosts roughly 4 million user-generated worlds, games, galleries, and others in a four-year period.

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Ready Player Me Earns $56m in Series B Funding

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Ready Player Me, a leading designer of interoperable avatar technologies, announced it had received $56 million USD in Series B funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) GAMES FUND ONE and a16z crypto.

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