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Worldpay Demos System for Making Payments Inside Virtual Worlds

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With virtual reality (VR) seemingly infiltrating every facet of our lives, from movie theaters and theme parks to TV broadcasting and internet searches , it’s only a matter of time before companies figure out how to make it easy for people to pay for things while immersed in their virtual worlds.

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Mechanical Backpack Makes Jumping In VR More Fun

VRScout

.” Pedro Lopes , an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Chicago who focuses on integrating interfaces with the human body by exploring the interface paradigm that supersedes wearables, wants to make jumping in VR a more enjoyable experience.

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Educators make lemonade with Virtual Worlds

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Educators are using virtual worlds, but not in the way they had used them in the past, and not in the same numbers. The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference is a good example that showcases this work. Those educators that remain in virtual worlds are leveraging them to create better experiences.

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Byte, Justin Melillo, and How Snapchat Is Changing the World of NFTs

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Two examples happened to take place just recently, both using Snap Lens Studio to create wearable NFTs. While a blockchain-backed award is cool, it’s only one example of the potential for non-fungible tokens being a sign of value in an increasingly virtual world. Think, for example, about fashion in virtual spaces.

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Five things you should know about Direct to Avatar

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DressX launches first collection of metaverse fashion wearables on Roblox.?—?Instagram: Avatars are personalized graphic characters that users can create on internet forums, video games, social networking sites, and any virtual world to represent themselves. This character also may be known as an avatar.

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Meta gives up on building a camera-equipped smartwatch, report says

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Now, according to Bloomberg , that particular project is dead – though Facebook might launch a different type of wearable down the line. The report claims that Facebook has "halted" the development of the camera-equipped watch, and is working on other wearables. SEE ALSO: Facebook joins TikTok. Keep your enemies close, we guess.

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AR Technology Meets Music At SXSW 2022

VRScout

In an official press release, Ristband co-founder and past VRScout contributor Anne McKinnon, said, “As Ristband collaborates with artists and music industry stakeholders, we realize there is no platform for the hundreds of thousands of independent artists to perform in a compelling way in virtual worlds.