Tag: Media
‘We Met in Virtual Reality’ finds love in the metaverse
Mark Zuckerberg's vision of a sanitized, hypercapitalist metaverse will likely never be as compelling or idiosyncratic as VRChat, the virtual reality community that's been home to anime fans, Furries and a slew of other sub-cultures since 2014. That's my main takeaway from We Met in Virtual Reality, the first documentary…
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Twitter brings NFTs to profile photos, but only for Twitter Blue subscribers
Twitter is giving NFT enthusiasts a new reason to pay for a Twitter Blue subscription. The company is testing a new feature that allows NFT owners to authenticate NFTs displayed in their profile photos. The feature, which is being offered as an early stage “Labs” feature for Twitter Blue subscribers,…
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The Morning After: Microsoft is spending $68.7 billion on the makers of ‘Overwatch’ and ‘Call of Duty’
Microsoft’s been buying up studios for the last couple of years, adding notable developers and game series to the Xbox, righting the wrongs of previous generations of the company’s console — namely the lack of exclusive games. And while the purchase of Bethesda last year seemed the biggest deal made…
Read MoreMicrosoft consolidating the video game industry is bad for everyone
It was cute at first. When Xbox head Phil Spencer took the stage at E3 2018 and announced the acquisition of five notable studios – Undead Labs, Playground Games, Ninja Theory, Compulsion Games and The Initiative – the air inside the Microsoft Theater turned electric. It felt like the company…
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LinkedIn will add Clubhouse-style audio events this month
LinkedIn has been working on a Clubhouse-style live audio room feature since at least last March. It's now set to roll that out this month as part of a new events platform. The plan is to let organizers host virtual round tables, fireside chats and other kinds of discussions as…
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‘Prodigy’ is becoming a headache for Star Trek’s chronology
The following contains minor spoilers for episode six of 'Star Trek: Prodigy.' Star Trek: Discovery may have gone on an unexpected hiatus, but the new year does mean the return of its franchise stablemate Prodigy. When we last left the young crew of the USS Protostar, they had just left…
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