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Browsing Virtual Worlds

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Culture & Media

Welcome to the post-social era

With the advent of Web 3.0, scrolling through major social media platforms will be usurped by small-scale decentralised social networks where privacy, community and co-creation reign.

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Fashion

IMVU is the next frontier for virtual fashion

Social networking app IMVU is set to host a virtual fashion show, allowing users to engage with digital looks designed in collaboration with metaverse creators.

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Culture & Media

Sphere of influence

US – OSSIC X are said to be the first 3D audio headphones that are calibrated to the wearer.

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Technology

SXSW: Complex new world

Austin – Shinra Technologies has presented The Living World, a simulation that tests current limits of complexity for virtual gaming worlds.

'Solar Reserve' by John Gerrard (Lincoln Centre, New York). Courtesy of the artist, Simon Preston, New York and Thomas Dane, London. Photo: Iñaki Vinaixa.
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Technology

Solar reality: Artist simulates Nevada energy plant in New York

New York – Irish artist John Gerrard has created a virtual solar power plant for a large-scale installation at Manhattan’s Lincoln Center.

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Technology

Brick by click: Lego uses hands to build virtual worlds

Billund, Denmark – Lego has released Lego Fusion, a new platform for children aged seven and older that integrates physical play with a digital game.

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Technology

Tom Chatfield : Blurring real and digital worlds

Author and games designer Tom Chatfield talks about blurring real and digital worlds.