Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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Category: IMVU
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With news that Microsoft is shutting down its VR metaverse platform AltspaceVR, along with widespread layoffs across most of the major tech companies, you might assume the Metaverse as an industry is also feeling the string. Not so much. On a quick tally of leading metaverse platforms in terms of active users, along with promising…
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Starting to stream on YouTube (above) and Instagram just now, here's that mixed reality fashion show I mentioned recently, bringing together real designers with IMVU creators in an extravaganza featured by Vogue itself:
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I don't always get my metaverse news from Vogue Magazine, but when I do, I'm not surprised IMVU is involved: “Fashion is at the epicenter of why people create avatars and connect with others on IMVU,” says Lindsay Anne Aamodt, the site’s senior director of marketing. “Part of that is because dressing up an avatar…
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IMVU just announced the availability of VCOIN, an Ethereum-based digital currency for use in its virtual world with 7 million active users — and, by design, for buying and selling goods and services in the real world, too. From the announcement: Available now for the IMVU desktop, mobile web, and web platforms, VCOIN is seamlessly…
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