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Forever 21 lets players customize virtual fashion stores in Roblox

Venture Beast

Forever 21 will let players operate their own custom virtual fashion stores inside Roblox, the metaverse platform with 49 million players. Read More.

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Seattle startup Peeka releases Barbie virtual reality kids’ book experience

GeekWire

Peeka’s new VR experience follows Barbie into the world of fashion. Peeka Image) Seattle-based virtual reality startup Peeka is tapping into the hype around Barbie and releasing a collection of storybooks featuring the famous toy via its immersive platform.

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ZERO10’s multi-task ML model provides real-time AR try-on for fashion

Dataconomy

ZERO10 , a prominent player in the fashion industry’s virtual try-on (VTO) space, has introduced its novel Multi-Task ML model. Balancing real-time processing and quality is a key challenge in virtual try-on and ZERO10 is spot on ( Image credit ) How does ZERO10’s VTO work?

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The British Fashion Council launches new award category for Roblox designs

The Verge

As part of its annual fashion awards, the British Fashion Council is adding a new category for 2021: an award for “metaverse design.” In keeping with the virtual nature of 2021, the award will be presented by an avatar of Gucci’s creative director Alessandro Michele (pictured above) inside a Roblox experience.

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Fable Studio opens its virtual beings Wizard Engine to collaborators

Venture Beast

Fable Studio is opening its virtual beings Wizard Engine, originally built for Lucy, to collaborators in fashion and nursing. Read More.

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Epic’s high-fashion collaboration with Balenciaga in Fortnite includes a hoodie for a walking dog

The Verge

Epic Games is partnering with fashion house Balenciaga to bring the first-ever high-fashion Fortnite skins into the game. But the two companies aren’t just working on virtual clothes. The Strange Times hub with a virtual Balenciaga store. Epic isn’t the first video game to collaborate with a fashion house.

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Virtual profanity filter bans the word "Bone" at a paleontology conference

TechSpot

In true 2020 fashion, this conference was held virtually, containing daily presentations and follow-up, written Q&A sessions. The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology gathered for its annual meeting this week.