Dataconomy

JANUARY 25, 2024

Meet the Snapchat AI Bitmoji pet that you will carry all around the world with you, digitally, of course. Let’s dive into what this new feature is all about and see how it’s changing the game in social media. Yet, some might say it doesn’t really amp up the social aspect of the app.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to create their own animated avatars to meet with colleagues in 3D virtual environments, thanks to an upcoming integration of the company's mixed reality platform, Mesh. Both are currently in preview.) To read this article in full, please click here

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Kitaboo

JANUARY 19, 2021

What is a virtual bookshelf? As the name suggests, a virtual bookshelf is an online space that allows you to store the books you are reading or track the ones that you want to read in a virtual environment. A virtual bookshelf is a programmatic method to create an interactive bookshelf to store and read digital books online.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 18, 2022

Two years ago, the consulting giant started shipping many of its recruits virtual reality headsets instead. At the same time, it created a virtual world or “metaverse” that enables employees to socialize, form teams, conduct training, and collaborate. “We More business applications are on the way. Next step: the office.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 4, 2023

All mainstage sessions will be professionally recorded and re-broadcast on Thursday May 11 th at the FutureIT | Canada virtual event for those who are unable to attend in person. The event concludes with a fun and social networking reception where attendees can make those final connections and strengthen their professional network even more.

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GeekWire

JUNE 11, 2021

Seattle startup BigBox VR , the company behind multiplayer virtual reality game POPULATION: ONE , has been acquired by Facebook. Super excited about creating the future of VR + social + games! BigBox’s first title was Smashbox Arena , a team-based action VR game once described as a “Counter-Strike meets Mario Kart” experience.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Schedule super quick meetings just to check in with colleagues. The last point has become even more important over the past several months as workers conduct multiple meetings per day via video and don’t have the same interactions with colleagues at a physical office. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota).

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GeekWire

APRIL 7, 2021

As COVID-19 sent everyone retreating to social isolation and virtual gatherings, it proved particularly difficult for the performers and musicians who rely on live events to make a living. The pandemic has also made us all really tired of virtual gatherings. (Prefunq Image). Prefunq founder Tim Keck. Photo courtesy of Tim Keck).

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Microsoft is removing all social hubs hosted in AltspaceVR and requiring users to log into the virtual reality app using a Microsoft account. The social hubs in AltspaceVR were designed “to help foster new friendships” and act as an entry point to get familiar with AltspaceVR itself. The AltspaceVR campfire is going away.

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Trends in the Living Networks

OCTOBER 14, 2020

COVID-19 has shifted most organizations in the developed world to predominantly virtual work. Dropbox recognizes that there is still value in meeting face-to-face and will set up ‘Dropbox Studios’ in its major employee centers of San Francisco, Seattle, Austin and Dublin. The question is what happens from here.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

“Unfortunately, too many people have just not had exposure, or any reason to meet people outside of their network,” said Johnson, who began her career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs before founding IFEL with her father in 2002. Reetu Gupta.

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GeekWire

MARCH 23, 2021

We are one of many, and we’re excited to add a consumer social company to that mix.” When GeekWire visited the company’s office and tested Rec Room in 2017, the startup was focused on virtual reality. Year-over-year revenue growth of 566% was fueled in part by the pandemic and trends toward social gatherings online.

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Venture Beast

MAY 20, 2020

Thanks to standalone VR headsets and free holographic meeting software, employees can now attend gatherings from home -- but some practical hurdles remain. Read More.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 22, 2020

The founders of the nonprofit had gathered heaps of anecdotal evidence that tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons could help kids who struggled socially — whether they had autism, ADHD, anxiety or other challenges — learn to more successfully interact with others. It seems, instead, that they shook their die and rolled a virtual 20.

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Tech Republic Cloud

JULY 10, 2020

Together Mode whisks participants into a virtual auditorium and aims to make video meetings more interesting, engaging and social affairs.

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The Verge

JUNE 15, 2021

That’s the bet behind IRL, a young social network that has been quietly growing over the past year and just attracted an eye-popping amount of money to take on Facebook. The two-year-old startup is betting that a post-pandemic world will fuel its mission to help people “do more together,” usually by meeting up in real life — you know, IRL.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Seattle-based FFA just wrapped up a virtual version of its eight-week Ready Set Raise program, which requires each company to have a female or non-binary CEO. FFA is a social purpose corporation , a type of profit corporation the state of Washington created in 2012, and is funded primarily through corporate partners.

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GeekWire

MARCH 25, 2024

The half-day program runs for four weeks in the summer and is virtual so that it can reach a larger geographical area, including rural areas of Washington state. It works with partners to provide conflict mitigation, behavioral support and other social services for renters.

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The Verge

AUGUST 14, 2020

Pinterest employees are staging a virtual walkout today to protest discrimination and retaliation at the company. Brougher, who joined the company in 2018, says she was paid less than her male colleagues, left out of important meetings, and given gendered feedback. Photo by Spencer Platt / Getty Images.

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GeekWire

MAY 27, 2020

A scene from a video shown by Amazon during its virtual annual shareholders meeting. But the meeting, held virtually for the first time, provided a high-profile platform for criticism of the company. Each of the proposals was voted down. “This is environmental racism.” “This is environmental racism.”

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Fountainhead

MARCH 6, 2012

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Meeting IRL: Why The Valleys So Cool. Sometimes we underestimate the value of meeting in real life. The value of meeting in real life struck a chord a few weeks ago while in Santa Clara at the Cloud Connect conference. Fountainhead. Tax breaks.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 21, 2020

This is the spectator view for fans watching NBA games “courtside” in Microsoft Teams: the live stream on one side, and your virtual cheering section on the other. My big takeaway: Microsoft and the NBA are on to something with their new tech-fueled virtual fan experience. Look out for me in the virtual stands!!!

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella described his company’s role in a new economy and society transformed by the pandemic in a keynote address on Tuesday kicking off Microsoft’s virtual 2021 Ignite developer conference.

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Trends in the Living Networks

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Humans are deeply social animals. For many people it is their primary place for social interaction. Many of these are keen to get back to the office, though again coworking spaces or other approaches can meet the same need. Human connection. We need to interact regularly with people. Informal interactions.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

One feature of Mesh for Teams lets users join meetings as customized avatars of themselves, shown here with on-camera participants. At its virtual Ignite 2021 conference Tuesday morning, the company announced a new product called Mesh for Teams, which allows workers to take the form of avatars and navigate virtual work environments.

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 31, 2010

Melcrum recently released a report on How to use social media to solve critical communication issues , with as usual some great case studies and many practical insights. I was asked to write the closing section in the report, on The Future of Social Media and Internal Communications. Email use will be eroded by social media.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Silicon Valley’s focus on creating an immersive virtual world where our avatars go to shop, socialize and work has psychologists and other mental health experts considering what effects it will have on our well-being. However, at least in social media, it has to match up to who you are in the real world.

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Venture Beast

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Working in the metaverse may be good for Facebook’s advertising model, but it’s not good for work, and it's not good for us. Read More.

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2021

Facebook has acquired yet another developer of a popular virtual reality game, announcing on Friday that BigBox VR, makers of the battle royale VR title Population: One, will be joining Oculus Studios. “ A character in Population: One. Image: BigBox VR.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

MAY 10, 2023

She said that it was the hybrid meetings that did her in. What she saw was that during meetings, office people would direct their comments to each other instead of to their video screens. Sometimes they would stand around at the end of the meeting laughing with each other; the remote people, of course, were stuck watching.

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Trends in the Living Networks

DECEMBER 11, 2011

I’m at the launch meeting of the social media community of practice set up by Institute of Public Administration NSW (IPAA). At the conference I wrote about the case study of Queensland Police , which is a great example of government bodies creating value through social media. Here are a few live notes from the event. .

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The Verge

APRIL 4, 2022

A source familiar with the situation told The Intercept that Amazon executives met in November 2021 to discuss the creation of a social media platform specifically for employees. During the meeting, executives reportedly discussed “the dark side of social media” and agreed to monitor employees’ posts (should Amazon ever launch the platform).

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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The coming name change, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28th, but could unveil sooner, is meant to signal the tech giant’s ambition to be known for more than social media and all the ills that entail.

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The Verge

AUGUST 19, 2021

Facebook is bringing the office to VR with Horizon Workrooms It wasn’t long into a recent press briefing I attended in virtual reality when Mark Zuckerberg showed up to talk about the metaverse. It’s the social network’s first stab at creating a VR experience specifically for people to work together in.

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GeekWire

JUNE 4, 2021

The pandemic had a seismic impact on in-person meetings and events, requiring organizers and attendees to adjust to a whole new reality. The aftermath could prove even trickier, creating a hybrid audience, with some people attending virtually and others in the flesh. . What should the virtual experience be like?

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The Verge

JANUARY 5, 2021

The ambitious game had aimed to rival Pokémon Go and cover the world in virtual blocks for players to meet and play together. Minecraft Earth aimed to cover the world in virtual blocks. Microsoft is closing down its Minecraft Earth mobile game in June, due to the ongoing pandemic.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2023

According to Equinix’s 2022 Global Tech Trends Survey , 74% of Asia-Pacific IT decision-makers considered sustainability to be one of their organization’s most important drivers, while 62% regarded challenges in meeting sustainability targets as a threat to their organizations.

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