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Why the Metaverse Needs to Be Open

CTOvision

A vast digital mirror world accessible through virtual reality is just around the corner if you believe the latest pronouncements coming out of Silicon Valley. Last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg even announced plans to turn his trillion-dollar social network into […].

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IRL is a new social network taking on Facebook groups

The Verge

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. A handful of universities have now let students enter their school emails to gain access to virtual events and group chats. Image: IRL. Image: IRL.

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Twitter’s decentralized social network project takes a baby step forward

The Verge

Bluesky, Twitter’s decentralized social networking effort, has announced its first major update since 2019. The report covers how these systems handle key social network elements like discoverability, moderation, and privacy, as well as how services based on them can scale up, interoperate, and make money.

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Why private networks demand a customer experience management rethink

TM Forum

Private networks may be among today’s industry buzz words, but they are far from being a new concept. They have existed for a long time in various forms, be it campus network in colleges or as integrated network in offices. Why is CEM now a priority for private networks? Cost and efficiency. Context aware decisions.

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The opportunity for social capital and mutual aid to define how we emerge from this crisis

Trends in the Living Networks

Today was the first episode of my new live-streaming show, The Virtual Excellence Show (which I haven’t even had time to announce on this blog yet, but if you’d like to follow it please subscribe here !). One of our topics of conversation was social capital. … Neither mutual aid nor social capital are new.

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Let’s meet! Virtually, in-person, or somewhere in between?

CIO Business Intelligence

Many formerly in-person events from team meetings to conferences transitioned to virtual events and many companies seem conflicted on if, when or how they can get everyone back to the office. So, will virtual events continue to thrive and, if so, can they deliver better experiences? I have a love/hate relationship with virtual events.

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With the launch of Infinite Office Facebook is making a play for virtual reality offices

Trends in the Living Networks

From today’s suite of virtual reality and augmented reality product launches by Facebook, one of the most interesting was its announcement of Infinite Office , allowing users to work on multiple screens in a virtual/ augmented reality space. Today we will look behind the news that Facebook is launching a virtual office space.