GeekWire

JULY 24, 2020

Winners of the 2020 GeekWire Awards make their acceptance speeches on the live-streamed event. We couldn’t get together in person, but we still found a way to celebrate the best in Pacific Northwest tech on Thursday as the GeekWire Awards went virtual. Great businesses, incredible people, and a commitment to social conscience.

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Forrester IT

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Takeaways from the 2023 Berkeley Business Analytics Summit: Analytics, AI, and Society: Towards a Wiser World?

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

XOXO Festival co-founder Andy Baio unveiled his newest project on Tuesday : a new platform for virtual events called Skittish. Skittish looks like a very cute version of social spaces in video games like Second Life or VRChat but built specifically to host online events. They weren’t social in any meaningful way.”

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GeekWire

JULY 23, 2020

In a few hours, we’ll bring the Pacific Northwest tech community together for the first-ever virtual GeekWire Awards — an epic celebration of the top innovators, entrepreneurs, scientists and non-profit leaders in the region. The countdown clock is ticking. You can join us starting at 4 p.m. Pacific today.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2022

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? Room to grow virtually.

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Trends in the Living Networks

JULY 14, 2020

For the last couple of months I have been selectively sharing conversations, tutorials, and highlight videos from The Virtual Excellence Show on this blog, but I haven’t written anything about the show itself. It quickly became apparent that there would be no more physical events for the foreseeable future. Everything virtual.

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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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GeekWire

JULY 16, 2020

Scener , the RealNetworks spinoff that lets people connect and interact virtually while watching their favorite streaming content, is expanding its platform as it experiences substantial growth during the coronavirus pandemic. Scener is capitalizing on lockdowns during the ongoing health crisis and the desire for social gatherings.

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GeekWire

JULY 12, 2021

For the first time in two years, actual humans will physically descend on the Washington State Convention Center for four days of gaming and related events at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle. But I’ve been seeing tons of concerts and sporting events open back up as well ahead of us.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Scener , the platform that allows streaming media viewers to watch and chat together in a virtual movie theater setting, has raised $2.1 Scener co-founder Joe Braidwood told GeekWire that it’s “incredible” to see the industry finally embrace social TV. Scener image).

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GeekWire

JULY 16, 2024

(Mirra Image) Virtual reality entertainment startup Mirra plans to open its first location in Bellevue, Wash. Mirra is a “social entertainment venue” that offers an assortment of unique VR games that attendees can play for an hour at a time. We’re merging VR technology with a vibrant social scene to create unforgettable events.”

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Hacker Earth

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Virtual hiring events are becoming vital for modern recruitment, and the hiring world is changing rapidly. As businesses embrace remote-first cultures and global talent pools, virtual recruitment events are a cost-effective, efficient, and scalable way to source and connect with top talent.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Rec Room , the eponymous Seattle-based development studio behind the virtual hangout/game creator Rec Room, has raised $20 million. It initially premiered in June 2016 on the Steam digital storefront, but has since grown to include several other platforms, including iOS, PlayStation 4, and the Oculus, in both 2D and virtual reality versions.

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The Verge

AUGUST 31, 2020

This past weekend, the Ikea Harajuku location in Tokyo was home to something unique: an installation starring a virtual person. The retail giant partnered with Imma, a virtual influencer, in order to explore the concept of “happiness at home.” You can watch a recap of the lengthy event below, though be warned not much happens.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 30, 2015

More on the event: Whether you’re analyzing network traffic, correlating activity across log data, or identifying and tracking themes in social media data, Immediate Insight helps you: Get the data – Spend time analyzing the data not preparing it to be analyzed. Breakfast will be served. There is no fee to attend.

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Venture Beast

JUNE 15, 2020

Niantic is recasting its Pokémon Go Fest 2020 as a virtual event that will take place across the globe, rather than as a physical event. Read More.

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GeekWire

MARCH 11, 2021

From housing to education to rebooting the economy to social justice, we face a daunting number of public policy challenges. To help make sense of where we go from here, GeekWire is excited to kick off a new virtual event series called Civic Conversations, presented by Microsoft. Gordon McHenry Jr. ,

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Vox

AUGUST 12, 2020

It no longer felt appropriate — even for celebrities and influencers, who tend to exist unfazed by current events — to skip over politics and resume regular programming. How to protest virtually. Instagram, once an apolitical din, reflected that change. Defunding the police. Mail-in voting. Turkey’s concerning femicide rate.

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GeekWire

JULY 8, 2020

If you’re going to root, root, root for Mariners in Seattle these days, you’re going to have to do it virtually as baseball has taken on a whole new look in the age of coronavirus. COMING UP: GeekWire virtual event: The Future of Sports. link] pic.twitter.com/YFpbSoTlXm.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Finally, PAX Unplugged, an all-tabletop event, is scheduled for Dec. Interview: How Penny Arcade took PAX online, and what it means for the future of the popular event. Relatedly, ReedPop also announced in November that Seattle’s own comic book event, the Emerald City Comic Con, has been scheduled for Dec. 2-5 of 2021.

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GeekWire

JUNE 16, 2020

University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce gives a commencement speech at the UW’s first-ever virtual ceremony, with students and families watching via livestream. (UW It gathered nearly 7,000 photos of each graduate and applied graphics tricks to show the students with virtual caps in a Star Wars scrolling-type fashion.

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Hacker Earth

DECEMBER 4, 2024

That is why virtual recruitment events are the perfect solution for reaching out to various sources of talents, marketing and selling the brands and employers, and conducting the recruitment process online. What Are Virtual Recruitment Events?

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Almost two years after officially attaining “unicorn” status , Seattle startup Rec Room continues to expand the audience for its eponymous flagship app Rec Room , with new physical gift cards, a virtual haunted house, a brand crossover with Mattel’s Masters of the Universe , and perhaps most importantly, the possibility of feet.

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The Verge

JUNE 15, 2021

IRL’s groups and events can be accessed on its app or website. Do people want an app specifically for discovering events and messaging as a group? 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. Image: IRL.

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Kitaboo

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Among all the subjects taught at school, social studies remains a challenge for most teachers to teach in an engaging way. It is possible to leverage many other forms of interactive teaching methods – like social studies simulations – to achieve the desired outcomes from a lesson. Table of Contents I. What is a Simulation?

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GeekWire

MAY 29, 2020

A Zoom screen grab of Sporcle Virtual Trivia participants. The answer is 2020, and it’s happening right now as the 13-year-old company, based in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, is learning in rapid fashion that an audience it cultivated in bars and restaurants across the country is just as hungry to connect virtually.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Seraphine is a virtual influencer, though as her growing fan base quickly noticed, there’s something different about her. Her posts are filled with League of Legends easter eggs, and she released an acoustic cover of “Pop/Stars,” the 2018 League anthem from the virtual K-pop group K/DA. Oh, and she also isn’t real.

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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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The Verge

AUGUST 18, 2020

But Epic was prepared for the fight in part because it knows how to make a spectacle, having already pulled off massive in-game events like the appearance of a giant rolling cube and a volcano eruption. The studio applied tactics it has perfected to hype those events in its disputes with two of tech’s biggest companies.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The event features a day of research presentations and technical sessions before wrapping up with a poster event in the evening, where attendees had a chance to learn about more than 100 student projects. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 21, 2013

By Bob Gourley If you are an analyst or executive or architect engaged in the analysis of big data, this is a “must attend” event. This is a must attend event for any organization or agency looking to be information-driven and give access to more data to more resources and applications. Adjourn/ Networking Social.

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Venture Beast

JUNE 22, 2021

Social meeting space Breakroom has integrated High Fidelity's 3D audio into its virtual world for social and business events. Read More.

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The Verge

MAY 24, 2021

Netflix is announcing a new week-long virtual event, “Geeked Week,” where it will share information about upcoming titles like The Witcher , The Sandman , and The Cuphead Show. Keep it locked to The Verge for all of our coverage of the big events. Image: Netflix. Image: Netflix. Netflix’s poster for Geeked Week.

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Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

I’m writing this on a Thursday night while participating in a panel in Clubhouse, the social audio chat platform that has grown quickly to more than 8 million users in a couple of months. I’m in the Nordic Games breakfast room run by Zsuzsa James and other folks.

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The Verge

JANUARY 11, 2021

LG introduced Reah Keem as a virtual influencer who appeared during its live-streamed CES keynote to unveil the company’s new line of LG CLOi UV-C robots. Virtual influencers aren’t new, but the appearance of a virtual creator at a highly virtualized and socially distant CES really hammered home how weird this event was.

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The Verge

JANUARY 10, 2022

LinkedIn is planning audio events | Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images. The live, Clubhouse-like audio feature LinkedIn confirmed it was working on last year will debut later this month in beta as part of the company’s new events platform, according to a company blog post.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 2, 2021

DC is giving away free non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of its superhero comic book covers to people who register for its October 16th FanDome event. Last year’s virtual FanDome , the first ever for DC Comics and Warner Bros.,

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