Dataconomy

JULY 7, 2024

In the evolving landscape of social media, virtual influencers (VIs) have emerged as a novel phenomenon, blending technology with the allure of digital celebrity. What are virtual influencers? Virtual influencers are AI-driven, computer-generated images designed to interact with users and promote brands.

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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.

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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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Trends in the Living Networks

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Earlier this month Air New Zealand ran its second Social Media Breakfast in Auckland, with close to 1,000 people coming to see Teddy Goff , the Digital Director of Obama’s campaign, and myself speak. One of the excerpts shown from my keynote was on the rise of social commerce. Virtually every aspect of how we buy will be social.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 12, 2023

Virtual Agent, or VA, is the next natural step for significantly better customer and business outcomes. For example, you might present a customer with a choice of channels for engagement such as chat, phone, and social media. What is a VA? Another great example is intent recognition.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 8, 2023

The pandemic accelerated the urgency for reform in health and social care around the world, which strained resources to unprecedented levels. All of the capacity and operational challenges that were present in healthcare prior to the pandemic are magnified now. So you can see how my job has had to react to all of those stimulants.”

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Meta Quest 3 ‘s passthrough mode is a groundbreaking feature that seamlessly integrates the virtual and real worlds for an immersive mixed-reality experience. Meta’s much-hyped VR is now being tested by users, providing a visual feast for those on social media who haven’t had the opportunity to try the technology first-hand.

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GeekWire

JULY 24, 2020

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. Startup of the Year, presented by BCRA. Young Entrepreneur of the Year, presented by ALLTech. Deal of the Year: IPO and Acquisitions, presented by WSGR.

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2021

The world’s biggest gaming showcase, E3, is going all-virtual for the first time in its history, with organizers revealing today how they plan to keep enthusiasts interested without the sights and sounds of the show floor. The virtual E3 will run from June 12th to June 15th. Registration is free and opens later this month.

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GeekWire

JULY 29, 2020

Ambachew is GeekWire’s Junior Geek of the Month for July, a monthly honor presented by Northern Trust , which recognizes talented young innovators, creators and entrepreneurs in the Pacific Northwest. ” Ambachew and other instructors created a game on Roblox and they’re holding classes virtually during the ongoing pandemic. .

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GeekWire

JULY 12, 2021

Last year’s show was a virtual event, which combined with two other canceled conventions to become the 9-day, 24-hour “PAX Online.” The mask mandate, social distance, and cleaning protocols and the other safety regulations that we are putting in place were easier to verify and implement. Humans are social animals.

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GeekWire

MAY 20, 2021

We’re live streaming today’s celebration from the Pacific Science Center with finalists joining us virtually for the live award announcements. Social Media : Follow the Awards on social media with #2021GeekWireAwards — see pictures, play trivia, and more! Startup of the Year , presented by WestRiver Group.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2024

Bad actors use virtual cameras, emulators, and other tools to circumvent cameras, microphones, or fingerprint sensors and fool systems into believing they’ve received true data. Facial biometrics presentation attacks take many forms, using deepfake ID documents, “face-swaps,” and even hyper-realistic masks to impersonate someone.

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GeekWire

JUNE 20, 2020

” Embracing the widespread surge in awareness over racial injustice triggered by last month’s death of George Floyd has presented another leadership challenge. “I Another project is with a virtual reality company, designing the equipment worn for VR experiences. Your preferred social network? How do you run meetings?

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The study, led by University of Washington associate professor Alexis Hiniker , shows that children express themselves differently to robots and humans and have nuanced views of social interactions. The key parts of the experiment came next, first with only a parent present. 77% of kids figured out this connection.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Automating social media strategies SMBs, for instance, can automate their social media posting to simplify the management of social platforms, such as by publishing posts at the optimal time to maximize visibility. On the front end, GenAI helps alleviate workloads on already lean customer support teams.

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Dataconomy

JUNE 12, 2023

Reminder: AI avatars are digital representations of people that can be used for various purposes, such as video games, virtual assistants, social media, and more. We’ll present the leading candidates, highlighting their impressive capabilities and everything you need. Here are some of them: Synthesia Colossyan Rephrase.ai

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The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Neal Stephenson famously coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash , where it referred to a 3D virtual world inhabited by avatars of real people. The protagonist is a master hacker who gets in katana fights at a virtual nightclub. But wait, now Ready Player One isn’t a metaverse and virtual worlds don’t have to be 3D?

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Vox

APRIL 12, 2024

Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images What the evidence about social media and teens’ mental health really says. So argues the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. This dispute has generated reams of commentary as the media’s middle-aged social media users argue about whether their favorite apps are poisoning their kids.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 27, 2024

Para lograrlo, el organismo público de investigación se apoyará en soluciones basadas en la naturaleza y en tecnologías como la inteligencia artificial (IA) o la creación de los llamados gemelos digitales -réplicas virtuales capaces de emular el funcionamiento de un activo físico en el entorno virtual- de las infraestructuras hídricas críticas.

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Vox

OCTOBER 11, 2022

An avatar image of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg presenting at the company’s Connect conference in October 2022. Mark Zuckerberg announced that his company will be taking a major step to making its virtual reality metaverse avatars more lifelike: by giving them legs. The tech CEO said getting it right will be “hard.”

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 16, 2023

Big Data collection at scale is increasing across industries, presenting opportunities for companies to develop AI models and leverage insights from that data. In these spaces, virtual and physical worlds can be unified, and what happens in one world can affect the other.

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Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Shift to Virtual Training. With remote working becoming the new normal in today’s pandemic-hit world, virtual training for remote workers is going to see a sharp upward trend in the future. . More Emphasis on Social Learning Methods. But, the present scenario is very different from earlier financial crash events.

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Kitaboo

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Educational content has evolved beyond textbooks to include interactive multimedia elements like videos, simulations, animations, and virtual reality to enhance engagement and understanding. Various digital interactive tools enable real-time virtual classrooms, video lectures, and collaborative discussions among students and educators.

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GeekWire

MARCH 26, 2024

Vote here or below in this GeekWire Awards category, which is presented by Baird. Rec Room , the virtual reality community and gaming platform, a mainstay of VR and mixed reality platforms including the Meta Quest and, more recently, the Apple Vision Pro. The company in 2023 announced a $52.5 Create your own user feedback survey

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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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Vox

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, has shifted its long-term strategy away from its social media apps to focus on the metaverse, a virtual world where people wearing augmented/virtual reality headsets can talk to each others’ avatars, play games, hold meetings, and otherwise engage in social activities.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Companies are now getting a constant flow of real-time customer data from websites, social media, and POS terminals that automatically capture clicks, likes, and sales transactions for analysis by business intelligence systems. Social media is crucial for companies to engage with their market to promote ideas and gather feedback.

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GeekWire

MAY 28, 2021

The AfterLife Listings team from the University of Washington during a virtual presentation. AfterLife Listings and its online marketplace beat out three other teams that reached the final round of the all-virtual contest. ” AfterLife Listings website during a presentation. (UW UW Photo). of British Columbia).

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Vox

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The company is trying to refocus away from social media and toward building what it calls the metaverse. From now on, we’re going to be metaverse first, not Facebook first,” Zuckerberg said at Facebook Connect, the company’s virtual and augmented reality developer conference. “As Facebook announced its new name, Meta, on October 28.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The world’s largest social network is internally grappling with an existential crisis: an aging user base Earlier this year, a researcher at Facebook shared some alarming statistics with colleagues. If it doesn’t correct course, the 17-year-old social network could, for the first time, lose out on an entire generation.

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GeekWire

APRIL 22, 2021

That includes kids who are Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC); children who struggle socially due to autism, ADHD or other conditions; and women eager to break into technology or entrepreneurial roles. On May 20 we will announce the winners live at the virtual GeekWire Awards , presented by Wave Business.

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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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GeekWire

JANUARY 30, 2023

The tool they showcased, called LifeAt Spaces , was seen and shared millions of times on various social media platforms. ” (LifeAt screenshot) LifeAt users choose from a selection of “spaces” to set as their virtual backdrop, ranging from a coffee shop to a simulated Zoom call with Zac Efron.

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Kitaboo

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

It is a virtual library consisting of interactive learning nuggets which keeps students engaged in the content. Social Media for Collaborative Learning: One cannot ignore the importance of social media. Students usually spend a lot of time on social media. Simulation provides a virtual outlook of a real-life situation.

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GeekWire

APRIL 14, 2021

On May 20 we will announce the winners live at the virtual GeekWire Awards , presented by Wave Business. 98point6 : Virtual primary care startup 98point6 raises $118M as pandemic sparks demand for digital health tech. Rec Room : Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth.

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