Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into immersive experiences has revolutionized how we interact with digital environments. While AI offers many opportunities for creativity, personalization, and engagement, it is crucial to acknowledge the ethical implications and potential drawbacks. This article delves into the profound impact of AI on immersive experiences, examining its transformative potential and the challenges it poses.

The metaverse's emergence has thrust businesses into a realm of transformative potential, reshaping our understanding of online interactions. While it might seem like a futuristic concept, an increasing number of companies are already deeply entrenched in this shared virtual reality, altering the digital landscape as we know it.

This year, the virtual landscape is set to witness an unprecedented surge in the utilisation of avatars within the metaverse. These digital personas have evolved far beyond their humble beginnings, becoming increasingly realistic and customisable. As the virtual reality gaming industry continues to experience exponential growth, the importance of customisation in creating avatars cannot be overstated.

Today, we're diving headfirst into the captivating world of mixed reality glasses. These bad boys, also known as augmented reality (AR) glasses or smart glasses, are the epitome of cutting-edge technology that blurs the lines between the real and the virtual, elevating your perception and interaction with the world to unimaginable heights. Get ready to have your mind blown!

Welcome, fellow AI aficionados, to the realm where technology and imagination converge as we explore the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) in CGI and cinema. Brace yourselves for a mind-bending journey into the depths of creativity as we delve into the awe-inspiring examples of AI-driven wizardry that have reshaped the fabric of movie-making.

Machine learning has emerged as one of the most exciting technologies of our time, and its influence is rapidly spreading across various sectors. One area that has shown great potential for the application of machine learning is primary education. As schools and universities are increasingly adopting digital tools to enhance teaching and learning, the impact of machine learning on education is likely to be transformative.

From how magazines are changing articles for experiences, to how video games are driving social innovation. Here goes our selection of the latest news and trends that involve the communities that are shaping our present and future.

Your 10 minutes technology read: here is our selection of the major news in the tech world. From Elon Musk’s brain chip trial to how Covid related stress has changed teenagers’ brains. How is technology shaping our present and future?

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Your monthly cup of NFTs, with updates and refreshing insights on all that is brewing in the Web3 digital art and collectibles space.

Either for pro gamers or wanderers of the metaverse, here is our monthly selection of news about the industry. Dosification is recommended for a better user experience.

Your 10 minutes technology read: here is our selection of the major news in the tech world. From how to tackle E-waste to the impact of crypto art on the art world. How is technology shaping our present and future? ​

From pop culture going multipolar to Tik Tok eating the internet. Here goes our selection of the latest news and trends that involve the communities that are shaping the present and future.

Sotheby’s Institute announces The Metaversity for Creative Business Leaders to upskill the creative and cultural industries into Web3. Also, signs of crypto adoption continue at pace. Brazil has legalised crypto payments for goods and services, while Belgium has declared that BTC and ETH are not securities. Last, Porsche and a metaverse startup founded Richie Hawtin and Deadmau5 announce Web3 activations involving NFTs, AR and community co-creation.

First, the pacific island nation of Tuvalu announced at COP27 that it aims to preserve itself against rising sea levels via a digital twin in the metaverse. Also, virtual reality can improve relationships between parents incarcerated in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and their children. Last, virtual reality is being used to show nurses what working in a real-life prison environment is like by England’s NHS.

Nike launched its official web3 and NFT platform .SWOOSH with an exciting roadmap inspired by RTFKT Studios. Meanwhile, Riot Games and Ubisoft announced a partnership to create more positive gaming communities with the AI community moderation project “Zero Harm in Comms”. Last, Generative storytelling gets an AI boost with DALL-E’s integration into Tome’s storytelling platform.

Web3 loyalty program called “Odyssey” centred around earning, collecting and trading NFTs that unlock “immersive coffee experiences”. The program is aimed not only at Starbucks Rewards members, but also their employees who they refer to as “partners”. Starbucks envisions Starbucks Odyssey as a way for its most loyal customers to earn a broader set of rewards while also building community.

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 announces an AI-enabled “smart football” game that will unlock collectable NFT characters to be used in a future AI-enhanced football metaverse. Also, Mitsubishi UFG Financial Group Bank (MUFG Bank), Japan’s largest bank, announces it will offer its financial services in a 3D virtual reality metaverse. Last, Web3 shows it is the real battleground for the new creator economy, with OpenSea’s planned changes to NFT royalties drawing an emotional response from transgender NFT artist FEWOCiOUS.

Your monthly cup of NFTs, with updates and refreshing insights on all that is brewing in the Web3 digital art and collectibles space.

This week Instagram announced plans for its digital collectables marketplace, potentially onboarding 2 billion users to Web3. Also, AFRICA HERE, an NFT art accelerator program for African-based digital artists, has announced its program winners to be premiered at Art Week Miami. Last, Students from the National University of Mongolia will receive their diplomas as NFTs on the Polygon blockchain and offer a metaverse experience to its students.

Nike ‘just did it’ by entering the metaverse and making $185 million.

Either for pro gamers or wanderers of the metaverse, here is our monthly selection of news about the industry. Dosification is recommended for a better user experience.

The Simulation by Fable Studio. is a metaverse that allows its community of users to create a virtual world inhabited only by artificially-intelligent characters collaboratively. Also, Ex-Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey’s new decentralised social media app “Bluesky Social” announces plans to launch soon, potentially disrupting a multi-trillion dollar industry. Last, L’Oréal, Meta, and the French business school HEC Paris have partnered to focus on creativity and innovation in the metaverse and Web3 ecosystem via a new startup acceleration program.

Your 10-minute technology read: here is our selection of the major news in the tech world. From planetary defense to the digital divide, and a cheeky look at how to prompt DALL-E to draw better. How is technology shaping our present and future?

The immersive experience that will make the metaverse great again might just be here… INTERPOL has launched its first “global police metaverse”. Another piece of news is that buying a house (yes a real-life house) now just takes a few clicks - a property has been sold as an NFT in South Carolina, USA, for $175,000 USD. Last, Reddit is joining the Web2 businesses making successful forays into the Web3 economy, already beating NFT Marketplace giant OpenSea for active user wallets.

From Chinese influencers to why Gen-Z is subverting the status quo, we covered that in this week's Communities newsletter! And, for you who haven't signed up yet, here goes our selection of the latest news and trends that involve the communities of today.

This week Meta announced a partnership with Microsoft and unveiled its $1,500 “Meta Quest Pro” VR headset which it hopes will enable a new form of work and social computing in its cross-device metaverse. Google also had a busy week, announcing a Web3 partnership with Coinbase to allow crypto payments for its cloud services and also approving Donald Trump’s “Truth Social” app for its Play Store. Last, the Spanish top football division, LaLiga, announces a partnership with Dapper Labs for NFT collectables called “LaLiga Golazos”.

First, Paris Fashion Week might have to be renamed Pixel Fashion Week if the current trend of Minecraft-inspired IRL and metaverse-wear continues. Second, Japan and the UAE signal further intent to become metaverse and Web3-enabled countries. Last, Flamengo, Brazil’s most famous football club and one of its largest sporting franchises, announces a new Web3 loyalty program.

Welcome to our Weekly Review! The controversial beauty brand Dove aims to empower girls in the metaverse with a new game designed to address self-esteem and body confidence. Also, the world’s largest company by revenue Walmart targets younger shoppers with not one, but two new metaverse experiences. Last, The British Imperial War Museum launches an exhibition exploring the meaning of how war is depicted in video games and virtual environments.

This Weekly Review is on fire! First, the Seoul satellite city of Seongnam in South Korea announced plans for a virtual twin Metaverse city with access to government services enabled via citizenship NFTs. Second, Saudi Arabia is celebrating its National Day in the Metaverse. Last, Ethereum fulfilled its urge to Merge in one of the most significant events in web3 history.

Starting this today’s Weekly Review, PUMA entered the metaverse, debuting their immersive brand experience “FUTROGRADE” at the New York Fashion Week. In addition to that, Roblox announces new features such as Spatial Voice Beta which allows proximity-based voice chat, and Immersive Ads which allow brands to create portals to branded experiences. In conclusion, Disney announces a plan to embrace metaverse and VR technology to “enhance the future of storytelling”.

First, Russian President Vladimir Putin does a backflip on his cryptocurrency stance, announcing plans to legalize its use in international trade. Also, trademark applications relating to the Metaverse and virtual goods hit a new record high, more than doubling the total number filed in 2021, a strong sign that brands are taking their Metaverse business increasingly more seriously. Last, Ticketmaster and FIFA announce plans to extend their NFT offerings in a further sign of the accelerating mainstream adoption of digital collectibles enabled by Web3 technologies.

The moment you’ve been waiting for has arrived, our Weekly Review is here! What’s up for the week? Well, first Nike, Dolce & Gabbana, TIffany’s, Gucci and Adidas lead Web3 sales by fashion brands totalling over a quarter of a billion dollars in less than a year. Also, Meta has enabled displaying and sharing of NFTs across Facebook and Instagram and the $3 billion metaverse brand Bored Ape Yacht Club confirmed plans for developing their own Web3 friendly social media platform in response to repeated attempts by hackers targeting its burgeoning community that includes Madonna, Eminem and Snoop Dogg.

Welcome to newkinco’s Weekly Review! This week we’ll talk about Will Wright, The Sims creator, that raised $6 million to develop Web3 metaverse gaming vision with upcoming titles Proxi and VOXverse; The questions around if open-source code is the same as free speech or if it should it have the same protections?; Last, NFT vultures are circling $55 million in bluechip NFTs on the cheap such as Bored Apes, Cryptopunks, Doodles, and Azukis as the NFT market’s first massive liquidation event could be about to happen.

The 3rd annual Metaverse Art Week will happen from August 24–28. This year’s theme will be “The World is Made of Code” and will take place in Decentraland’s art districts such as Soho Plaza, Voltaire Art District and Indie Village. The theme takes inspiration from this year’s Venice Biennale Arte: The Milk of Dreams exhibition and its exploration of the representation of bodies and their metamorphoses, and the relationship between individuals and technologies.

“The first DAO to go to space”. Web3 space exploration community MoonDAO successfully sends a community member into space onboard Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin.

Tiffany’s x CryptoPunks NFT drop. Luxury jewellery in the real inspired by Ethereum’s original avatar NFTs. Tiffany & Co., the 184 years old American luxury jewellery and specialty retailer has teamed up with CryptoPunks NFT avatars (est. 2017) for their NFTiff NFT collection.

Can AI create true art? LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman releases NFTs made by OpenAI’s DALL-E on the Solana blockchain. DALL-E, the AI-powered neural network that can generate realistic images and artworks from text descriptions, enabled commercialization rights for creators with a new beta version last week. This opens up a plethora of opportunities for creators to generate AI-rendered art as their ‘own’ creations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin bans crypto payments. Last week on Friday, July the 16th, a bill banning the use of digital assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and NFTs as forms of payment for services or products in Russia was signed into law by President Putin.

Controversial lifestyle brand Playboy is creating a MetaMansion for its voxelated Playmates in The Sandbox metaverse, making good on the initial tease during the launch of their Rabbitar NFT collection in October last year.

A tipping point for Web3 adoption? Blockchains are going mobile. ‍“How do we get even closer to the user? The largest distribution platform in the world is the mobile phone” (Arjun Kalsy, Polygon VP Growth)

The role of the metaverse and NFT art as new battlegrounds for the creative, ethical and political is already showing its power and influence in a time of increasingly decentralized governance, globalised politics and hyper-individualism. For example, controversy continues to plague Yuga Labs, the creators of the bluechip NFT PFP project Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and the Otherside metaverse.

If you have come across terms like Web 1.0, Web 2.0, or Web 3.0 and have been confused about what the hell they are, you are not alone. Luckily, you have come to the right place to get your doubts cleared. At this point these words have been thrown around so much that we all have heard them, but no one really knows what they mean. I will guide you through this web series and hopefully you will come out a tad bit more knowledgeable.

All Things Immersive — With the Help of newkinco. Immersive experiences represent the future of how we are able to communicate our stories, and the future of how you or I are able to experience the new and exciting story and product communications of others. The brilliance behind the immersive communication of information is that people are no longer onlookers but able to really experience and interact with digitally enhanced real world or virtual spaces.

This might help to navigate the haze. Alison Parker, a television reporter was shot dead in 2015 by her former colleague. There exists a 17 seconds clip of her and her videographer being shot. This video quickly became viral in social media, much to the chagrin of her father. He tried to get it removed for several years and in 2020 he finally filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.

And why it might be the new Big Bang. We have an opportunity now to create a new world — from scratch. We can break from the shackles of atrocious societal norms and be whoever we want to be. We do not need to be defined by gender or race or our sexual identities. The big bang of the digital world is happening — now.

How to be up to date and keep up with the pace‍ In his 2004 book, The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explained why minimizing the purchasing options reduces consumer anxiety. His theory explained that too many choices can not only lead to paralysis of action, but also to frustration despite having obtained what we wanted: choosing one thing implies not having the others.

AI has been making technology headlines for some time now. Today, it has established itself as a powerful tool for reducing tedious and repetitive digital tasks, as well as helping to reduce human error, for example in relevant sectors such as emergency equipment development.

If remote work was a growing trend before the pandemic, today, it is a paradigm that is here to stay. it is a paradigm that is here to stay. And in addition to the fabulous sense of freedom that comes with having a certain autonomy over our working hours, there is the challenge of establishing new habits to maintain a balance between professional and personal life — which are increasingly intertwined.

Globalisation and recurrent shocks to the economy push organizations to reinvent themselves perpetually. But very often, when there is a change in the higher-level strategy, the design of the organization is left unrevised.

Kinship is a phenomenon that arises in the most diverse contexts and situations. It is silent and invisible, yet it is rooted in one of the most fundamental forces of human society: the power of togetherness.