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Preparing your business for the metaverse — from currency.com by Raphael Sanis

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Also see:

Get Ready To Market In The Metaverse — from forbes.com by Sarah Malcolm
Exploring the metaverse: What laws will apply? — from dlapiper.com by Tom K. Ara, Mark F. Radcliffe, Michael Fluhr, & Katherine Imp
Meta’s AI Tech Lets You Craft VR Worlds With Your Voice — from vrscout.com by Kyle Melnick
HTC Vive Announces Viveverse, A Cross-Platform Metaverse — from vrscout.com by Kyle Melnick

Architectural Sketches With a Warm Light [Nikita Busyak]

On 02/27/2022, in architecture, art, creativity, Europe, photography, by Daniel Christian

Architectural Sketches With a Warm Light — from fubiz.net by Nikita Busyak

Also from fubiz.net, see:

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021 : People’s Choice

Storytelling for impact — from nationalgeographic.org; a collaboration between National Geographic and Adobe
Visualize and communicate powerful stories that inspire change

Excerpt:

Stories can change the world.
Learn from world-class National Geographic photographers, videographers, and visual designers in a series of Storytelling for Impact online courses. Created in partnership with Adobe, this series will teach you how to use compelling photography, video, graphics, and audio to tell stories in the most impactful ways to inspire change.

Offered for both educators and youth ages 16–25, these short, free, self-paced online courses are designed to guide learners to visualize and communicate powerful stories that inspire action.

Ready to harness the power of storytelling?

Discover the winners of the Nature Photographer of the Year [fubiz.net]

On 02/19/2022, in art, creativity, design, photography, by Daniel Christian

Discover the winners of the Nature Photographer of the Year — from fubiz.net

Also see:

naturephotographeroftheyear.com

Also see:

Burning Clouds by Ela / sea.of.lights on 500px.com

Three pieces of stunning art & photography

On 02/12/2022, in art, creativity, digital photography, photography, by Daniel Christian

Bison at 35 below zero. Yellowstone National Park, USA.

Photographer by Tom Murphy Photography pic.twitter.com/4JRQyxAnNn

— Amazing Nature (@AmazingNature00) February 11, 2022

Carrera 6 by Joachim Löning on 500px.com

Oil Paintings by Paco Pomet Brighten Vintage Scenes with Satirical Elements in Color — from thisiscolossal.com by Paco Pomet

10 things you didn’t know you could do with Google Arts and Culture — from ditchthattextbook.com

Excerpt:

Google Arts and Culture is a massive collection of videos and images of cultural artifacts from over 2,000 museums around the world. But virtually visiting art exhibits is just one of the many things you can do with Google Arts and Culture. From virtually displaying life-sized art inside your house to playing in a blob opera, Google Arts and Culture runs an impressive gamut of ways to explore culture from your own home or classroom.

Several sharp photos out at 500px.com

On 02/05/2022, in art, creativity, design, photography, by Daniel Christian

Chicago moonshine by Darek Szupina on 500px.com

sunset at Seljalandsfoss by Judith Kuhn on 500px.com

DC: Will we be checking out more of the arts via VR headsets? Something else for the radar.

On 01/27/2022, in art, change, changing business models, drama/theater, ideas, immersion, innovation, interactivity, UK, vendors, virtual field trips, XR - extended reality, by Daniel Christian

DC: This will be very interesting to see if this will turn out to be the case.

“The pandemic revolutionized theater and the performing arts. Get used to seeing plays with a VR headset on.”https://t.co/vMYtFXQhiM #XR #VR #Theatre #acting #drama #innovation #arts

— Daniel Christian (he/him/his) (@dchristian5) January 27, 2022

Theater companies in the U.K., home to one of the world’s oldest and grandest performing traditions, are increasingly integrating digital technology into interactive theater performances. They’re even getting help from the government to do it, The New York Times reported.

Along these lines, also see:

At Leonardo da Vinci’s Live Metaverse In Berlin, Mona Lisa And The Last Supper Brought To Life — from news.abplive.com by Radifah Kabir
Two of the world’s most famous paintings, both by At Leonardo da Vinci, have been brought to life using high technology, & will be exhibited at art show to premiere on January 28 in Berlin, Germany.

Two of the art world's most famous paintings have been brought to life thanks to high technology at a Berlin show which delves into the mind of iconic painter, Leonardo da Vinci pic.twitter.com/JxEOq4iLFR

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 24, 2022

Beautiful, creative “Poetic Artworks From Paper” [Kanat Nurtazin]

On 01/24/2022, in art, communications, creativity, design, digital photography, photography, by Daniel Christian

Poetic Artworks From Paper — from fubiz.net by Kanat Nurtazin

Beautiful mixed reality art by Kanat Nurtazin

6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2022 — from cultofpedagogy.com by Jennifer Gonzalez

Excerpts:

This year, for the very first time, I hired a team of ed tech experts to help me with the update. The task was becoming overwhelming and I knew if I was going to keep it up, I had to have some help. Here they are below: Marnie Diem, Brandie Wright, Lucia Hassell, and Kim Darche.
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5. EVERFI
everfi.com/k-12

Originally a site that offered free financial literacy courses to students, EVERFI has expanded its course offerings to include career exploration (including one specific to STEM careers), social and emotional learning, diversity and inclusion, and health and wellness. Their newest additions are courses in healthcare literacy, data science and banking fraud, and compassion and empathy.

Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 winners [commons.wikimedia.org]

On 01/24/2022, in Africa, architecture, art, Asia, creativity, design, Europe, India, UK, United States, by Daniel Christian

Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 winners — from commons.wikimedia.org

Excerpt:
Below are some of the pictures from Greece.

The NFT art market has a ‘mind-blowing’ fraud problem + two Metaverse-related items

On 01/19/2022, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, art, business, change, changing business models, copyright/ownership/NFTs, creativity, ideas, immersion, innovation, marketing/social marketing, by Daniel Christian

? The #NFT market has exploded over the past year.

? Sales soared past $24.9 billion in 2021, according to market tracker @DappRadar.

?? But more artists are sounding the alarm over thieves stealing their digital work.

?? How big is the industry’s fraud problem? ? pic.twitter.com/3CvrgqndpZ

— Thomson Reuters Foundation News (@TRF_Stories) January 18, 2022

5 brands already boldly embracing the metaverse — from thedrum.com by Dani Gibson
As part of The Drum’s Metaverse Deep Dive, we round up some of the best examples of brands causing a stir within the virtual online world by creating out of this world experiences.

Marketing in the metaverse — from thedrum.com