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Zuckerberg is turning trillion-dollar Facebook into a ‘metaverse’ company, he tells investors

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Time Stamp: July 28, 2021 8:26 PM - Modified On: July 28, 2021 - Published By:
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“I wanted to discuss this now so that you can see the future that we’re working towards and how our major initiative across the company are going to map to that,” Zuckerberg said on the call. “What is the metaverse? It’s a virtual environment where you can be present with people in digital spaces. You can kind of think of this as an embodied internet that you’re inside of rather than just looking at.” These comments echoed an interview he gave to The Verge last week, detailing some of the

PortalOne raises $15M from Atari and more for a new hybrid gaming/TV show app

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Time Stamp: April 29, 2021 2:06 PM - Modified On: April 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Gaming and streamed video have been two of the biggest pastime winners during the last year+ of pandemic living. Today a startup that has created an app that brings those two entertainment formats together is announcing a notable seed round of funding as it prepares to come out of closed beta. PortalOne, a hybrid gaming startup, is announcing a $15 million seed round of funding as it prepares to come out of closed beta with an app that lets people play on-demand games and also watch live shows in which

Ludena Protocol Joins Blockchain Game Alliance After Announcing…

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Time Stamp: January 19, 2021 7:00 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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As one of the first BGA members of 2021, Ludena Protocol hopes to bring the association and its individual members valuable insights into the evolving gaming culture of South Korea, which is known to home some of the world’s most prolific gamers and e-sporting events. SEOUL, South Korea (PRWEB) January 20, 2021 With the release of Ludena Protocol’s first Dapp looming on the horizon, the team has announced that they have joined a major force in blockchain gaming: The BGA or the Blockchain Game Alliance. A South Korean blockchain gaming

8Hours Platform Guide: Everything About EHRT

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Time Stamp: August 25, 2020 1:30 AM - Modified On: August 25, 2020 - Published By:
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Combining the real world with virtual space would have seemed impossible decades ago. There have been many issues such as data integrity and information security that impeded the development of the technology. However, the 8Hours Foundation, among other companies, showed that it can actually be done. Through the help of blockchain technology and its innovations, 8Hours made the tokenization of physical assets to create their digital counterparts possible — and enjoyable. In this article, we shall explore how the 8Hours foundation took advantage of revolutionary blockchain technologies like Vechain and

Microsoft kills Mixer, will push users to Facebook Gaming

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Time Stamp: June 22, 2020 2:47 PM - Modified On: June 22, 2020 - Published By:
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Microsoft is killing its Twitch competitor Mixer next month and is partnering with Facebook to push its users toward the Facebook Gaming service. The app is winding down on July 22. The sudden move comes after Microsoft has dumped considerable efforts into its gaming-centric streaming service, acquiring streaming rights to some of the biggest esports personalities like Ninja and Shroud. Microsoft couldn’t spend its way into meaningfully competition with Amazon’s Twitch and Alphabet’s YouTube Gaming. The company launched its Mixer service in 2017 after acquiring the gaming startup Beam Interactive