TREND REPORTS
A 12-Year-Old Artist Has Made $1.6 Million With Her NFT Collection
[Business]
2023/06/20 09:08
12-year-old, Nyla Hayes, has made millions by selling her art in the form of NFTs, Business Insider reported. The digital artist who is still not old enough to own her Instagram page has 4,683 followers on the social media handle that is handled by her mom and features her art collection.NFTs are operated using the same blockchain technology as cryptocurrencies and have seen their popularity ri...
BMW Presents Electric AI Exhibition Featuring The i5 At Art Basel 2023
[Design]
2023/06/20 09:07
BMW unveiled an exhibit called "The Electric AI Canvas" at Art Basel this week. An extension of the "The Ultimate AI Masterpiece," it marks the first time the virtual work is transformed into a physical art experience. Featuring the BMW i5 as a dynamic canvas for generative art, the exhibition includes works by contemporary artists and takes place through June 18, 2023. In collaboration with Na...
(Infographic) Virtual Growth: The $5 Trillion Potential of the Metaverse
[Investing]
2023/06/20 09:06
Google searches for “how to invest in the metaverse” skyrocketed in early 2022, and then again in early 2023.This graphic, sponsored by iShares, explores the technology, and potential uses of the metaverse, highlighting its growth trajectory.The Metaverse, SimplifiedThe metaverse is an evolving concept that refers to a virtual, interconnected universe. Here, users can engage in immersive and...
This Iconic, Cat-Adorned Eames Fiberglass Chair Can be Yours for $2,500
[Product]
2023/06/20 09:06
In 1950, artist Saul Steinberg doodled a cat onto an Eames fiberglass chair. Now you can own a replica.In 1950, Romanian American artist Saul Steinberg, whose sharp and whimsical illustrations have graced more than 80 New Yorker covers, spontaneously picked up a brush and painted drawings on various furniture items, floors, and walls of Charles and Ray Eames’s Los Angeles office. One of these...
Package Deal : Amazon's Growth has Come with A Logistics Empire
[Business]
2023/06/20 09:04
On Friday, the Teamsters union, representing 340,000 UPS workers, voted overwhelmingly to strike if no agreement is reached with the company before the contracts expire at the end of July. That's a major deal, as a walkout at UPS could become the largest work stoppage in the US since the steelworkers strike in 1959, when ~500,000 workers walked out for nearly four months.The union achieved a si...
Citroen “Ami For All” Is A Wheelchair-Friendly Prototype EV For Disabled Drivers
[Design]
2023/06/20 09:03
With citroën 'ami for all', persons with reduced lower-limb mobility can drive on their own technology.Citroën presents the Ami for All concept car, an electric vehicle whose car design enables persons with reduced lower-limb mobility and wheelchair users to drive on their own. The new addition to the family falls in line with Citroën’s buggy concept, Ami One that 16-year-olds can drive wit...
Google Introduces "Virtual Try-On" with Using Generative AI
[Business]
2023/06/19 09:10
Continuing the product update streak from the Google I/O development conference, Google today announced it is adding virtual try-ons to Search.Available starting today for shoppers in the U.S., the capability will make buying clothes online a tad easier. However, instead of superimposing the digital version of an outfit on the buyers’ virtual avatars, much like what many brands have done, the...
(PDF) Capgemini - Why Sports Tech is a Game Changer
[Business]
2023/06/19 09:09
Technology now plays a vital part in many aspects of sports – enhancing the viewing experience, encouraging fan engagement, assisting teams and players to increase performance, and more.And as technology itself advances, so does its potential for enriching the sports experience. In our newest Capgemini Research Institute report, A whole new ball game: Why sports tech is a game-changer, we expl...
(Video) Epic Games Launches MetaHuman Animator to Capture High-Quality Human Faces with an iPhone
[Tech]
2023/06/19 09:07
Epic Games launches MetaHuman Animator to capture high-quality human faces with an iPhone.Epic Games has launched its MetaHuman Animator, a tool that enables developers to capture high-quality human faces using just an iPhone and a PC. And as you can see in the video of the guy here, it’s pretty amazing at making simulated people.The company said the tool can deliver high-quality facial animat...
Hyper Raises $3.6M from Amazon for its VTuber-friendly Avatar Platform
[Investing]
2023/06/19 09:06
VTubers — online personalities who use motion-capture-powered manga- and anime-inspired avatars to interact with the world alongside games, over YouTube, and in other places, — have become big business, with the most popular of them collectively racking up hundreds of millions of hours of viewership in a month, along with loyal fan bases, lucrative sponsorships and demand for more.Now, it app...
Pop Culture Drives Travelers' Destination Decisions
[Consumer]
2023/06/19 09:05
When comparing Gen-Z and millenials with Gen-X, it is pehaps unsurprising that the digital native generations are more likely to be influenced by social media, TV shows and movies than Gen-Xers.Yet, in a 2023 survey of travelers almost a quarter of Gen-Xers surveyed indicated that Facebook and Instagram were influencing factors in their decision to book a trip to a destination.Protecting the na...
Marsper x Gucci Comes to Life in Physical Form to Celebrate Gucci Cosmos in Shanghai
[Product]
2023/06/19 09:04
Chinese pop IP Marsper comes to life in physical form in a series of collectible figurines dressed in four different looks from the Gucci archive. As Gucci begins a new chapter with Sabato De Sarno as creative director, the brand shows no signs of slowing down. With a new Marsper x Gucci collectible toy collab and the launch of its fourth major exhibition in China, Gucci Cosmos, the Kering-...
