We reported yesterday on Epic Games selling D2C music platform Bandcamp to Songtradr just a year and a half after acquiring it.
Tag: metaverse
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Snopp Dogg is the ‘Dungeon Master’ in Meta’s latest AI project
Meta is holding its annual ‘Connect’ conference this week, focusing on all things metaverse. Not to mention a Snoop Dogg AI.
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Metaverse startup Vertex Labs signs deal with Robbie Williams
We’re used to finding out about new web3 metaverse startups from press releases or crypto industry websites. Less so from MailOnline.
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Ed Sheeran lands in Fortnite with an iHeartLand experience
One of the streaming era’s biggest stars will be performing virtually in Fortnite from 5 October: Ed Sheeran.
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Universal Music Germany debuts YOUniverse Berlin virtual world
Tens of millions of people are spending time in Fortnite and Roblox: hence all the excitement about the metaverse in the music industry.
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Meta’s Horizon Worlds starts its expansion beyond VR headsets
Talking of virtual worlds… Meta has announced that its Horizon Worlds is expanding beyond VR headsets to web and mobile.
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Unity introduces new fees that charge developers by installs
Unity is one of the most popular engines used by games developers. However, new fees that it introduced this week are causing controversy.
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Blackpink get set for persistent Roblox experience ‘The Palace’
Roblox has signed up its most high-profile global artist yet: K-Pop stars Blackpink. Their ‘The Palace’ experience launches this week.
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Karta’s new studio to make Fortnite experiences for music and brands
Karta is one of the growing number of companies helping artists and brands do things in virtual worlds and games.
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Futureverse claims its JEN-1 system sets a new quality bar for AI music
Earlier this year, a startup called Futureverse raised a $54m Series A funding round, promising to “introduce AI to the metaverse”.
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Paris Hilton to drop new music and DJ sets on Roblox ‘fan hub’
Music Ally has learned a new word this morning: ‘sliving’ is apparently “a playful mashup of slaying and living your best life”.
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ShapesXR raises $8.6m funding for its VR design platform
US startup ShapesXR is one of the companies building technology that in turn helps developers to build virtual-reality experiences.