1.DIGITAL FASHION

A selection of digital images from Yimeng Yu.

Technically, such clothes are created through a pipeline of the following form:

1. A photograph is taken/taken.
2. In Marvelous Designer or CLO (this is software for modeling clothes), or in another 3D software, a mannequin is set in the same pose.
3. Clothes are created with any available tools.
4. Rendered, and then photoshopped by hand on the picture from the first paragraph.

This is not real-time - it can only be used on photos (i.e. no AR or dressing up avatars in metaverses), but you can achieve impressive quality.

Clothes created in MD or CLO are usually also easily reused and put on the mannequin in any other position, respectively, and on other photos (also using Photoshop).

2.Model business and AI

Synthetic Modeling Agency creates virtual people / avatars for brands for testing and localization to the tastes of the audience without the need to shoot real models

It is also possible to add Deepfake technologieswhen the real model also may not participate in the filming, but may sell the rights to their images.

3.15 best Metaverse projects worth paying attention to.

A Brandessence Market Research report revealed that the global metaverse market was valued at $209,77 billion in 2021.

It is projected to reach $2027 billion by 716,5, at a compound annual growth rate of 22,7%.

Here is a list of popular companies that have already managed to declare themselves in the metaverses, in the article a description of the projects themselves.

Apple Metaverse
Microsoft Metaverse
Google Metaverse
Amazon Metaverse
NVIDIA Metaverse
Louis Vuitton Metaverse
Nike Metaverse
Qualcomm
Gucci Metaverse
Autodesk Metaverse
roblox metaverse
Unity Software Metaverse
Animoca Brands
Matterport Metaverse

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4.The first Russian NFT performance will be presented in St. Petersburg

For the first time in Russia, the Andrey Mironov Theater will present an NFT performance based on Chekhov's play Uncle Vanya. The production promises to be one of the most anticipated events of the next theatrical season. The director of the innovative performance is Alexei Morozov.

With the help of NFT, the theater on the Petrogradskaya side wants to start forming a web3 community of theater lovers. Creators start with a collection of tokens based on artistic images of the play. Buyers of collectible NFTs will be able to get behind the scenes, chat with the actors and get the best seats in the hall.
A cool case from a classic brand, which, so far, does not seem to be a failure.

5. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology creates a campus in the metaverse

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has announced the start of work on the creation of a Hong Kong and Guangzhou student campus in the metaverse to promote immersive learning. The university ranks second in the top 50 universities in Asia.
The Senate, which is responsible for developing and overseeing academic policy, announced that the launch of the first mixed reality classroom program is scheduled for September, as well as the grand opening of the virtual campus in the metaverse. “Many guests may be abroad and not able to attend the opening, so we will hold the event in virtual reality.

This is the first experience of MetaHKUST, a field of study in the metaverse that will connect the university's Hong Kong campus with the Guangzhou campus, allowing students to take classes without geographical restrictions,” explained Pang Hui, head of the Department of Computational Media and Arts at the Guangzhou campus. Vice President for Institutional Development Wang Yang noted that despite the skepticism of the university leadership towards the new concept of education, a modern university cannot afford to miss such an opportunity.

“Last year, the buzzword was NFT. In 2022, this is the metaverse. We understand that it will become part of reality in the future, and we can imagine life in the metaverse soon. As a university, we should be leaders of ideas and should not wait for others to do something, and we will be forced to follow their example,” said Wang Yang. In the initial phases, work on building a campus in the metaverse will focus on building infrastructure in the real world, such as virtual reality classrooms, dynamic sensors, cameras, and visualization tools. Subsequently, the digital space created for the two campuses will allow students to attend the same lecture at the same time in two parallel spaces. In addition to lectures and seminars, it is planned to gather an audience in the virtual world for social events, such as open days, student parties or graduations, and distribute diplomas or transcripts of lectures in the form of NFT. At the end of July, Todai University of Japan announced the start of a series of programs on the development of metaverses in the new academic year. The educational project should solve the problem of the lack of qualified personnel to work on digital technologies.

6.Scott+Scott is preparing a class action lawsuit against TerraForm Labs

Law firm Scott+Scott, which recently sued Yuga Labs, will now represent the people and big investors that lost money on LUNA and UST. The underlying claim is that Terraform Labs has been misleading people by promising stability and sustainability of the project, as well as huge growth prospects. In addition to this, Do Kwon fomented FOMO in every possible way for those who did not have time to buy UST/LUNA on the loys.

It was these actions that led investors to buy UST and LUNA tokens at artificially high prices, and after the volatility of UST and LUNA became clear to everyone, the poor people lost more than 90% of their savings.

7.Tether and Bitfinex Partner with Hypercore to Launch New Holepunch Protocol to Build P2P Applications

The first application within the framework of the collaboration is called Keet - it will give users the opportunity to make free audio and video calls, chat and share files. The application works through pairs of cryptographic keys for authorization.

Curiously, Bitfinex, Tether and Hypercore have been developing this technology for five whole years:

“Holepunch will keep apps running smoothly and free speech. Freedom of speech is the ability to communicate with the right people and not worry about someone eavesdropping on you, so that later you can use the data against yourself.” сообщил director.

Now more than $10 million has already been spent on development, but in the future, companies are ready to allocate from $50 to $100 million to create new applications.

Already in December, everyone will be able to create applications based on the protocol and earn money on it.

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