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Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In this early stage, the metaverse is being envisioned and portrayed as an online reality that we humans enter and experience as avatars through a VR headset, similar to the Oasis experience in the movie Ready Player One. A visit to the Second Life Marketplace can help you better understand the concept of shopping for NFTs in the Metaverse.

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The 6 Hottest Training Technologies That You Can’t Overlook

Gyrus

Virtual Environment and Avatars: Virtual learning environments bring the social interaction part of traditional classroom training into the e-learning world. Organizations are using virtual training coach also called avatar, who engages with the learners like a real human being.

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Metaverse Museum? Guest Post on Second Life and Museums by Sibley Verbeck

Museum 2.0

In January, I interviewed Sibley about the potential use of virtual worlds and Second Life by museums, but in the four months since then, the virtual world platform--and the hype around it--has exploded. It seems that Second Life is both the closest and farthest thing from many museum professionals' minds.

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From Gartner: Five Laws for Exploring Virtual Worlds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

second life, ??? but not necessarily in Second Life, according to Gartner, Inc. Meaningful corporate use of public virtual worlds/platforms will lag. Second Law: Behind every avatar is a real person Third Law: Be relevant and add value. enterprises) will have a ??? Ah, but what about ROI?

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Live Blog Post from MacArthur Foundation: Virtual World Event on Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MacArthur Foundation hosted its first discussion in Second Life to explore the role that philanthropy might play in virtual worlds. We're trying a year of conversation about how to enter the culture in Second Life and the role of philanthropy. " Linden: Second Life is a world being built by the people in it.

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

He has led crowdfunding initiatives across a variety of platforms for different organizations. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. Jason Shim is classic in this regard. He has served on multiple charity boards.

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

He has led crowdfunding initiatives across a variety of platforms for different organizations. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. Jason Shim is classic in this regard. He has served on multiple charity boards.