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5 Oculus Quest Tips for Nonprofits New to the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If you have yet to experience virtual reality (VR), your first adventure into the metaverse using an Oculus Quest will provoke many self exclamations of awe and amazement. When setting up your Oculus Quest for the first time, take your time to visually explore your virtual reality. Create your Oculus Avatar.

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Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It is a digital reality – a cyberspace made up of multiple virtual worlds – that combines components of social media, gaming, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), cryptocurrencies, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). As of now, nonprofits, activism, and philanthropy are virtually non-existent in the metaverse (pun intended).

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How to Plan a Virtual Holiday Fundraiser

AccelEvents

For corporate holiday events, you might have considered hosting a virtual holiday party such as a Santa exchange. Business, non-profits, and charities should consider hosting a virtual holiday fundraiser like a virtual gala. Things to Consider Before Planning Your Virtual Holiday Fundraiser.

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How to Plan a Virtual Holiday Fundraiser

AccelEvents

For corporate holiday events, you might have considered hosting a virtual holiday party such as a Santa exchange. Business, non-profits, and charities should consider hosting a virtual holiday fundraiser like a virtual gala. Things to Consider Before Planning Your Virtual Holiday Fundraiser.

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5 Ways To Maximize ROI For Your Next Hybrid Event

AccelEvents

Sophisticated event technology will do more than give you good sound quality or an excellent stream quality. Virtual and hybrid event platforms like Accelevents will have features designed for automating your event marketing efforts. Augmented reality spaces, perfect for virtual exhibitors. CRM and email marketing integrations.

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Nonprofits Blaze Virtual Trails in Second Life Mixed Reality Lounge

Tech Soup

The reason was because many participants in the room were participating from both Second Life and the room in San Jose, and they are doing so, in avatar form. Avatars are virtual alter egos, that are our embodiment (not always human, as I noted) in a virtual world. Copyright © 2009 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc.

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From Gartner: Five Laws for Exploring Virtual Worlds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Hat tip to Jay Moonah for the pointer to this Gartner article about virtual worlds. Meaningful corporate use of public virtual worlds/platforms will lag. Gartner's five laws for exploring virtual worlds at the enterprise level. First Law: Virtual worlds are not games, but neither are they a parallel universe (yet).

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