Metaverse Weekly: Virtual Gucci Pursues, Digital People, NFTs And Bit.Country

Here are some of the top metaverse-related news from the last week.

Exclusive Digital Gucci Bag Sells For $4,115 On Roblox A Gucci Dionysus bag sold for 350,000 Robux, the virtual currency of Roblox, for $4,115 in real world money. The exclusive bag was sold as part of, “Gucci Garden Experience” a 2 weeklong collaboration Roblox and Gucci. The fashion brand held the event in the Roblox gaming metaverse to attract the attention of the coveted Gen-Z demographic of 6–24-year-olds.

Bit.Country received $ 4 Million in First Round Investments Bit.Country is a platform created for letting users build their own metaverses. This platform raised $ 4 Million in a seed investment event where Web3 pioneers, gaming industry leaders, influencers, and metaverse promoters such as Walsh Wealth Ventures, CryptoWizardd, Animoca Brands, Genblock Capital, Moonwhale Ventures among others, participated. Bit.Country let users create their own worlds, currency for themselves and friends. Also, users can create NFTs items for making use in their virtual worlds.

Soul Machines’ Human OS 2.0 Wants To Usher In The Next Generation of Digital People Imagine a platform where Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) goes further than expected: A virtual human that can be either a virtual shopping assistant, brand ambassador, healthcare assistant, or an online banker capable of interact with users creating personalized experiences. Soul Machines, a pioneer company based in New Zealand which purpose is to humanize Artificial Intelligence, communicated a new version called Human Operative System 2.0. These “Digital People” will be able to react in real-time with users in a given situation. As well, they will be able to be more expressive and responsive, providing a dynamic consumer experience.

VRARA Holds Its Global Summit Starting on June 2 VRARA (VR/AR Association) brings its VR/AR Global Summit 2021, starting on June 2. The Global Summit is an online conference connecting the best virtual reality and augmented where CEOs, innovators, solutions providers, telecom companies, immersive media creators, investors, developers researchers, or organizations can attend to master about VR and AR topics like 5G, automotive, blockchain, security protocols, real estate, women in tech, and others that are an important matter in the enterprise and media entertainment companies.

Tafi Partners with PIXELYNX to Expand Direct To Avatar Ecosystem Tafi, a provider of 3D avatar solutions, has partnered with recently launched PIXELYNX, a new gaming venture created by Joel Zimmerman aka deadmau5, Richie Hawtin aka Plastikman, and music industry executives Ben Turner, Dean Wilson, and Inder Phull. According to a press release, Tafi and PIXELYNX share a common vision of bringing digital avatar experiences to the "direct-to avatar" ecosystem, and will start by releasing NFT collectibles in collaboration with broader gaming and music experiences in the virtual worlds.

NFT Based Augmented Reality To Transform The Arts Industry Museums and art galleries were hard hit with covid related closings with the market value for the international arts industry cut by 22%. Augmented and mixed reality lets holographic representations of artworks to be viewed from anywhere at any time, where Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) allow for ownership of digital assets. These technologies combined allow artists works to reach a wider audience and may be essential in the recovery of the arts industry.

Gucci Debuted Its First NFT Film At Christie’s Auction Gucci first NFT film, inspired by the new Aria collection by Alessandro Michele, is up for auction at Christie's 'PROOF OF SOVEREIGNTY NFT' sale. With starting bid of US$20,000 the sale will end on June 3. Proceeds to be donated to UNICEF USA to support global fair access to Covid-19 vaccines.