This Real-Time Hologram App Aims to Improve Remote Video Meetings

As an alternative to Zoom or other (empowering yet exhausting) remote video meeting services, the startup Matsuko—a finalist in SXSW Pitch 2022’s Extended Reality & Immersive Technology category—is developing real-time hologram-meeting capabilities. All one needs is an iPhone and the free Matsuko app. “Our brain is wired for the third dimension, and we need a sensation of people physically being there,” Maria Vircikova, cofounder and CEO …

Interview: FriendsWithYou Spread Kindness Through The Metaverse

With fRiENDSiES, the beloved artist duo is debuting a new type of kindness-sharing economy

As NFTs and crypto art continue to work their way into the mainstream from the fringes of the internet, we are watching the metaverse take shape before our eyes. Here, excitement can often be found in observing artists who have dominated traditional markets and conversations begin to explore this new world. Enter Sam Borkson and Arturo “Tury” Sandoval, the artists behind the immensely popular FriendsWithYou studio. …