The Metaverse is Here: Embrace It and Unlock Its Potential

Welcome to the weekly edition of Friends of the Metaverse! We've compiled the most cutting-edge web3, metaverse, and AI trends, so let's jump right in and explore the most innovative sparks of this week!

🌟 A big thank you to our partners who are paving the way in the Web 3.0:

Beyond Desks is a metaverse education platform that offers an individualized and decolonized learning experience open to everyone.  The platform focuses on inclusion and gamification, and provides a way for students, teachers, counselors, and parents to interact with each other while having fun.  Learn more about Beyond Desks.

📰 Weekly Top Reads on Web3 and The Metaverse

• Metaverse to possibly create $5T in value by 2030: McKinsey report

• Mastercard announces Web3 spotlight program to develop & launch emerging musical artists in the digital economy

• Apple Will Talk Up Its Mixed-Reality Headset in 2023 But Not Much Else

• How ChatGPT in Microsoft Office could change the workplace

• Dubai Free Zone Now Home to More Than 500 Crypto Startups

• Canon Unveils Immersive Filmmaking Tech at CES 2023

• Microsoft in talks to invest $10B in ChatGPT-owner OpenAI

• Twitter Developing 'Coins' Feature With Stripe Payments

• Germany's BioNTech buys British AI startup InstaDeep

• Waitlist for "ChatGPT Professional" access

• Azuki launches Hilumia - The Crossroad of the Garden: A growing city shaped and built by the community. The past, present, and future of Azuki.

• Gary Vaynerchuk, Eric Wattenberg & RSE Ventures' Matt Higgins Launch Production Studio VaynerWatt

• L'Oréal Is Among New Investors in Metaverse Developer Digital Village

• He coined the term 'metaverse.' Now, Neal Stephenson wants to make something of it

• Tribeca Film Festival Will Sell VIP Passes as NFTs

• Campbell's Chunky Soup Hosts Fortnite Tournament for NFL Playoffs

• Booking.com Thinks We'll Soon Travel in the Metaverse

• 5 Ways to Shape an Inclusive and Equitable Metaverse

• Metaverse rising, as streaming skeps a beat - by KPMG

• 5 Unique NFT Use Cases That Will Dominate 2023

• NFTs on Instagram Prove Popular as Top Artists Sell Out Projects in Seconds

• McDonalds releases an advertisement for Lunar New Year 2023 where Luma AI NeRF and Fields Editor is used

🌎 Upcoming Web3 Events

Any events I missed? Let me know at [email protected] 💬

• 13-15 JANUARY : World Cryptocurrency Conference : Zurich, Switzerland

• 24 FEBRUARY-5 MARCH : ETH Denver : Denver, Colorado, USA

• 24-25 FEBRUARY : NFT Paris : Paris, France

• 27 FEBRUARY-5 MARCH : Miami Web3 Week : Miami, Florida, USA

• 10-19 MARCH :  SXSW Austin : Austin, Texas, USA

• 20-24 MARCH : GDC : San Francisco, CA, USA

• 20-24 MARCH : PARIS BLOCKCHAIN WEEK : Paris, France

• 29-30 MARCH : WOW Summit Hong Kong : Hong Kong, China

• 12-14 APRIL : NFT.NYC : New York, New York, USA

• 26-28 APRIL : Consensus : Austin, Texas, USA

• 20-23 MARCH : NFT LA : Los Angeles, CA, USA

• 11-13 MAY : PROOF of Conference : Los Angeles, CA, USA

• 18-20 MAY : VEECON : Indianapolis, IN, USA

• 12-13 JUNE : Metaverse Summit : Paris, France

• 11-12 OCTOBER : Dubai Metaverse Assembly : Dubai, UAE

• 13-16 NOVEMBER : Web Summit : Lisbon, Portugal

🚀 AI Tools (Our Top Picks)

The future of AI is here!  In a single week, we've added over 100 AI tools to our database and it has now has reached over 400+ AI tools that can assist with writing, photography, images, sales, audio, music, and more!  Here are some of these amazing AI tools that are revolutionizing work and saving countless hours.  Explore the amazing power of AI and discover the potential of these incredible tools.

• Resemble.ai : Create human-like voice overs.

• Meet Maya : Combine business with external data to develop faster and more accurate decisions.

• QuickChat : Build AI assistants.

• Mintlify : Beautiful documentation that converts users.

• Pygma : Turn figma designs into high-quality code.

• NovelAI : AI-assisted storytelling.

• Replit : Accelerate coding with AI assistance and mobile app.

• Uizard : Design stunning websites in minutes.

• Vizcom : See your drawings come to life in seconds.

• Mem : Capture, share and make use of knowledge.

• Splash : Compose original music lyrics.

• Twain : Write emails that get answers.

• You : The AI search engine you control.

• Synthesia : Create videos from plain text in minutes.

• WebChatGPT : A Chrome extension that augments your prompts with relevant results from the web!

• Youtube Summary with ChatGPT : Use ChatGPT to summarize Youtube videos.

• AIVA : AI composing emotional soundtrack music.

• Booth.ai : Create pro quality product photography with AI.

🖼 AI Images of the Week

Midjourney Prompt: staring up infinite climbing celestial library spiraling towards light, books, spirals, escher, dark souls, bloodborne fantastical, magical library, gradient, fantasy, trending artstation, fractals, ornate, matte painting

Prompt: dashboard visualization control center UI app for God's intelligent DNA design system, incredibly beautiful psychedelic user interface design, emergent planetary life --q 2 --v 4

Prompt: Stunning sailboat painting from studio ghibli in the storm clouds, landscape, sunset, vast, expansive sky, sense of adventure, epic scope, by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, Noriyuki Morimoto, James jean, Brian froud, ross tran, digital artist, bright and bold colours, insanely detailed and intricate, hypermaximalist, elegant, ornate, luxury, elite, realistic 3D, hyper realistic, super detailed, realistic octane render, 8K, painting in the style of Paul Cezanne and Ivan Shishkin, Beksinski, Leonid Afremov, Storybook Illustration

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