Cofounded by 30 Under 30 2019 list members Akash Nigam and Evan Rosenbaum, creative startup Genies has just launched the first mobile app designed to support avatar-to-avatar communication using ...

After shifting its gaming strategy to focus more on games played on the TV, Netflix announced it’s acquiring Ready Player Me, ...

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Netflix will soon let customers make their own customized gaming avatars — which will travel across the streamer’s collection ...

Netflix has acquired a startup that creates tools to create digital avatars that can be used across different games.

Genies has introduced the Genies Creator & Partner Network to enable brands and others to develop and commercialize digital avatars. The network consists of Genies’ roster of celebrity creators — ...

It’s an open secret that not many people actually like video calling, unless you’re meeting a baby for the first time or something. Who wants to comb their hair just to answer the phone? Meta has ...

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