With the rise of Facebook’s metaverse, fiction becomes more real than reality CYBER SOCIAL Ready Player One protagonist Wade Watts in Virtual Reality equipment In creative talk, “meta,” derived from the Greek word for “beyond,” refers to a work that knows it’s a work, a dialogue that...
But then, even as we’re only building it, it has begun to look more and more like this world to which we are desperate for alternatives ZUCKERVERSE Mark Zuckerberg using VR equipment Oculus Quest 2 In the early 2000s, I signed up on Second Life. My objective was to have a spare life, one unlike...
A WORLD METAVERSALLY CONNECTED Will there be a need for ambassadors in a future without borders Back in November, the Caribbean nation of Barbados announced that they would be opening its first embassy in the metaverse, Decentraland. The island nation’s decision to build a digital diplomatic...
Mayor Edwin Olivarez announced on Monday, Jan.31, that the Office of Building Official (OBO) has come up with a new system to ease the application for building permit in the city. Olivarez, during Monday's virtual flag raising ceremony, said easing the application for building permit in the city...
Tech-enriched art provides stronger platforms for advocacies ART SHOW Tokwa Peaflorida, a multimedia artist, exhibits his amazing artistic talent in a live demo workshop with the 54th NSAC Virtual Art Interact participants The 54th Shell National Student Arts Competition (NSAC) Virtual Art...
'100 Hakbang Kapamilya Virtual Run' More than a million Filipinos are still struggling to get back on their feet after the devastation caused by Super Typhoon Odette. To provide help, SKY with the support of its channel partners HBO and History Channel are joining in the relief efforts of ABS-CBN...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, Jan. 19, rallied her "kakampinks" or supporters to keep their fighting spirit in the campaign towards the May elections. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks during the virtual meet and greet with her supporters from Metro Manila on...
Photo from the Philippine Rowing Association's Facebook page The Philippine rowing team started the year with a bang by reaping six silver and two bronze medals in the recent 2022 Asian Rowing Virtual Indoor Championships. Tokyo Olympian Cris Nievarez bannered the crew by bagging the silver medal...
Philippines, Indonesia institutions partner for student mobility ARCHER'S DEN De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde Despite the travel restrictions posed by the pandemic, the Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Yogakarta, Indonesia has tied up with De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) to...
The 54th Shell National Student Arts Competition (NSAC) Virtual Art Interaction showcased how the power of art can magnify the expression of advocacies, as well as how art enhanced by technology can break boundaries. The last two sessions of this online workshop series, organized by the Pilipinas...
It's all systems go for the Philippine rowing team ahead of its first competition of the year in the 2022 Asian Rowing Virtual Indoor Championships this month. Tokyo Olympian Cris Nievarez Leading the pack from Jan. 15 to 22 is Tokyo Olympian Cris Nievarez who will compete in the U-23 men's...
It's called "the penny challenge" Gadgets can be a boon and a bane, and it all depends on how us humans use them. Take for example, Amazon's Alexa that has been quite helpful, especially to parents. Alexa is a virtual assistant technology that works through voice command and automatically activates...
