Sunny Dhillon Contributor Sunny Dhillon is a partner at Signia Venture Partners. More posts by this contributor Security tokens will be coming soon to an exchange near you Amazon’s next conquest will be apparel Animated characters are as old as human storytelling itself, dating back thousands of years to cave drawings that depict animals in […]
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Make me cute: Why we’re obsessed with adorable cartoon avatars
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This post is part of Me, online, Mashable’s ongoing series digging into online identities.
Get ready for the rise of the cartoon clones.
When Apple releases iOS 12 this fall, its Bitmoji clone, Memoji, will expand the reach of the doodle doppelganger. Sure, Snapchat users already love Bitmoji, and Samsung copied Bitmoji with AR Emoji earlier this year, but Apple will bring our adorable twins even further into the mainstream.
Before we get there though, let’s stop and think: Why are we so obsessed with cute cartoon versions of ourselves? We’ve even gotten to the point where we complain our mini-mes are cooler than our actual selves. Read more…
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View More Make me cute: Why we’re obsessed with adorable cartoon avatarsThe makers of the virtual influencer, Lil Miquela, snag real money from Silicon Valley
Brud, the actual company behind one of Instagram’s most popular virtual influencers (it’s a thing), has raised millions of dollars from Silicon Valley investors because this is 2018 and everything is awful. Last week, the Los Angeles-based startup led by Trevor McFedries, outed itself as the collective consciousness behind the virtual celebrity Lil Miquela and […]
View More The makers of the virtual influencer, Lil Miquela, snag real money from Silicon ValleyJames Cameron shouldn’t complain about the MCU. He should be thanking it.
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“I’m hoping we’ll start getting Avenger fatigue here pretty soon.”
Come on now, James Cameron. That’s not how we say “thank you.”
SEE ALSO: ‘Avatar 2’ has some big shoes to fill
The creator of blockbusters like The Terminator, Titanic, and Avatar struck a testy attitude toward the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the weekend. He was speaking to reporters to promote the miniseries AMC Visionaries: James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction (h/t IndieWire).
“Not that I don’t love the movies,” he continued. “It’s just, come on guys, there are other stories to tell besides hyper-gonadal males without families doing death-defying things for two hours and wrecking cities in the process. It’s like, oy!” Read more…
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Virtual Instagram celebrity “Lil Miquela” has had her account hacked
The Instagram account for the virtual celebrity known as Lil Miquela has been hacked. The multi-racial fashionista and advocate for multiculturalism, whose account is followed by nearly 1 million people, has had “her” account taken over by another animated Instagram account holder named “Bermuda“. Welcome to the spring of 2018. The hack of the @Lilmiquela […]
View More Virtual Instagram celebrity “Lil Miquela” has had her account hacked