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More than 75% of planners will host at least part of their events virtually in 2022.
—Survey from 6Connex, in conjunction with Bizbash.
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31 | 12pm EST | ZOOM
 
Join Vii Events for an Escape Room Escapade
 

We’re going to have a blast in the Vii Events 3D world. Take a tour of the world then try the Vii Escape Room. If you escape you might just win a signature VEG group spring garden trowel. RSVP to reserve your place now. 

 
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APRIL 21 | 4:00PM EST | ZOOM
 
SAVE THE DATE
 
Earth Day: Experience our Events Edition, in partnership with Freeman. How can we make events more sustainable both online and in the real world?
 
 
 
 
Giant Steps: BPA Worldwide Creates Standard for Auditing Digital Events
 

Live events have a long history of how to audit and report. Who came, who they represent, and where they spent their time at the event are just a few of the metrics that are well codified in a common format. How can we bring the same rigor to the world of virtual events?

BPA Worldwide, an association for auditing media and physical events, has a solution. Two years after the creation of a dedicated working group, the organization announced Reporting Standards for Digital Events (RSDE). It hopes to benefit the entire ecosystem of digital events, including organizers, exhibitors and digital event platform (DEP) vendors. Today the RSDE consists of 17 data tables and glossary terms, created by a working group of BPA representatives from 15 organizations across the events industry, representing trade show organizers, exhibitors, data analysts, and digital platforms.

I spoke with Glenn Hansen, President of BPA who spoke at length about the need for a standardized metric and a language to measure the key components of digital events. Take a look at the metrics proposed for defining digital events. Hansen and BPA will be joining us at an upcoming session to explain the benefits of getting involved with RSDE. BPA will have a template for event RFPs shortly, and will be rolling out their certification for virtual events. 

 
 
 
Digital Events Have Their Carbon Footprint, Too
 
It’s no secret that physical events have an impact on the environment, but you might not have spent much time thinking about the environmental impact of a digital event. Eventcellany created a calculator that looks at elements like the number of pre-recorded segments and the size of the audience to determine the carbon impact. We’ll use it at our next event and report back.
 

Image credit: Eventcellany

 
 
 
 
The Metaverse: If You Can Say It You Can Build It
 

Meta’s Inside the Lab: Building for the Metaverse With AI is the Metaverse Manifesto according to Mark Zuckerberg. Whatever you think about Zuckerberg's plan for metaverse domination, Meta is developing AI tools for automating metverse creation.


In this video you’ll marvel at how you can build a virtual world simply by describing it with words. If you skip the first nine minutes of evangelism, you can hear Mark say “Let’s go to the beach,” which generates a rudimentary beach scene in the metaverse.

 
 
 
Hardware Makes the Metaverse Go Round
 

As we head into a Web 3 immersive or metaverse world (insert your favorite word), where every moment is monetized and recorded on a whopping long blockchain, someone’s got to be making some mighty hardware to power the experience.

Recent hardware announcements:

 
 
 
 
 
Apple is working on a fall release of an AR/VR headset and possible subscription services

Ian Zelbo's depiction of Apple AR/VR headset, based on purported leaked information.

 
 
 
 
 
Motorola and Verizon want you to wear your VR like a yoke around your neck. They announced a 5G-supported, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered neckband to help companies building AR/ VR headsets lighten the load on your head. 

Image Credit: Motorola

 
 
 
 
 

Nvidia stock soared 125% on metaverse hopes. The company’s secret weapon? They design the fastest chips for rendering complex graphics and now are leaders in specialized AI chips. Plus the company’s Omniverse platform offers developers libraries, tools and collaborative places to build virtual worlds with Nvidia chips. But here’s the thing.They don’t actually fabricate these chips; they just design them.


Image: Nvidia Caption: BMW Group uses NVIDIA Omniverse to create a future factory, a perfect “digital twin” designed entirely in digital and simulated from beginning to end in NVIDIA Omniverse.

 
 
 
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Special for VEG Members
Community building is a dream job but it requires some down to earth skills. Community Leader’s Institute is holding its CLIX expo on April 4th and 5th in Memphis to help hone community leadership skills. VEG members can receive a free ticket; other readers of this newsletter receive a $200 discount. Register at www.CLIXevent.com using the code CLIX200.

 
 

Headsets On
Shipments of standalone VR headsets accounted for nearly 90% of the VR market as of December 2021, according to IDC. Of that, Meta has 75% market share.

 
 

Sayonara AltSpaceVR
Microsoft announced plans to remove social hubs including the Campfire, News and Entertainment Commons from AltspaceVR, an event-based community space owned by the Windows maker. It cited concerns about security and harassment issues as part of the decision.

 
 

Ready Player Me
The leading avatar maker now supports the use of avatars for over 850 apps. So if you’re going to fritter away your time designing your avatar, this is the place to do it. 

 
 

The Ides of March
What better time to join The Virtual Events Group on our mission to make better meetings.

 
 
 

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Robin Raskin  | Founder
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