November 2022
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🧠 Web3 Community Survey Results

The results from our Community Web3 Survey are in 💡
Check out the newest blog post and see how aligned you are with the rest of our community. And a big thank you goes out to all who participated! We really appreciate the effort 💖

P.S. Here's a little spoiler from one of the more interesting findings: Artificial Intelligence is the favorite topic of our community at the moment.

📸 Neontools creator spotlight: Kirsten

Let us introduce you to the first creator of our neontools spotlight series: Kirsten Magdalena 🤩

Find out how Kirsten has been using Neontools actively for years and what Creator Tips she has for you. And, of course, stay tuned for the next Spotlights 🔦

it's all about ai

🤖 AI developments to keep an eye on

We know that it is hard always to be up-to-date when it comes to technology and especially AI. This is why we thought we would approach this month's AI news segment a little differently and show you AI tools & developments that are emerging ✨

Keep in mind that in some circumstances, the tools themselves could be abandoned. However, the use cases and technology behind them won't. So keep your eyes open 👀

1) Runway

Runway is a content creation and editing suite that provides powerful AI tools to generate or edit your videos.

The tool has caused the most stir with its text-to-video feature and the ability to swap or make objects disappear simply by selecting them in a video. Learn more about Runway in our recent reel or on Runwayml.com ✂️

2) GPT-3 (or GPT-4 👀)

GPT-3 is an autoregressive language model that produces human-like texts using deep learning 🧠
We've been mentioning GPT-3 and its capabilities for 2 full years now. And the next step to GPT-4, which could be coming very soon, will outshine everything we have seen so far. 

If you are not yet familiar with the technology and function of a Language Model, now is your chance - again!

3) Meta's Cicero

Cicero is less a tool that you can actively use and more an AI development that everyone should be aware of.

To quote Meta: "Cicero is the first AI to achieve human-level performance in Diplomacy, a strategy game which requires building trust, negotiating and cooperating with multiple players" 🤝 

If you are interested in "news" like these, feel free to join our Discord, where we share articles and information as soon as they are released 🙌

in other virtual reality news

✨ Meta Quest Pro: Savior or bad omen?

Zuckerberg and Meta took a giant leap when they made the metaverse and virtual reality their main "theme."

Since then, Meta has poured billions into these industries but has lost a lot of value on the stock market. The much-hyped new AR/VR glasses Quest Pro are supposed to turn the tide for Meta. But according to recent reviews, this strategy doesn't seem to have been entirely successful 👎

Read more about this in a detailed report and video from The Verge 👇

👨‍💻 Nike unveils Web3 project platform ‘Dot Swoosh’ 

SWOOSH is Nike's new self-proclaimed "community experience platform" designed to give users the opportunity to co-create the future of Nike.

The platform is planned to be a place for people to show off and trade phygital (physical+digital) and virtual products. Other benefits, such as exclusive access to events and co-created items, will gradually find their place there as well.

And even though the platform is heavily inspired by RTFKT*, Swoosh is actually a Nike-only project. However, collaborations are not excluded 😉

*reminder that Nike bought the "virtual sneaker" company RTFKT one year ago

past newsletters

Check out what you might have missed

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