By Gary Symons TLL Editor in Chief The venerable glam rock band Kiss has played their final concert, but announced the band will live on indefinitely as digitized avatars. The quartet that rose from New York City decades ago returned home to play their final live concerts over the weekend at Madison Square Garden, capping a half-century of rocking all night and … [Read more...] about A Goodbye Kiss Heralds the Arrival of Kiss Virtual Avatars
Virtual Influencers
Metaverse Licensing: Charles & Keith Creates Virtual Fashion House in The Sandbox
Metaverse Installation To Include Concerts by Virtual K-Pop Artist Apoki By Gary Symons TLL Editor in Chief Fashion houses continue to blur the lines between reality and virtuality, as the Singapore fashion brand Charles & Keith is launching a virtual fashion house in the metaverse world The Sandbox. Called the CHARLESKEITHHAUS, the virtual fashion house is … [Read more...] about Metaverse Licensing: Charles & Keith Creates Virtual Fashion House in The Sandbox
Feature: TLL’s Top Licensing Trends of 2022
By Gary Symons TLL Editor in Chief As 2022 draws to a close, we at TLL have been struck by the amazing talent for innovation and rapid change we've seen in the licensing industry. Certainly 2022 has been a tough year by any standard. Between the ongoing hangover of the COVID-19 pandemic, the War in Ukraine, ongoing logistical logjams, runaway inflation, and … [Read more...] about Feature: TLL’s Top Licensing Trends of 2022
Special Report: The Rise of the Virtual Influencer
By Gary Symons, TLL Editor in Chief Last month I read a story in Scientific American about the theory that all of humanity, and in fact, all of reality as we know it, exists within some sort of simulation—as if we are just bit characters in an insanely advanced videogame. I scoffed at the idea, as my wife pointed out that anyone who thinks we live in a simulation has never … [Read more...] about Special Report: The Rise of the Virtual Influencer