The Licensing Letter

Virtual Influencers

A Goodbye Kiss Heralds the Arrival of Kiss Virtual Avatars

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

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

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