Online versions of festivals and museums offer the opportunity to open XR experiences to a wider audience.
Virtual platforms – increasingly numerous ( VR Chat , Rec Room ) – offer a new way to meet. Multiplayer online games are becoming social platforms that allow real events to be organized ( at the end of April Travis Scott brought together more than 12 million Internet users for a concert on Fortnite).
Will XR experiences, fun and educational, be the strong medium of the future thanks to their evocative power?
TikTok / Disney – Disney 's streaming boss resigns and takes over as head of TikTok . Kevin Mayer becomes the director of the video application as well as the director of operations of ByteDance, with the mission of expanding the Chinese group's activities internationally, particularly in terms of music, with the Resso application, and smartphone video games. The appointment of this heavyweight has already changed the perception of the platform by some advertisers .
Meanwhile, TikTok creators are rallying for the bitcoin data Black Lives Matter movement . Dave Jorgenson , the head of TikTok at the Washington Post, has become an ambassador for the MediaWise program to educate young people about online misinformation . TikTok has also been livening up our lockdown hours with its parody lip syncs : “ People still need to laugh .”
Pandemic / Role of the public service – With the pandemic, the BBC is regaining its central role in the United Kingdom. BBC Three (the British web channel behind recent hits Fleabag and Normal People) could even become a linear channel again . What if the BBC's experience could save France 4 ? The Public Media Alliance shares a compilation of resources and best practices during the crisis .