Virtual artists are topping charts, packing screens and commanding fandoms. Increasingly brands and entertainment marketers will try to reach those fans by designing participatory worlds, but they need to recognize that live and alive are not the same thing.
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Virtual artists are topping charts, packing screens and commanding fandoms. Increasingly brands and entertainment marketers will try to reach those fans by designing participatory worlds, but they need to recognize that live and alive are not the same thing.
Cat Botibol
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