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Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries\u2026<\/p>\n
US billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban and electronic music producer Deadmau5 are among high-profile backers of London-based interactive entertainment company, Oorbit. The company produces interactive entertainment for the metaverse and has raised $5m (\u00a33.8m\/\u20ac4.6m) in a seed funding round.<\/p>\n
The platform is set to launch later in 2022 and will allow players to experience high-quality games, events, interactive media, marketplaces and more.<\/p>\n
Other investors alongside Cuban and Pixelnyx (Deadmau5) include technology investment firm, HOF Capital.<\/p>\n
Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre in Colorado will no longer implement Amazon\u2019s palm-scanning technology for entry at its venue. The famed venue has rejected the Amazon One biometrics technology, following uproar from artists, activists and human rights organisations.<\/p>\n
Some 300 artists such as Tom Morello from band Rage Against The Machine signed an open letter<\/a> calling out privacy concerns over the use of the technology.<\/p>\n The technology was set to allow ticket holders to enter the venue with just the use of their palm.<\/p>\n Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace for music, ticketing and community tokens, YellowHeart, has teamed up with Geezer Butler of iconic rock band, Black Sabbath. Butler is set to launch his first-ever NFTs in the form of a graphic novel called \u2018The Antibody Collection\u2019, which is due to drop on March 25.<\/p>\n The NFT collection will present each chapter as an animated NFT featuring original music from Butler as well as artwork by Kolin Humphries (KOL).<\/p>\n Butler will donate the profits from the NFT collection to organisations helping Ukrainian relief efforts, such as Save The Children and UNICEF.<\/p>\n Esports and entertainment company, Allied Esports, is launching its first NFT collection, EpicBeast.<\/p>\n NFTs will allow gaming fans access to Allied Esports-backed events and future metaverse experiences, royalties on collectible sales, customisable merchandise and monthly live streams.<\/p>\n NFT holders will also have access to a VIP welcome party at HyperX Arena Las Vegas as well as other real-life events.<\/p>\n \u2013\u2013<\/p>\n Background image: Ales Nesetril<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\nNFTs<\/span><\/h4>\n
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