XP News from Elsewhere: November 12th, 2021

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Photo credits: Pop-Up Magazine / Wave / Niantic

Justin Bieber brings Justice to the metaverse The Hollywood Reporter: In the first piece of XP news, Justin Bieber partnered with the metaverse concert platform Wave for a live show on Nov. 18. Biebs’ movements and vocals will be captured in a studio, then translated into an avatar for the virtual show. Beliebers at home can interact with him virtually and even “power up” his avatar. Whatever that means. Artists like The Biebs and The Weeknd are investors in Wave, which is poised to be the leading next-generation concert producer as the metaverse becomes a hot new venue. And we’re keeping an eye on all of it…  Welcome back to the stage, Pop-Up Magazine Ad Age: The critically-acclaimed live magazine performance is back on tour and sticking to its roots. Pop-Up Magazine (gasp!) does not live stream or record shows for later viewing, which leaves us with the age old question, if you went to a Pop-Up show and didn’t see clips on Twitter the next day, did it even happen? Check out their lineup and buy tickets here. Niantic has a plan to keep the real world alive The Verge: Meta already has plenty of competitors in the virtual worlds space — Unity, Epic...

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