{"id":3156,"date":"2020-10-06T19:35:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T19:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/06\/blend-media-launches-its-vr-and-ar-freelancer-marketplace\/"},"modified":"2020-10-06T19:35:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T19:35:01","slug":"blend-media-launches-its-vr-and-ar-freelancer-marketplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/06\/blend-media-launches-its-vr-and-ar-freelancer-marketplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Blend Media launches its VR and AR freelancer marketplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?rct=j&#038;sa=t&#038;url=https:\/\/www.mediaupdate.co.za\/marketing\/149516\/blend-media-launches-its-vr-and-ar-freelancer-marketplace&#038;ct=ga&#038;cd=CAIyHGQzYWQwNmI0YTFiYjA3MmU6Y28udWs6ZW46R0I&#038;usg=AFQjCNFOdnjpuRzf2T3jU0JYZkl-OgvNMw\">Blend Media launches its VR and AR freelancer marketplace<\/a><\/p>\n<p><div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dash.mediaupdate.co.za\/story\/image\/149516\/149516.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_divBody\" readability=\"101.05580631924\">Blend Market is the first immersive marketplace dedicated to connecting clients. It has a global community of skilled creators and solution-providers, as well as hundreds of skills across the Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, 3D and Mixed Reality spectrum, says Blend Media.<\/p>\n<p>The launch follows a successful beta phase during which more than 700 of the world&#8217;s leading brands and immersive technology creators signed up to the service. This included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>including global media platforms<\/li>\n<li>publishers<\/li>\n<li>music labels<\/li>\n<li>film studios, and<\/li>\n<li>professional services firms such as Deloitte, LADbible and Bill Kenwright Limited.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The platform&#8217;s mission is to make immersive content, creators and solutions accessible to everyone. Its features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a project brief builder tha will be guiding clients through the immersive briefing process<\/li>\n<li>a real-time chat for messaging and project communication<\/li>\n<li>file sharing for contracts, quotes and project deliverables<\/li>\n<li>an automated project workflow including payments, milestones, and approvals<\/li>\n<li>creator portfolios<\/li>\n<li>client and creator reviews<\/li>\n<li>automation of the procurement process, and<\/li>\n<li>a project referral programme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The global immersive market is forecast to grow rapidly to over $145- billion USD by 2025, according to management consultancy LEK, with expansion driven by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>significant investment from major platforms including Facebook, Microsoft, HTC and Apple<\/li>\n<li>declining technology costs<\/li>\n<li>the emergence of 5G, and<\/li>\n<li>new working practices including virtual meetings, conferences and training resulting from COVID-19 restrictions.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Blend Media says that use cases for immersive technologies are wide-ranging and are evolving at a significant pace.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Immersive technology, or extended reality as it has become known, is an exciting, high-growth industry with an explosion in hundreds of thousands of skilled creators. However, it is also a sector that is highly fragmented and, as such, requires an effective means of connecting,&#8221; says Blend Media founder and CEO Damian Collier.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s why we first built our VR content licensing platform, which has been a market leader since 2016, and why we&#8217;ve now built and launched Blend Market to facilitate working relationships on a global scale. We look forward to enabling these fruitful partnerships through this new online marketplace,&#8221; concludes Collier.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/market.blend.media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.market.blend.media<\/a>. You can also follow Blend Media on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlendMedia360\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blendmedia_360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/blend360media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dt-keyword\" onclick=\"AddTokenFromSuggestion(&quot;Blend Media freelancer marketplace&quot;)\" title=\"Add this keyword to your search\">Blend Media freelancer marketplace<\/span><span class=\"dt-keyword\" onclick=\"AddTokenFromSuggestion(&quot; Marketplaces for freelancers 2020&quot;)\" title=\"Add this keyword to your search\"> Marketplaces for freelancers 2020<\/span><span class=\"dt-keyword\" onclick=\"AddTokenFromSuggestion(&quot; Online marketplaces and services for freelancers 2020&quot;)\" title=\"Add this keyword to your search\"> Online marketplaces and services for freelancers 2020<\/span><span class=\"dt-keyword\" onclick=\"AddTokenFromSuggestion(&quot; VR and AR freelancers&quot;)\" title=\"Add this keyword to your search\"> VR and AR freelancers<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Published at Tue, 06 Oct 2020 08:26:15 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blend Media launches its VR and AR freelancer marketplace Blend Market is the first immersive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-augmented-virtual-reality"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techclot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/149516.jpg?fit=1311%2C737&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3orZX-OU","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}