is adding additional layers of immersion to retail, music, gaming and entertainment. GoPro announced the introduction of a 360-degree camera aimed at consumers rather than professionals. GoPro’s Odyssey, announced at...

...and product content to inspire and engage its community of beauty experts. A slate of retailers are also branching out into content creation, blurring the lines between retail and entertainment....

...is spreading to other tech companies as well—in early 2019, China’s leading question-and-answer site Zhihu launched Chao, billed as Xiaohongshu for men, with feeds for entertainment and gaming, technology, food...

...from home devices to earphones, is proliferating. Entertainment generally had an expanded presence at the show, reflecting the wave of cross-pollination and tie-ups happening across gaming, esports, streaming, podcast entertainment,...

embraced globally by consumers en masse, gaming mechanics are being wrapped into mainstream entertainment, luxury retail and more. Esports—the rise of a global phenomenon Esports has risen from a latent...

...well-being in an effort to “break down patriarchal and hierarchical ideas of masculinity,” writes The New York Times. –The MSG Sphere theatre aims to reinvent the live entertainment industry with...

...is pioneering “space entertainment” with artificial meteor showers, says Wired. –Veganism moves into hospitality with Hilton’s new Vegan Suite, which features eco-cotton flooring, soybean-silk curtains and buckwheat pillows, announces The...

...by tech Huawei’s smartphones now rival those of Apple and Samsung. China’s e-commerce giants Alibaba, Tencent and JD.com are exporting their online-offline retail models abroad, investing in, among others, Singapore-based...

...on acne positivity, see trend #81 in The Future 100: 2019. –Glossy explores how retailers are opening service-based stores to attract customers. –Facebook wants to play matchmaker with a new...

–Rent the Runway is branching into homeware rentals with their new West Elm partnership, writes Vox. –New wellness beers are brewed with sea salts, electrolytes, and other ingredients to help...