E3 2017 was an exciting new experience for XYZ, drawing just under 70,000 people from around the world. Industry professionals, gaming journalists, and passionate fans alike gathered in the Los Angeles Convention Center to get hands-on with the future of video games. But the real star of the conference was the #XYZsquad, who danced their way into the attendees’ collective hearts.
The XYZ purple people were on site to hand out some limited edition XYZ swag, inform the gaming world that .xyz is for every website, everywhere, and challenge all those die-hard fans to a dance off. But between dance sets and posing with cosplayers, #XYZsquad managed to take in some of the best sights E3 had to offer.
The #XYZsquad took home first, second, and third at Forza Motorsports…
Dance-battled the Hip Hop Storm Trooper…
Experienced Pico Interactive’s new VR headset demo…
Met with one of the dinosaur robots from Horizon Zero Dawn…
And shut down E3 with a set at the Shadow of War booth.
The #XYZsquad had such a good time at E3 2017, we’re already looking forward to next year’s convention. With the gaming conference down, the XYZ Team is looking ahead to the summer. Not just for a chance to escape to the beach, but for all the exciting events we have in store. Want more details about our events and dance battles? Stay up-to-date with all the XYZ news by signing up for our newsletter and following us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
May was another fast-paced month for Team XYZ. We spent the month giving members of #GenXYZ more creative freedom than ever before with their domains, by introducing the new 1.111B® Class. But before our June 1 announcement, we got to meet face to face with businesses and individuals around the world and hear about all their dynamic ideas and projects.
We started off the month sponsoring the Product Forge Local Transport Hackathon in Edinburgh, Scotland. Hackathons are one of our favorite ways to connect with #GenXYZ and support their entrepreneurial spirit. Product Forge’s Hackathon featured creative problem solving from innovators and future leaders. 8 teams composed of tech, design, business, and transport industry professionals competed to build the best new product that would improve transport services in South East Scotland. The winning team was Side who developed TransitTalks, a platform that allows individuals in communities to correspond directly with transportation planners and share their concerns and wishes.
As the winning team, Side was awarded a free .xyz domain, so they can get started building the TransitTalks platform online right away.
Our next trip was to sunny Spain for the ICANN GDD Industry Summit. The summit was a great opportunity to meet with many of our registrar partners and to share our vision for the 1.111B® Class. Many of our registrar partners loved the idea and marketing support that the XYZ Team had put together (look for them at gen.xyz). We are always grateful when we have the chance to meet face to face with the registrars that allow innovators around the world to have access to .xyz, and we look forward to seeing them at future ICANN events.
After the ICANN summit we returned to the States to connect with members of Santa Monica’s rapidly growing Virtual Reality (VR) startup community at the Silicon Beach VR Networking Mixer. We spoke to passionate VR entrepreneurs and got to share some success stories of .xyz adopters working in VR, like Langzou.xyz. We love promoting .xyz adopters at every event we attend and the professionals we met at the mixer were inspired by their stories and can’t wait to follow in their footsteps with their own .xyz VR sites.
Our last stop in May was the Silicon Beach Young Professionals Mixer, which combined hungry young tech professionals, growing startups, and even a few freelance developers for a night of networking and collaboration. After we generated buzz about .xyz inside the event, we went out onto the streets of Venice to generate buzz about the 1.111B® Class with a holographic takeover.
The takeovers are far from over, as XYZ has huge throughout June to spread the word about the “All Your Domains Are Come From Us” marketing campaign and the 1.111B® Class. Stay tuned to our Twitter (@XYZ), Facebook (/XYZ) and Instagram (@XYZ) to see what Team XYZ and the #XYZsquad have in store!
Langzou.xyz – Alibaba customer (China)
Virtual reality is one of the fastest growing emerging technologies on the market. From video games, to movies, and even real estate, VR is changing the way we see the future. The full potential of VR in education, however, is still being discovered. That’s why this week’s #WebsiteWednesday is bringing the power of VR to one of the places that can benefit from it the most – Langzou.xyz.
Langzou.xyz is a virtual reality company, and member of the HTC ViveX accelerator, that is using VR to enhance the learning experience in classrooms across China. Langzou.xyz has developed a software that allows teachers to supplement their lessons with VR without any special training. Teachers can select from millions of free 3D models that they can utilize to create interactive lessons. This means students can learn about anatomy while they are virtually interacting with the different bones. Or they can virtually travel to any country in the world for a digital field trip!
“The company was founded after I worked on a new technology called volumetric video, it’s the next generation of video capturing technology. Essentially, every frame of this type of video is a 3D model. It is taking a 2D video to the third dimension, and that is also the reason behind the choice of the .xyz domain.” – Dabo Chen, Founder of Langzou.xyz
Langzou.xyz is thinking outside of the box with their application of VR and is harnessing the power of technology to help shape the future of the youngest members of #GenXYZ. They chose the domain extension that covers every axis of space, X, Y, and Z. This technology has the potential to change education as we know it, and we can’t wait to see it rolled out in every classroom, everywhere!
Tomorrow is .xyz’s 3rd anniversary, and we’re going to be celebrating the special day in style, just as the most popular new domain in the world should. Millions of .xyz domains have been registered in over 230 countries, and leaders, creators, and innovators from every industry have joined the #GenXYZ movement to make .xyz the go-to domain for the next generation of internet users. From industry icons like Deloitte (Exponentials.xyz and FutureFin.xyz) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Engine.xyz), to innovators like Starship.xyz, the next big thing is always happening on a .xyz domain.
That’s why today marks a new dawn for the internet, and a paradigm shift to .xyz. You’ve no doubt seen the cryptic messages that have taken over XYZ’s social media pages (and a few of our partners’ pages as well), and today the meaning of AYDACFU has officially been revealed: All Your Domains Are Come From Us. This is not only a celebration of .xyz’s success to date, but a statement of its future direction, and the direction for new internet users. You want a website to host your personal blog? Get YourName.xyz. Looking to bring your business online to the massive internet marketplace? Secure YourBrand.xyz. Ready to share your world-changing idea with an international audience? Grab YourIdea.xyz in one of 200+ languages. No matter who you are or what you want to do with your site, ALL YOUR DOMAINS ARE COME FROM US.
But .xyz isn’t just the perfect domain for right now, it’s also equipped for the future of internet. Rising new internet technologies have created unmet demands that businesses are seeking to fill. That’s why XYZ has partnered with registrars like Uniregistry, GoDaddy, and Name.com to introduce a new paradigm of innovation on the internet, called the 1.111B® Class. Starting today, all 1.111 billion 6-digit, 7-digit, 8-digit, and 9-digit numeric .xyz domains will retail for $0.99 per year, every year to register, renew, and transfer at participating registrars.
This first-of-its-kind segment of domains are ideal as an inexpensive platform for Internet of Things device connectivity, vanity identification, digital currencies, and any other creative uses #GenXYZ can think of. With no minimum or maximum registration requirement, the 1.111B® Class is flexible enough to serve in individual uses like app testing (e.g. 0000001.xyz) or as a VoIP number (e.g. 9998422.xyz), or in sequential blocks to pair with serial numbers (e.g. 12300000.xyz – 12399999.xyz).
And, seeing as thousands of numeric .xyz domains are already being exchanged, the 1.111B® Class also make perfect sense as tradeable assets or tools for digital currency economies. Its newly reduced $0.99 transfer fee also allows more 1.111B® Class domains to enter circulation with nominal acquisition and carry costs. Read our CEO’s in-depth thoughts on this topic on his official blog.
In the coming weeks, the #XYZsquad will be out in the wild spreading the word about AYDACFU and the 1.111B® Class to the masses, so follow us on Twitter (@XYZ), Instagram (@XYZ) and Facebook (/XYZ) for the first word on all of the exciting events we have planned!
To learn more about the 1.111B® Class, read the white paper and our official press release. Then, start searching for your favorite numbers, dates, and patterns in our new 1.111B search tool.
The next generation of the internet is here – don’t miss your chance to be a part of the revolution. And remember: ALL YOUR DOMAINS ARE COME FROM US.
XYZ invites all registrars to support the 1.111B® Class. Contact us to learn more.
TimHendri.xyz – Hover customer (United States)
Every artist needs an online portfolio to show off their work and reach potential clients. It’s even better if that portfolio is your FirstNameLastName.xyz. Today’s #WebsiteWednesday is a director and VFX supervisor that has worked with some huge names. You better sit down and buckle up, before checking out TimHendri.xyz
TimHendri.xyz is a 22 year old director based out of Pasadena, CA. He is using his .xyz (which blends perfectly into his name) as an online portfolio to showcase his work in directing and visual effects, short VFX. Tim has directed commercials for the likes of Mountain Dew, Lego, and Mattel. Not only that, but Tim has also directed several music videos, including some for Panic! At the Disco, Steve Aoki, and Flux Pavillion.
His Steve Aoki video was viewed almost 1 million times, received over 10,000 thumbs ups, and was featured on Ultra Music’s 8.5 million subscriber YouTube channel. The “Infinite Handrail Grind ft. Josh Katz” by Mountain Dew was both written and directed by Tim and is one of the popular videos on Mountain Dew’s official YouTube Channel.
“Then it hit me. “timhendri.xyz” What a dope pun. You can’t tell where my birth name ends and my domain name begins. As someone who spends entirely too much time on the web, this is a perfect metaphor for my existence.” – Tim Hendrix, owner TimHendri.xyz
Tim is another great example of a member of #GenXYZ that is using their .xyz to further their professional career. At only 22, Tim Hendrix has already made waves in the music video and commercial industries with his VFX driven style. If you’re an artist, why not follow Tim’s lead and register a .xyz domain for your portfolio today?
XYZ will launch its AYDACFU campaign tomorrow, targeted at creators and innovators. TimHendri.xyz perfectly embodies this vision of creativity with his website and work.
