Meta research suggests VR’s most transformative gains in telepresence and visual realism may come from advances in display brightness and dynamic range.
“Accenture sees the metaverse as an evolving and expanding continuum of technologies, including for example, virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR); apps driving new experiences; design tools and digital assets—underpinned by connectivity technology such as 5G and cloud(Accenture).” According to Fortune , a team including Allison Horn approached Accenture’s chief leadership and human resources officer, … Read moreAccenture Metaverse
There is no doubt that Snap is one of the pioneers of Metaverse related technologies. Few days ago, they shared this video during the Fourth Annual Snap Partner Summit. The video shows great insights about the Metaverse’s future, regardless of the marketing considerations, and it can be used to spark a debate about the future of Human-Computer … Read moreAR allows us to express ourselves more fully
Through VictoryXR, digital twin replica campuses will be created for each school to offer students, whether they attend on-campus or are studying remotely. In addition, each student will receive a Quest 2 VR headset for use during the course they are taking. Finally, courses will be synchronous, or multi-student, as if they were attending class … Read more‘Metaversities’ to launch in the US this fall
PSVR 2 facilitates interesting interaction techniques. It provides haptic feedback with headset and controllers. Moreover, PSVR 2 eye tracking can mimics your eye behavior in virtual worlds. The pupil diameter of a human increases in darkness and decreases in light, but it also changes based on your emotional state. This could be used by developers … Read moreWith PSVR 2, you can wink at people in VR
Metaverse needs 3D models of everything and designing 3D model is not easy activity at all. This issue has made the 3D Scan applications more and more popular. Today Epic Games introduces RealityScan—a new free 3D scanning app that turns smartphone photos into high-fidelity 3D models. Developed in collaboration with Capturing Reality (creator of RealityCapture) … Read moreEpic Games Introduces RealityScan App, Now in Limited Beta
Hyundai wants the Metaverse to interact with the real world via robotic avatars, so you can ‘wear’ a Boston Dynamics robot in virtual reality. Hyundai intends to create a metaverse that can interact with actual physical robots that work in the real world, rather than purely virtual reality. The metaverse concept is still in its … Read moreHyundai Wants To Build A Metaverse That Uses Real Robots
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Multinational Qualcomm has launched a $100 million Metaverse fund to back extended reality (XR), artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) tech companies. “We deliver the groundbreaking platform technology and experiences that will enable both the consumer and the enterprise to build and engage in the metaverse and allow the physical and digital worlds to … Read moreXR CHIP Maker Qualcomm Launches $100M Fund to Help Build the Metaverse
In this article, Daniel Cooper from Engadget has looked on some of the headsets that didn’t make it over the years.
