Can We Have the Metaverse Without the Goggles, Please?
If we can replicate in person interactions in the metaverse without the goggles, it might just tip the "worth it" equation to the virtual experience side. Continue reading........»»
FII promotes hardware, software integration
Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII) has launched an AI service platform called AION for industrial users, aiming to promote the platform to sectors such as precision medicine, smart manufacturing, and new applications deriving from metaverse......»»
Facebook-Owner Meta Tells Hardware Staffers To Prepare for Cutbacks
Facebook-owner Meta Platforms is preparing cutbacks in its Reality Labs division, a unit at the center of the company's strategy to refocus on hardware products and the "metaverse," a spokesperson confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday. From a report: Chi.....»»
Why metaverse matters: Business opportunities and beyond
Why does metaverse matter? The short answer is that metaverse presents a generational opportunity for businesses, investors, and individuals. The article aims to answer the fundamental question of why metaverse matters......»»
Apple iPod Creator Warns the Metaverse Will Encourage Trolls, Damage Human Interaction
Tony Fadell, Apple's iPod creator and Nest co-founder, warns the metaverse risks creating more trolls and damaging human interaction. The BBC reports: The virtual reality-based metaverse removes the ability "to look into the other person's face," Ton.....»»
Apple iPod creator warns the metaverse will encourage trolls
Tony Fadell says the virtual reality world risks damaging human interaction and creating toxicity......»»
Google teases future hardware: The Pixel 7, Pixel Tablet, and AR Goggles
Google heads off leakers with a pair of product confirmations and one prototype. Enlarge (credit: Google) Google I/O today contained a million different hardware announcements, some of which were just two-minute product tease.....»»
Innolux to showcase metaverse tech at 2022 SID
Innolux will showcase at 2022 SID Display Week its metaverse applications, such as 3D immersive VR, naked-eye N3D......»»
Final Fantasy XIV is not the metaverse, says director
Naoki Yoshida says Final Fantasy XIV is not the metaverse, noting that the buzzword has no entertainment value......»»
Meta is already making its metaverse simpler - or at least less confusing
Meta is getting rid of Horizon Venues this summer and moving its event spaces.....»»
Kraft Heinz wants to solve its supply chain problems — in the metaverse
Kraft Heinz is using the metaverse to help get Lunchables, Velveeta and ketchup onto shelves faster......»»
Ofilm enters VR/AR supply chain
China-based optical component and lens maker Ofilm Group has stepped into the VR/AR supply chain by establishing a metaverse business unit, according to industry sources......»»
HTC posts smaller loss in 1Q22
HTC saw its net losses narrow substantially on-year in the first quarter of 2022, but gross margin grew for the 18th consecutive month to 37.8%, thanks to robust sales of its VR and other products for the metaverse......»»
Pilots Contend With Record Number of Laser Strikes, FAA Says
Several readers have shared this report: One foggy night in December 2018, David Hill was trying to land a helicopter when a beam of light suddenly overwhelmed his night vision goggles. Mr. Hill, an emergency services pilot, had been called to airlif.....»»
Sale of Bored Apes" Metaverse Land Made Gas Fees Skyrocket Past $3,000
There's a new metaverse project from the creators of the "Bored Apes Yacht Club" NFTs. Last night they held a "virtual land" sale, reports Bloomberg, raising nearly a third of a billion dollars. At about the same time, Mashable noticed something els.....»»
I went clubbing in the metaverse, and it wasn’t what I expected
The nightlife and events industries are betting big on the metaverse and setting up virtual venues -- but will anyone actually show up?.....»»
"Chip "n Dale: Rescue Rangers" trailer dives deep into a wild Disney metaverse
Remember the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit? That's the vibe Disney seems to be going for in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers.The upcoming Disney+ movie revisits the classic '90s cartoon series with shiny new visual effects — a mix of classic 2D ani.....»»
Snapchat"s Evan Spiegel Dismisses Facebook"s Metaverse as "Hypothetical"
The Snapchat founder, Evan Spiegel, has dismissed Facebook's "metaverse" ambitions as "ambiguous and hypothetical" as he announced a raft of new augmented reality features coming to phones and Snap's experimental AR Spectacles over the next year. The.....»»
Microtransactions are more complicated in the metaverse
This is how buying a Fortnite battle pass kicked off an existential crisis about cosmetic microtransactions......»»
Meta says metaverse may take 5-10 years to fully come to life
Meta has hinted that it expects its metaverse to be a larger project with more advanced hardware and software than anyone can currently imagine......»»
Why Mark Zuckerberg Is Fixated On Creating AR"s "iPhone Moment"
Citing an article from The Verge's Alex Heath, Fast Company breaks down "Meta's plan to shape the metaverse by building its own wildly ambitious augmented-reality hardware." From the report: eath's article, "Mark Zuckerberg's Augmented Reality," cove.....»»