The XR Week Peek (2022.02.07): Meta has invested more than $10B on XR, Hololens 3 may have been canceled, and more!

vrcoin on February 7, 2022

I’m exhausted after two weeks of overworking, but I’m keeping thriving.. and so I’m here writing you this roundup of the best AR and VR news to keep you informed about what is happening in our ecosystem. I hope you’ll appreciate that! By the way, this new lunar year has begun in the best way possible for me, with two great people, Eduardo and Alan, joining my Patreon, so I guess that the red socks I bought on AliExpress to bring me luck worked! 😉 Before leaving you to the news of the week, let me just tell you two things that may interest you: If you missed them, don’t forget to read my predictions about augmented reality and virtual reality in 2022;This Thursday at 5 pm CET AWE Nite Florence comes back! Cecilia Lascialfari and I will talk about “digital rights in the metaverse” together with experts from XRSI. It will be

My predictions for augmented reality in 2022

vrcoin on February 4, 2022

After having written my predictions for virtual reality for this year, it’s time for me to dig into what is happening in the next months in augmented reality. As I always say about my predictions, I’m not sure they will turn out to be true (and honestly, many times this hasn’t happened), but for sure they identify some trends to keep an eye on. So this post can be a good read to evaluate what is currently happening in the industry, and think about what could happen next. If you want to read better predictions about AR, I advise you to follow Tom Emrich, since he usually writes great posts on the topic! That said, let’s dig into my super predictions.

Create & Sell NFT Fashion For AR & The Metaverse

vrcoin on February 1, 2022

With up to 45,000 different combinations, you can create multiple lines of NFT fashion.AR is changing the fashion industry in ways we could have never imagined thanks to tools like Len Studio that allow creators to combine cloth physics, refraction math, full-body tracking, and collision data to bring clothing to life in a digital form.The Fabricant is looking to push the fashion world even further with the launch of Season One of The Fabricant Studio, a revolutionary platform that will let you co-create with a curated group of invite-only creators, designers, and brands to design and sell your own unique line of digital fashion NFT clothing that anyone can wear as they world hop throughout the metaverse.Credit: The FabricantThe program gives you access to hundreds of virtual garments to choose from, each created by professional fashion designers. As a creator, you have up to 45,000 different design combinations that can

The XR Week Peek (2022.01.31): Meta builds a new AI supercomputer, Magic Leap 2 details unveiled, and more!

vrcoin on January 31, 2022

Happy Chinese/Lunar new year! On this occasion, I wish every one of you a lot of happiness, joy, peace, good health, money. I hope this new lunar year is going to bring you the best possible outcomes!  Tonight starts the year of the Tiger… which is going to be my year! According to the tradition, it should be a year that will be important for me, either in a good or a bad way, so it should be pretty exciting. I have already a red bracelet and I just bought some red socks that are considered a way to help me in having an amazing new year. I just hope that the quality of the new year won’t be the same as the socks: I have bought some cheap ones on AliExpress, and the embroidery of the tigers seems made by some kid under the effects of Rohypnol. I hope the

Upcoming TV Series Features A Cast Of AR Avatars

vrcoin on January 28, 2022

The situational comedy will air on traditional networks and streaming services alongside a unique AR version.We’ve seen AR technology used in a variety of unique ways over the past several years, but nothing quite like Gay Aliens in Metaverse. Brought to us by Hollywood-based production company Archstone Entertainment in partnership with 3D/XR studio Altar Inc., the upcoming television series features a cast of crudely-drawn aliens created as part of the Gay Aliens Society NFT Project.According to Archstone, Gay Aliens in Metaverse is an upcoming situational comedy that will air on traditional networks and streaming services alongside a unique AR version designed to make viewers feel as though they’re actually a part of the show. No word yet on exactly how this will work, though we can assume some form of smartphone technology will be involved.Image Credit: TokenSociety“We are very excited to partner with Archstone Entertainment and TokenSociety.io and co-create the television series,

South Korea Is Building Its Own K-Pop Metaverse

vrcoin on January 27, 2022

The metaverse will supposedly play a central role in the South Korean economy.It’s hard to ignore the growing rise of South Korean media and culture in Western countries. Ever since Psy graced our ears with his now-iconic song ‘Gangnam Style’ in 2012, the popularity of South Korean music, film, and television has skyrocketed in places like the United States. But that’s nothing compared to the popularity of this media in its home country.Superstars acts like BTS alone have generated billions for the South Korean economy. The K-pop industry is so massive, the country actually relies upon it as one of its primary sources of gross national income next to Samsung. This blend of culture and technology is leading the country down interesting new avenues; the most important of which being the metaverse.In September 2021, the South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT announced plans to invest a whopping $7.5 billion

Scalefast and YouGov Report on the NFT and Virtual Goods Market

vrcoin on January 26, 2022

By now, we’ve probably all at least heard of NFTs and virtual goods. But, what is the actual market like right now? How should interested companies get involved? Where is the market likely heading and what could drive these changes? Scalefast sifted through survey data from YouGov to come up with some answers and shared an early version of the report, titled “Revealing the Metaverse”, with ARPost. .uf36ce73394bb7b44fe7af7f772662799 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#FFFFFF; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #E74C3C!important; box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -o-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); text-decoration:none; } .uf36ce73394bb7b44fe7af7f772662799:active, .uf36ce73394bb7b44fe7af7f772662799:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .uf36ce73394bb7b44fe7af7f772662799 { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1.05; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .uf36ce73394bb7b44fe7af7f772662799 .ctaText

My predictions for virtual reality in 2022

vrcoin on January 25, 2022

As always in January I like to play the speculation game and make my personal predictions for augmented and virtual reality for the new year (2022, in this case). The difference between the two is becoming always more blurred, but for this year I prefer keeping them separate because they still have different markets. I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. So… let’s start! This is still the situation in this first part of 2022We all know the Gartner hype cycle of emergent technologies: they are initially overhyped, then undervalued, and finally, they fulfill their potential and become popular and useful. The M-verse will follow the same

Walmart Is Working On Its Own Metaverse With NFTs & Crypto

vrcoin on January 24, 2022

One of the biggest global big-box retailers wants a chunk of that $800 billion metaverse business.It appears that Walmart, one of the largest global big-box retailers, is joining the growing metaverse community with the launch of their own cryptocurrency. The company is also releasing a collection of NFTs that include virtual items such as electronics, home decorations, games, toys, sporting goods, and various other products you can typically find at a physical Walmart store.During a CNBC interview,trademark attorney Josh Gerben said that the company has filed seven “super intense” trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office detailing how Walmart envisions their presence in the metaverse and what a Walmart cryptocurrency would potentially look like. The details of the trademarks are currently under wraps.Earlier this month, a humorous clip of a conceptual Walmart VR shopping experience developed back in 2017 went viral on Twitter and TikTok with over 11 million

The XR Week (2022.01.24): Google AR headset is “Project Iris”, Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard, and more

vrcoin on January 24, 2022

The international situation scares me a bit, but I’m trying to focus on the good things that happened to me this week. The Oxymore musical VR experience we of VRrOOm have organized with Jean-Michel Jarre went great; someone posted a tweet where he shows he finished our game HitMotion: Reloaded; and one of my readers made an amazing meme about my tutorials. I can say it was a great week for me, professionally speaking… and I hope that the next one will even be better. What about yours? Let me know how things are going for you! Top news of the week (Image by Google)Project Iris is the codename of Google’s AR glasses According to a report on The Verge, Google is working on AR glasses. This shouldn’t surprise us given the recent acquisitions performed by the Big G, but now we have more details about what is happening at Mountain View. The AR