OCAVU Launches University Athletics NFT Platform in Partnership With BYU
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The XR Week Peek (2022.08.15): NVIDIA makes many announcements at SIGGRAPH, new leaks on Apple and Pico, and more!
As you’ve read in my other article written today, this is a special day for this blog… but it is also Monday, so I won’t skip writing a new amazing roundup of AR/VR news 😉 So, wishing you a happy Ferragosto (the name of today’s holiday in Italy), I leave you to the best XR news of the week! Top news of the week (Image by NVIDIA)NVIDIA and other companies show their best at SIGGRAPH Every year the SIGGRAPH is an event where companies showcase the best technologies they have for 3D content. This year has been not an exception in this sense. Meta has let the public try its prototypes, including the Starburst headset, which thanks to its very high HDR is able to render lit scenes in a very realistic way. Many people that tried it came out impressed by it. Also, another startup showed how it is able to change the
Making High-End Digital Fashion a More Accessible Reality
Digital fashion is making waves online and in the real world. Using augmented and virtual reality technologies, customers can “wear” digital clothing and accessories like they would their traditional, tangible counterparts. However, unlike their more traditional counterparts, these digital outfits break the rules and confines of the real world, enabling people to have more ways to express themselves and break boundaries. A Business of Fashion report highlights the steady shift from traditional to more novel, digital platforms, with 50% of US consumers showing interest in acquiring digital assets, be they NFTs, in-game items, digital avatars, or digital fashion. The Rise of Digital Fashion The pandemic has propelled the transition to digital. While consumers are already trying out digital skins, other in-game accessories, and social media filters, consumers’ expectations and behaviors are constantly changing. Digital fashion offers a way for consumers to use digital wearables for their avatars or to have
The XR Week Peek (2022.08.08): Xiaomi unveils its smartglasses, Improbable and RP1 want to create the networking for the metaverse, and much more!
I guess that during these days of hot summer many people are on vacation, so I wish you all to take some days of rest. Probably also the big guys of XR are on vacation because this week we have very little interesting news about things happened in our ecosystem. So… don’t expect this to be my best roundup ever… 😀 Top news of the week (Image by Xiaomi)Xiaomi unveils Mijia smartglasses A few months ago, Xiaomi unveiled a concept video for its upcoming smart glasses, which should have featurd notifications from the phone, automatic translation of text from/to the Chinese language, map directions, and many other features, while still offering a very sleek design. This week, Xiaomi actual unveiled the real hardware that should make that vision become real: dubbed Mijia AR Glasses, these glasses have a nice set of features. For instance, they have: A micro OLED 3,281 PPI display with
The Virtual Gold Rush: Financial Institutions Joining the Metaverse
The metaverse is nearly here. And the fact that it is not just a passing fad is demonstrated by the fact that financial institutions are joining the metaverse. Known as conservative in adopting new trends and extremely careful with the assets they create or accept, banks and investment funds are now making the first steps into the virtual world. This is, perhaps, the highest form of validation the new digital world can get. Forecasts for the Development of the Metaverse During the first quarter of 2022, research company Gartner, Inc. published an interesting report, which predicted that by 2026, 25% of the people in the world will spend at least one hour per day in the metaverse. What are people likely to do in this virtual space? According to the report, they will use the metaverse for work, entertainment, education, social interactions, and shopping. .u9965a3e8f5cffdaddee74e7a5152bde9 { padding:0px; margin: 0;
XONE: Mobile AR Social Network With a Vision to Become Web3’s TikTok
Mobile-first AR social network XONE, created by Auras Studios, stands out with its focus on interactive, user-generated content and musical content. Following the footsteps of TikTok, XONE is projected to showcase explorable AR realms for different fandoms and communities to gather and socialize in the immersive Web 3.0. What Is XONE? James Shannon, CEO and co-founder of XONE XONE is an all-new metaverse project where users can build and share 3D worlds. It mimics the creative experience of decorating a personal space to define unique cultural identities. XONE is envisioned to become the latest iteration of today’s top social media platforms, like TikTok. “XONE combines familiar features such as likes, comments, discovery, and home feeds with new concepts like immersive worlds and blockchains,” XONE CEO and co-founder, James Shannon, explains. “I started this project two years ago with the goal to create spaces where fandoms and cultural identities could be
The XR Week Peek (2022.07.25): Google to test AR glasses in the wild, Pico 4 spotted, and more!
The heat hasn’t killed me yet, so this week I can still write a new roundup of interesting news about AR and VR. I have to say that notwithstanding the summertime, some things worth reading have happened, so do not miss this episode! Before starting with the news, let me remind you that until this week the candidatures for the job positions at VRrOOm for game developers and game/UX designers are still open, so if you want to work with me on virtual events and festivals, be sure to enroll! You can find all the job descriptions on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vrroom-world/jobs/?viewAsMember=true. And if you want to discover how to prepare for the job interview with me… well, Joma Tech has made a great video on the topic you can’t miss: https://twitter.com/jomaoppa/status/1550966113458077697 Top news of the week Google starts testing its AR glasses in the wild Google has announced that it is going to start
MeetKai’s Take on the Metaverse
We’re seeing a lot of self-proclaimed metaverse platforms launching. Many such platforms are “just” virtual spaces, which many argue isn’t enough to constitute the future of collaborative computing that we call the metaverse. This future, according to most futurists, will also involve things like AI and blockchain, and is built on the real world. MeetKai checks a lot of those boxes. To learn more about the first consumer-facing project from MeetKai, ARPost talked with chairwoman Weili Dai and CEO James Kaplan. Their take on the metaverse was publicly announced earlier this month and is awaiting the beta launch. An Introduction to MeetKai MeetKai has been around since 2018 and actually specializes in business-to-business AI assistant solutions. In this capacity, a number of readers have already used AI services from MeetKai, though behind the label of hardware companies and app developers. “Our core technology has always been in AI and that’s
Nike Partners With RTFKT To Launch AR Hoodies
Digital fashion for the real world.Last year, Nike officially acquired RTFKT Studios, a Web3 fashion house specializing in digital apparel. Shortly thereafter the company released RTFKT x Nike Dunks Genesis CryptoKicks, a pair of physical sneakers with their own NFT counterparts.This week Nike expanded its lineup of NFT clothing with the RTFKT x Nike AR Genesis Hoodie, an exclusive digital hoodie for RTFKT’s Clone X NFT avatars. In addition to the virtual item, each owner will also receive a physical hoodie equipped with a near-field communication chip (NFC) that allows for wireless communication between the clothing and its respective NFT.Using a combination of trackers and QR codes, owners can bring their physical hoodies to life in AR with effects such as virtual wings. Moving forward, the company will introduce additional utilities to its catalog of digital clothing, such as tokens to access exclusive in-person events.According to the company, the RTFKT x Nike AR
Regal and Moviebill Deliver AR Collectibles to Moviegoers
For some, going to the movie theater is a magical experience. Some might even save their ticket stubs from favorite films viewed on the big screen. And, what makes every collectible better? An AR collectible, of course. A partnership between Regal Cinemas and Moviebill is showing us how it’s done. An Ongoing Partnership Regal is a cinema chain stretching across America. That includes the continental United States, but it also includes Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. If you don’t already know where to find the Regal Cinema nearest to you, you can find it on this list. The Regal app is home to the Moviebill scanner. Moviebill, an AR studio that launched in 2016, has been working with Regal for a number of years on AR collectibles to bring even more magic to big-budget movies “to keep the theatrical experience going