The 2022 WebXR Brand Summit

vrcoin on September 19, 2022

This year’s WebXR Brand Summit took place last Thursday, September 15, preceded by a more open-format Town Hall event the week before. Hosted by the same organization that puts on the Polys Awards, the event included roundtables and use cases for how brands are exploring WebXR to increase exposure and services on a more spatial and connected internet. Not Just for Brands Not for the faint of heart, the full live-streaming remote event ran nine consecutive hours. Hosted by the tireless Sophia Moshasha and Julie Smithson with tech support from Ben Irwin, the event included 20 speakers in 11 sessions. If you think that that means it was just people selling sneakers all day, you miss the importance of brands in immersive spaces. “This is where we believe it starts. Brands have made initial investments in this space from the early days. … We owe them a lot of

The 2nd Annual AR/VR Policy Conference

vrcoin on September 16, 2022

The second annual AR/VR Policy Conference took place this Wednesday, September 14, in Washington D.C., accompanied by a live stream on YouTube. The event, once again hosted by Information Technology Innovation Foundation and the XR Association, followed last year’s all-virtual event. Registration for both events was free, regardless of in-person or virtual attendance. As a proud media partner of the AR/VR Policy Conference, here’s the ARPost recap – though you can also watch the complete event on YouTube. Welcome and Keynote The marathon session lasted from 11 AM to 5 PM local time, though in-person attendants also had access to a networking social following the conclusion of the sessions. There was also a demo floor for participating companies to showcase their XR for good projects. Elizabeth Hyman’s Welcome Address The AR/VR Policy Conference started off with a welcome address by XRA CEO Elizabeth Hyman. Hyman praised ITIF as a partner

How Dropp Is Building a Real-World Metaverse From Digital Twins

vrcoin on September 8, 2022

The social aspect of the metaverse has incredible potential to change how we live our lives. The problem is that right now, most social “metaverse” platforms are in VR – meaning that they can only change our lives while we’re wearing a headset. This creates a potential disconnect between our physical and virtual lives rather than an integration. Dropp has a different idea. .udae18bd50c1dddd0d5d4132828be5cd2 { 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; } .udae18bd50c1dddd0d5d4132828be5cd2:active, .udae18bd50c1dddd0d5d4132828be5cd2:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .udae18bd50c1dddd0d5d4132828be5cd2 { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1.05; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .udae18bd50c1dddd0d5d4132828be5cd2 .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#000000; text-decoration:none;

Taco Bell Opens A Wedding Chapel In The Metaverse

vrcoin on August 26, 2022

Each wedding package includes a marriage certificate memento NFT because of course.Taco Bell is getting in on the metaverse game with the opening of the Taco Metaverse Wedding Chapel, a virtual space inside the Decentraland metaverse where select couples can pronounce their love for each other as well as fast-food tacos.While the venue may be digital, the ceremonies themselves are very real. Taco Bell is taking applications from couples interested in uniting in holy matrimony virtually. You’ll walk down the aisle, perform your first dance, and enjoy a delicious menu of food; pretty much everything you’d expect from an IRL wedding.Couples will have full control over the experience, from the style of the venue to their own attire. Speaking of attire, couples as well as guests will receive exclusive NFT wearables to commemorate the magical event. Couples also receive a freshly minted wedding certificate NFT.The entire event will be livestreamed

Surf The Metaverse In Style With The CARV Metaboard

vrcoin on August 10, 2022

Upgrade your Ready player Me avatar and compete against other Metaboard owners in a game of Hoverball.Metaverse company CARV recently announced the CARV1 Metaboard, a metaverse hoverboard that doubles as a digital collectible.Each Metaboard will use avatar integration depending on which metaverse platform you find yourself in and will include custom avatar animations and allow for modifications and upgrades. The hoverboard also features a physics system that allows you to perform tricks and offers item-optimization per metaverse environment. 🎞️ Check out our new trailer 🎦Then retweet, join the waitlist & make sure you’re following for your chance to win a 100% FREE Quest 2 or custom trucker hat (NFT + IRL) 🧢we’ll be drawing our next winner this Friday… pic.twitter.com/1bWCXiyiMm— CARV (@CARVlabs) July 25, 2022 Nathan Grotticelli, CEO of CARV talked with VRScout about how he sees people using his Metaboards, saying, “We see people using Metaboards to traverse 3D model

Making High-End Digital Fashion a More Accessible Reality

vrcoin on August 9, 2022

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

What Is a Digital Twin?

vrcoin on August 5, 2022

The explosion in XR technology and applications in the last few years means that there are a lot of new terms gaining prevalence. It can be hard to keep up. One that you may have heard – maybe even come across on ARPost – is “digital twin.” But, what exactly does that mean? What Is a Digital Twin? A “digital twin” is a virtual version of something that also exists as a physical object. The name can even help us understand the idea, to some degree, if we use it as an analogy – though it doesn’t always fit. Like human twins, digital twins may look similar to their physical counterparts, but the two may behave very differently. One of the big benefits of the digital version is that it can often do things or go places that the physical version can’t. Unlike human twins, however, digital twins don’t necessarily

The Virtual Gold Rush: Financial Institutions Joining the Metaverse

vrcoin on August 4, 2022

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

vrcoin on July 26, 2022

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

MeetKai’s Take on the Metaverse

vrcoin on July 20, 2022

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