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Why Every Company Needs a Metaverse Strategist

ARPost

With the explosion of NFTs , virtual worlds, and immersive technologies in 2021, some of the largest companies in the world, the most famous athletes in the world, and the most popular musicians in the world have already started to enter the metaverse. Naomi Osaka Sapphire Signed; Source: Autograph.

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Facebook Creates New Internal Organization to Build “the Metaverse”

Road to VR

It not only refers to the monolithic online 3D environment where a part of the story takes place, but also the sum of all virtual worlds, including virtual reality, augmented reality, and the Internet as a whole.

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The New Age of Learning Science with Virtual Reality: A Literature Review

ARVR

Virtual reality is described as a “three-dimensional, computer-generated environment which can be explored and interacted with by a person. That person becomes part of this virtual world or is immersed within this environment and whilst there, is able to manipulate objects or perform a series of actions.” (“What is Virtual Reality?”,

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OpenSim active users hit all-time-high for the holidays

Hypergrid Business

With the free-to-use DreamGrid software, anyone can easily create virtual worlds through a graphical interface and one-click install feature on their home computer. The objective of the mobile app is to open the virtual worlds to a lot of younger generation users who prefer to use mobile apps as compared to a desktop viewer.”

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Can Web-Based 3D Content Help the “Metaverse” Reach Its Full Potential?

ARVR

link] WebGL, on the other hand, was released in 2011 (somewhat coincidentally with Flash’s demise), and it has powered a wide range of web applications, including video games, 3D visualizations, and scientific simulations , with popular examples including Google Earth , Sketchfab , Figma , Spatial , PlayCanvas, Mozilla Hubs , and Decentraland.

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How Watson, IBM’s Artificial Intelligence, Is Powering Audio-Interactive VR/AR Environments

VRScout

In Kent Bye’s podcast # 968 , he talks with the Director of the Vket Global Team LilBagel, who discusses how some users will only mime in worlds like VRChat , or use hand gestures to communicate, before feeling comfortable enough to communicate with voice in-world. in 2011, defeating the champions and winning the prize of $1M.

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A reminder that you can unplug from VR at any time

Immersive Authority

I’ve seen tv series and movies from the 70’s where people immerse themselves into virtual worlds and cannot escape unless they achieve a specific goal. If someone externally unplugs them prematurely then they risk damaging the immersed person’s brain. Don’t get lost in Virtual Reality.