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Metaverse To Target 3 Key Destinations, Unity Says

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John A Cunningham, Head of Government & Aerospace at Unity. Most companies and people with current websites would have “Metaverse-like destinations” in the future, he said, adding that, according to Unity, would result in three primary categories. Three Categories of Metaverse Destinations.

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How Can Businesses Prepare for Enterprise VR?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Even governments are turning to immersive platforms to showcase tourism, security, and travel opportunities. Additional businesses like Epic Games, Unity, Autodesk, Adobe, NVIDIA, and many others have pivoted to the Metaverse to reach these goals. Many businesses are realising the value and potential of integrating virtual solutions.

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‘Decentraland’ – Using Ethereum Blockchain ICO to Sell Virtual Real Estate

Road to VR

They have a Unity plug-in, but are also planning on using A-Frame and other WebVR technologies to create their virtual city. More specific architectural details are described in their Decentraland Whitepaper. The blockchain contract will contain a Bitorrent link or IPFS hash that contains the content for each virtual plot of land.

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

The Ghost Howls

The system is capable of quintillions of operations per second and it is able to speed up the machine learning process from 3x to 20x with regard to the previous supercomputer cluster architecture in use by Meta. Image by Unity). Unity acquires Ziva Dynamics to build the avatars of the future. News worth a mention.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

Road to VR

In fact, games only account for 35% of projects underway, as the rest are focused on fields like psychology and neuroscience (12%), education (7%), tourism (7% ), and architecture and real estate (6%). Through its Lab Renovation Program, VR First is promoting the adoption of these new standards by lab partners, governments and science parks.

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My predictions for virtual reality in 2022

The Ghost Howls

As the god John Carmack has said, we are too full of “architecture astronauts” while we need people that work on the real technical problems , that create the tech stack that makes the metaverse possible. Epic has implemented it, and Unity is doing that too. I am a Unity developer, and I can tell you that now Unity.XR

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Air Race X: A Tokyo Start-Up's Bold But Flawed Vision For Mixed Reality Air Racing

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Investors, media, local government officials and other guests gather to watch Air Race X in Shibuya, Tokyo on Sunday October 15, 2023. We observed the race from an in-person event held for media, investors, local government officials and other guests on the fifteenth floor of a building overlooking Shibuya Crossing.

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