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Space Invaders Celebrates 45th Anniversary With a New AR Game

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Space Invaders is a shooting video game created by Tomohiro Nishikado in 1978 and manufactured and sold by TAITO. It was the first fixed shooter video game and is considered one of the most iconic arcade games ever. It means that the AR game adapts to the player’s real-life surroundings.

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Glossary: The Metaverse and its Key Components

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.” To understand the technology better, here is a quick introduction to the top Metaverse components, ideas, and technologies: Metaverse Avatars are a user’s digital embodiment in a virtual environment or game world, and may include hyper-realistic 3D representations powered by artificial intelligence (AI).

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How to make mixed reality demos that merge real and virtual worlds

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Meta did a great job in allowing the streaming of all the mixed reality data from the Quest to the PC for development purposes. Thanks to this, while you are in Unity, with the Quest connected via USB to the PC, you can press Play to test the application locally with full access to passthrough stream, hand tracking data, and scene data.

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Designing Mixed Reality Apps That Adapt to Different Spaces

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Laser Dance is an upcoming mixed reality game that seeks to use Quest’s passthrough capability as more than just a background. In this Guest Article, developer Thomas Van Bouwel explains his approach to designing an MR game that adapts to different environments.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.05.14): New rumors on the Vision Pro 2, Ultraleap Hyperion, and much more!

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More info Meta may be less inclined to do data mining for VR ads than we thought On X, a user said that Meta sells its headsets at a loss “to data mine the ecosystem for ad revenue profit”, which honestly speaking is something many of us think, given the current business model of social media.

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LGBTQ+ Virtual Reality: Equity and Inclusion Challenges in VR

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But for LGBTQ+ individuals, especially those who may not yet be out, the potential for the unauthorized use, sale, or leak of sensitive data can have serious ramifications. For example, certain applications may require the processing of highly personal biometric data, such as your fingerprints, face geometry, and/or eye scans.

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10 Top Use Cases of Blockchain in Virtual Reality

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By using a decentralized system that relies on a consensus mechanism, blockchain ensures that the data is secure and tamper-proof. See Also: Is the Key to the Metaverse More Links Between Virtual Spaces? This level of transparency can help to build trust between the brand and the consumer.