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Hypergrid Business
AUGUST 15, 2017
Educators are souring on virtual worlds, as evidenced by declining participation in online forums, in virtual conference attendances and education-related destinations on the Second Life grid. Another discussion group, the official Second Life Educators forum , has only had 214 posts since it launched in 2013.
Hypergrid Business
AUGUST 3, 2017
Eight year ago, when I first launched Hypergrid Business , virtual worlds offered a unique set of compelling features. There was presence, and immersion, and the ability to create your own virtual environments. At that time, virtual worlds were the only visible path to an interconnected metaverse of virtual environments.
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ARVR
JUNE 16, 2021
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?”,
Hypergrid Business
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Zoom is good enough for most virtual meetings. The learning curve for virtual world browsers is too high for casual users. But it doesn’t make up for all the shortcomings of either desktop-based virtual worlds, or 3D virtual environments, for most non-gaming applications.
Hypergrid Business
JANUARY 25, 2023
Last Friday , AltspaceVR announced that will be shutting down its virtual environment in March. AltspaceVR was a consumer-focused immersive space that could be accessed either via the desktop or through a virtual reality headset. What about Meta, Google and Apple? (Image by Maria Korolov via Midjourney.) million in 2022.
Hypergrid Business
MARCH 9, 2024
Image courtesy Google.) Yup, Google’s Gemini 1.5 The tech companies already have preliminary models that can do most of this, including that Google AI I just mentioned. Third — and this is the key part of it — the next generation of generative AIs will be able to simulate the world. TopAI has 70.
Hypergrid Business
MARCH 28, 2018
This year’s Virtual World Best Practices in Education 2018 conference, which ended last week in Second Life, was shorter than last year — three days, instead of four — and attracted about 1,100 attendees, down from a high of around 4,500 in previous years. which are involved in research funded by Google.
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