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Market Map: Generative AI for Virtual Worlds

Building the Metaverse

This article is a guide to the companies building the generative artificial intelligence technology that will lead to these virtual worlds ( games, simulations, metaverse applications). Creators Supported by Generative AI Game development provides a view into how virtual worlds will be supported by generative AI.

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My Presentation on Virtual World Building in Second Life (Delivered to a University Course on Virtual World Building and Design)

Ryan Schultz

As I mentioned, shortly after my sixtieth birthday, I gave a one-hour presentation on Second Life, in Second Life, to a graduate class in virtual world building and design, currently being taught at my university ( first blogpost ; second blogpost ). I am happy to report that my presentation was very well received by the students!

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The XR Week Peek (2023.03.20): Meta to perform new layoffs, Google Glass to shut down, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (Official statement by Mark Zuckerberg) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Road To VR) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Upload VR) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — Yahoo Finance) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — CNN) Other relevant news Google is discontinuing Glass It’s the end of an era.

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What is Google ARCore?

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

2023: Enter Google ARCore Google’s convenient and easy-to-access ARSDK facilitates the development of WebAR experiences for cross-platform delivery. Google now supports numerous Android smartphones such as Asus, Lenovo, LG, Moto, Motorola, OnePlus, Samsung, Sony, Vivo, Infinix, Tecno, Sharp, and Xiaomi.

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Hacking the Oculus Quest: how to show Android Settings, Alarm and more!

The Ghost Howls

All these references to Oculus Horizon make me think… I’m not sure they’re about the virtual world, though. What surprises me is that Googling “com.oculus.horizon”, I found some Oculus forums talking about elements of this namespace draining the battery of GearVRs already in 2015 !

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Trends and predictions for XR in 2024

The Ghost Howls

The last cycle before this one was the Quest one, which started to make virtual reality known to the mainstream audience for what concerns games and fitness. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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How to choose an LBVR product?

The Ghost Howls

VR just passed the thorough of disillusionment and is here to stay thanks to investments in the AR/VR market by Facebook, Google and Apple. Hyper-reality or mixed reality means creating a world around, it’s the merging of real and virtual worlds, where physical and digital objects interact with each other in real-time.

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