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Educators sour on virtual worlds

Hypergrid Business

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. As a result, the use of virtual environments like Second Life seems to be in decline. Image courtesy Google Expeditions.).

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Glossary: The Metaverse and its Key Components

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Combining spatial computing with the Internet, the Metaverse seeks to seamlessly connect the digital and physical worlds and transform online interactions. Evan Gappelberg, Chief Executive and Founder of Nextech AR , said in an interview with XR Today that metaverse solutions would “bridge virtual, hybrid, and in-person experiences.”

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Space Invaders Celebrates 45th Anniversary With a New AR Game

ARPost

As Space Invaders turns 45, TAITO teams up with Google and UNIT9 to give its players an elevated AR gaming experience with Google’s ARCore Geospatial API. TAITO and Google partnered with global production and innovation studio UNIT9 to transform Space Invaders into an immersive AR game in honor of its 45th anniversary.

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MeetKai’s Take on the Metaverse

ARPost

If that sounds familiar, earlier this month ARPost spoke to the team from Inworld AI – largely a team of Google AI veterans building virtually embodied conversational AI. MeetKai’s AI is built into the platform as a way to navigate the world, rather than being a character that users interact with. in the metaverse.”.

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How Inworld AI Is Populating the Metaverse

ARPost

Gelfenbeyn was a co-founder of API.AI, which was purchased by Google and now exists as Dialogflow. In these virtual world environments, people are often more comfortable talking to virtual agents,” said Gelfenbeyn. “In That is, outside of the testing environment in the developer’s app for Quest.

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YouTube VR Expands its Reach: Now Available on PICO4 Platform

XROM

In an exciting move for virtual reality (VR) enthusiasts, YouTube VR has officially arrived on the PICO4 platform. Originally launched on Google's DaydreamVR in 2017, YouTube VR has since expanded to other platforms such as the Oculus Store for Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go.

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How AI generated images are shaping virtual worlds

Hypergrid Business

Images created by AI aren’t only found in your social media feed — they’ve already made their mark in OpenSim and other virtual environments. From AI art galleries in OpenSim to AI-created fully immersive three-dimensional environments, AI is already shaping how we experience virtual worlds.