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South Korea Is Building Its Own K-Pop Metaverse

VRScout

The K-pop industry is so massive, the country actually relies upon it as one of its primary sources of gross national income next to Samsung. “For example, in September 2021, the government had already committed to investing $2.2 It seems as though everyone, and I mean everyone , is developing their own virtual worlds.

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Trends and predictions for XR in 2024

The Ghost Howls

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. with Xiaomi, Oppo, Samsung, etc…) to convince hardware manufacturers to create headsets powered by Android XR.

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The 10 Best Examples Of The Metaverse Everyone Should Know About

Bernard Marr

So far, the result has been several projects, including Horizon Worlds (a virtual worlds platform), Horizon Venues (events platform), and Horizon Workrooms (virtual office). All of these platforms are interconnected and allow users to create avatars that represent them as they explore and interact with other users.

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What is the Spatial Web?

AR Insider

All across the planet, our technologies are breaking out from behind the screen and into the physical world around us. Simultaneously, the people, places, and things in our world are being digitized and brought into the virtual world, becoming part of the digital domain.

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Convergence, Enterprise AR, and Mapping the Inside World with Charlie Fink

XR for Business Podcast

Charlie Fink is a Forbes columnist and an author of two AR-enabled books – Charlie Fink’s Metaverse: A Guide to VR and AR, and Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted with Data. Charlie was EVP and COO of VR Pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. But any kind of a magic-verse is going to be governed by a filter.

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Convergence, Enterprise AR, and Mapping the Inside World with Charlie Fink

XR for Business Podcast

Charlie Fink is a Forbes columnist and an author of two AR-enabled books – Charlie Fink’s Metaverse: A Guide to VR and AR, and Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted with Data. Charlie was EVP and COO of VR Pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. But any kind of a magic-verse is going to be governed by a filter.

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The Internet Of The Future: Here Are Best Examples Of Web3 In Practice

Bernard Marr

This is an online virtual world – commonly referred to these days as a metaverse – where users can meet, chat, play games, socialize and attend events. Users can buy or rent plots of virtual land using the platform’s own cryptocurrency, called MANA. Essentially a decentralized Youtube-style video streaming platform.