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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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AI will Transform XR Experiences, says Meta’s Head of Hardware Partnerships

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To help Stwart highlight the benefits of Meta’s integration of Qualcomm’s XR/AR chipsets was the Head of Hardware Partnerships at Meta, Jenniffer Hom – a figure who helped bring Meta/Qualcomm devices to market. Meta takes the Snapdragon Summit 2023 Stage. Hom said: Connect was a huge success for us [Meta].

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Could Origami Be The Future Of VR Haptics?

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Hanqing Jiang, who was a part of the research team, learned about a form of origami called curved origami (or curved crease origami) while at Arizona State University in 2020 and used it to create stiffness with paper-made sculptures. This art syle inloves folding consecutive valley and mountain folds in the center of a circle.

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SIGGRAPH 2017: Neurable Lets You Control A Virtual World With Your Mind

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I’ve used my eyes to interact with a virtual world before, but startup Neurable just enhanced that experience by reading my thoughts too. According to Neurable, this works using machine learning to interpret “your brain activity in real time to afford virtual powers of telekinesis.”

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Enterprise-Grade VR GenAI Service Secures Millions in Investments

XR Today - Virtual Reality

This marks an essential point in the industry as devices are becoming cheaper and more accessible, meaning content creation will be needed to support the hardware promises. James also added: I’m a self-taught coder and I thought that there would maybe be an interesting way to look at architecture through the guise of machine vision.

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From Brain-Computer Interfaces To Digital Humans: How These Technologies Are Bringing Us Closer To The Metaverse

VRScout

Technology can augment the world around us, it can enhance the human experience, our capabilities, and also extend our reality to digital and virtual worlds. But just how far are we from becoming one with the metaverse and what can we learn about ourselves through sensory technologies? Just how far away is full-dive VR?

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MIT Researchers Test Autonomous Drones Using VR Training Grounds

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Unfortunately, training high-tech, fast-moving machines to automatically detect and avoid physical objects isn’t exactly a safe, or cheap process. This allow engineers to properly calibrate a vehicles tracking components, make adjustments specific hardware and more, all without the risk of an expensive crash. .

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