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Riga Metacity: A State-Supported Initiative Set to Become One of Europe’s Largest Metaverse Projects

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The United States, China, Singapore, Japan, and other countries are developing Metacities where immersive technologies are integrated into how cities work and the way people live. While Europe struggles to establish itself as a leader in emerging technologies, it is fast gaining ground in helping shape the future of virtual worlds.

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Sword Art Online VR Event Immerses You In The Hit Anime

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Starting tomorrow fans of the critically-acclaimed animated series Sword Art Online (SAO) can log into Sword Art Online -EX-CHRONICLE- Online Edition and explore a sprawling virtual world featuring memorable locations from the show.

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This VR Treadmill Comes With Its Own Headset & Haptic Vest

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StepVR claims that its device can “restore the sense of vision, hearing, touch, smell, and vestibular balance in the virtual world,” though it’s still unclear at this time how exactly the device will provide smell haptics. In a video released by the company, you can spot a Vive Tracker mounted to the back of the user.

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Explore Digital Art Through Galleries in Spatial and Liquid Avatar Technologies

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You may have seen them in the news last month for offering a payment card and loyalty program that unlocks virtual rewards for physical purchases. The company’s principal virtual world, Aftermath Islands, is still in development. The gallery is scheduled to run until April 25, but “could be extended.”. Exploring Digital Art.

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From Virtual Clothes to Virtual Stores: XR in Fashion Retail

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But, there are also solutions for bringing virtual people into virtual stores. Rather than a relatively simple adaptation of mobile-based online shopping, these solutions take advantage of the average person’s spending more and more time in virtual worlds. And, probably, virtual storefronts at some point.

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Apple Releases visionOS Software Development Kit For Vision Pro

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Next month, Apple will open developer labs in Cupertino, London, Munich, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo to provide developers with hands-on experience to test their apps on Apple Vision Pro hardware and get support from Apple engineers," Apple says.

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Feel Wind and Heat in VR With This Headset Add-On

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The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive have allowed us to view the virtual world, the Nosulus Rift and OhRoma give us the ability to smell the virtual world and thanks to the efforts of Professor Nimesha Ranasinghe and his team at the National University of Singapore, we’ll soon be able to feel part of the virtual world as well.

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