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Hands-on: Quest 3 is an Impressive Leap That’s Still Held Back by Software Struggles

Road to VR

Quest 3 is an impressive leap in hardware, especially in the visual department, but it continues Meta’s tradition of building great hardware that feels held back by its software. Update (September 27th, 2023): Fixed the link to the second page at the bottom of this page.

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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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AWE 2022 Day Two: The Floor Opens. Talks on Interoperability, Hardware, and Software

ARPost

However, Meskill also had a lot to say about the software, including one potentially unforeseen change. The other kind of theme for us is that we’re really exploring our [independent software vendor] program in collaboration with Qualcomm.”. . “With your mind’s eye, you can extend that five years into the future.”

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Atlas Launches Gen AI-Powered 3D Virtual World Platform

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

For the proprietary software platform, in-house developers have leveraged over 50 years of total experience in the gaming, AI, and design industries. This has involved partnerships with some of the world’s largest AAA gaming studios such as Consortium 9, Shrapnel, and Square Enix, with the latter two becoming key investors.

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Generative AI and Virtual Worlds

Building the Metaverse

A few days ago, my team won grant prize the LA AI Virtual Worlds hackathon during the a16z Tech Week by creating a roleplaying game in one day. A big part of that is generative AI — as well as the work we’re doing at Beamable to enable you to get the servers set up for entire worlds setup on “day zero.”

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Apple Releases visionOS Software Development Kit For Vision Pro

Upload VR

Apple released the software development kit for its upcoming visionOS platform that drives the Vision Pro headset. The new software tools in the SDK for "Apple's first spatial computer" rely on eye, hand and voice input, and Apple says it is accepting applications for developer kits starting next month.

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Resonite: A Brief Introduction to a New Virtual World/Social VR Platform

Ryan Schultz

There’s a brand-new virtual world/social VR platform I want to tell you about! It’s called Resonite , and it is the product of a hard-working and super-talented team of software developers at Yellow Dog Man Studios. Resonite runs in both standard and virtual reality modes.