The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2024

Augmented Virtuality and the connections between the real and virtual worlds One thing that fascinates me the most about mixed reality is creating a connection between the real and the virtual world. The kitchen is the virtual setting, and the box is the real element living in it.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 8, 2022

The enterprise-grade platform includes rich 3D asset creation services, “state-of-the-art” manipulation mechanics, customizable avatars, locomotion options, and user interface (UI) tools. There is a lot more to consider than just the code and the tools. Enrique Tromp : VR applications place the user inside a virtual world.

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Building the Metaverse

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

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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Building the Metaverse

JUNE 14, 2023

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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VRScout

JULY 5, 2018

Nanome partners with HTC to extend their virtual science, mathematics, engineering and tech tools to new locations. Now it appears as though these California and Nevada VR systems will be receiving an upgrade in the form of a series of advanced STEM tools. Image Credit: HTC / Nanomi.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 1, 2022

Extended reality, the umbrella term covering Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR), is gaining rapid attention around the world. Once considered a novel tool for entertainment, XR has now emerged as a potential must-have for the future workplace. 1. Strengthen Team Relationships.

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ARVR

JANUARY 13, 2021

but mostly I want to understand how they can be used to bring us together and make diverse virtual worlds more engaging. Because one branch of what we now call Chat Bots evolved to support managers of very large gaming communities, sophisticated behavior management and social influence tools have evolved.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Rec Room built a world using generative AI tools called Fractura. Last year Rec Room added direct integration with Unity, called Rec Room Studio , letting creators build higher quality worlds in the Unity editor instead of being limited to the ingame shape-based creation tools.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

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. GenAI tools engines integrated into the platform can build immersive virtual worlds, designs, and real-time 3D (RT3D) assets on the fly.

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As I mentioned, shortly after my sixtieth birthday, I gave a one-hour presentation on Second Life, in Second Life, to a graduate class in virtual world building and design, currently being taught at my university ( first blogpost ; second blogpost ). I am happy to report that my presentation was very well received by the students!

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Road to VR

MAY 25, 2020

With growing usage of social virtual worlds and spaces like VRChat and Mozilla Hubs , you might be looking for a way to make your own avatar to represent yourself in VR. Here are two user-friendly avatar character creator apps for that purpose which won’t require the use of developer-level tools like Unity, Blender, etc.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 6, 2023

HTC's VIVERSE platform will be utilizing Lamina1's layer one tools to enable more efficient cross-world cross-platform asset distribution and management, so users can seamlessly keep their digital assets (avatars, clothes, artwork, etc.) with them as they traverse the metaverse.

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VRScout

AUGUST 27, 2018

SteamVR has provided its own tools to avoid breaking immersion, such as its Matrix-esque “Room View” mode or their handheld “Dashboard” camera, which provides a small color feed permanently attached to the right motion controller. The post FragmentVR Opens A Window To Reality Within The Virtual World appeared first on VRScout.

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ARPost

MARCH 8, 2022

With more and more business and sales being conducted in virtual worlds, one digital marketing agency with physical offices in California is expanding its services into the metaverse. Our clients are now able to expand their businesses and operations into the virtual world to amplify their growth and authority.”.

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ARPost

MARCH 1, 2022

Emperia creates virtual worlds, primarily for art, retail, and fashion events. The company has worked with organizations ranging from The World Health Organization to Christie’s. So far, clients have paid Emperia to design and host these virtual worlds. World-Building and Metaverse Building.

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TechCrunch VR

AUGUST 10, 2023

What would happen if this thinking were applied to metaverse-style virtual worlds? It now plans to hand over the tools to build immersive, scalable, and intuitive digital worlds to the experience-obsessed industries of fashion, beauty, and art — specifically — so that they can create and monetize their own worlds.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

After many pressures from the community and the media, Meta has finally decided to introduce new parental control tools in Quest 2. Even if Meta still doesn’t admit that its headsets are used by a lot of small kids (these measures are marketed as tools parents can use with teenagers), these measures are targeted also at them.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 15, 2017

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. “This will allow more students, such as those in rural areas and low-income situations, to access the virtual worlds.”

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VRScout

MAY 19, 2022

Through Hatch Kids , young learners access a program called HatchXR , a set of awesome tools that will let kids design, code, and play their own games as well as create their own virtual worlds to explore. We built Hatch as a kids coding platform for the age of the Metaverse.”

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Voices of VR

JUNE 21, 2023

Wagner James Au‘s latest book Making a Metaverse that Matters: From Snow Crash & Second Life to A Virtual World Worth Fighting For releases on June 27 after the 20th anniversary of Second Life is on June 23, 2023.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

Educators are using virtual worlds, but not in the way they had used them in the past, and not in the same numbers. The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference is a good example that showcases this work. Better crowd control tools available such as management of voice, text, and regions.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We now see more collaborations between global fashion brands and tech companies grabbing opportunities in digital fashion in the virtual world. This powerful AR try-on technology gives digital fashion a more practical purpose beyond the virtual world. Empowering Creators With Advanced AR Tools.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Following its expansion onto new VR and non-VR platforms alike, social virtual world Rec Room is seeing serious growth. Pair that breadth of accessibility with built-in tools which allow creators to make and share their own virtual experiences, and you’ve got a recipe for a thriving virtual world.

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ARPost

MARCH 28, 2023

Then, it changed lanes to offer virtual worlds for consumer social uses. The toolkit also features advanced tools for linking virtual worlds together. Spatial started out as an enterprise remote collaboration solution. Now, it could become an immersive gaming platform. At least, in part.

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ARPost

AUGUST 15, 2022

ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine blurs the distinction between the real world and the virtual world. Esri , the world’s largest GIS software firm, recently released version 1.0 The platform also features a new World Partition system , improved mesh modeling, and expanded tools from previous versions.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Toei Animation, the Japanese animation studio behind popular series such as Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon , has teamed up with Sony Music Solutions to develop a series of virtual worlds available via the popular VR social platform VRChat. Many people in their 30s to late 40s enjoyed Toei Animation’s works in the 90s.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 24, 2017

For this reason, sound is more than just an immersive tool – how (and where) objects around you sound has an enormous effect on your understanding of where they are, especially when you’re not looking at them. In the real world, this would be impossible, since there are no walls or anything in the space that suggests there should be reverb.

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VRScout

JANUARY 10, 2022

“I’ve been told pretty directly that the idea of a completely virtual world where users can escape to – like they can in Meta Platforms/Facebook’s vision of the future – is off-limits from Apple,” said Gurman in his newsletter.

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VRScout

MAY 11, 2021

In addition to today’s big headset announcements, HTC has also announced VIVE Business, a comprehensive range of VR tools that includes VIVE Business Device Management System, VIVE Business Training, VIVE Business Streaming, and VIVE Sync, each of which designed to support large manufacturing companies as well as small family-owned businesses.

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ARPost

JUNE 21, 2023

Niantic is one of XR’s big world-builders using computer vision and scene understanding to realistically augment the world. The winner used generative AI to create the environment that replaced the sky through a recent tool developed by 8th Wall. Internally, we’ve seen a 95-97% reduction in time to create [with AI tools].”

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

For those that have purchased land through Somnium Space’s previous Initial Land Offering’s (ILO) the Builder tool will be enhanced to purchase or create new assets. Full body avatars will become available so you can look like a real digital person using the Unity Avatar SDK.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2022

Starting next month, Venues will officially merge with Horizon Worlds , a VR social platform where users can build and share their own virtual worlds, host live events, and develop interactive games and activities. The company followed up with additional in-game safety features as well as a metaverse culture series.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 23, 2021

During this panel too, Reyes spoke of blockchain technologies as the link not just between virtual worlds, but between virtual worlds and the physical world to create true interoperability across immersive platforms. How are we going to transport attributes from the physical world to the digital world?”. “To

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 2, 2022

With countless apps and headsets available to choose from, today’s brands can easily equip their teams with the tools they need to create and innovate anywhere in the world. These sensational tools can bridge the gaps between hybrid workers, and even accelerate time to market for new projects. BlueJeans for Workplace.

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ARPost

JANUARY 3, 2023

Essentially, AR enhances and extends the world that already exists while VR creates a virtual world out of imagination. That’s why augmented reality has emerged as an effective, sought-after business tool. If you wonder what is VPN , it stands for a virtual private network. Web Browser Dependency.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 15, 2017

A new tool from NVIDIA for benchmarking VR hardware and experiences should make it easier for buyers to figure out how systems perform in real world scenarios. Head-mounted displays like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive put heavy demands on the PCs required to power these headsets.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 13, 2023

In a study the EC published in March, the group expected that the market for virtual worlds and the metaverse will grow from its €27 billion valuation in 2022 to over €800 billion by 2030. “Today, Europe throws its hat in the ring to become a world leader in Web 4.0

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