Month: February 2025

Gaussian Splats: (Nearly) Ready for Standardisation

⊲ Metaverse Standards Forum ⊳ The Gaussian Splatting Town Hall presentations showed a strong interest in 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) and its potential for industry adoption. Although a consensus...

Mixed Reality May Transform Surgery

⊲ AppleMagazine ⊳ Apple’s Vision Pro is generating interest in the medical community for its potential to enhance surgical training, precision, and collaboration. With advanced AR and VR...

Next Gen Pilot’s Augmented Reality

⊲ BBC News ⊳ The Eurofighter consortium – made up of Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK – has awarded BAE Systems a £133 million contract to further develop its Striker II helmet-mounted display...

Centralised or Decentralised Fortnite Metaverse?

⊲ Posting Nexus ⊳ This article by Julia Alexander describes how Fortnite is evolving into a creator-driven platform, resembling YouTube’s model by fostering an ecosystem where user-generated...

Meta’s Reality Labs, Big Sales, Huge Losses

⊲ UploadVR ⊳ Meta’s Reality Labs posted a record $1.083 billion in revenue for Q4 2024, contributing to an annual total of $2.146 billion, up 13% from the previous year. The growth was driven by...