⊲ Lifehacker ⊳ Virtual reality developers are experimenting with three main methods to give users natural movement in tight spaces. Redirected walking shifts visual cues to keep users within...
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Real Time Digital Humans for Everyone
⊲ VentureBeat ⊳ Epic Games has officially released MetaHuman Creator from early access, integrating it into Unreal Engine 5.6. Developers can now animate digital characters in real time using...
Digital & Physical Retail Worlds Merge
⊲ The Verge ⊳ Roblox is letting creators sell physical merchandise inside their games through Shopify, using its new Commerce API. Users can browse and check out within the game, linking real-world...
The Military Metaverse Fights Back
⊲ Halldale ⊳ Fawkes and Burden’s new book The Military Metaverse, published today by Routledge, maps out the evolution and future direction of virtual worlds, simulation, XR and avatars within...
Explore Britain, Block By Block
⊲ Ordnance Survey ⊳ The UK's Ordnance Survey has created a detailed Minecraft version of parts of Great Britain, allowing players to explore and interact with iconic locations. This new world,...
Cube 3D Turns Words Into Worlds
⊲ The Verge ⊳ Roblox has introduced Cube 3D, an open-source AI model that generates 3D objects from text prompts. This innovation aims to streamline 3D content creation, enabling developers to...
Wearable Tech Lets Users “Feel”
⊲ SciTechDaily ⊳ Engineers at Northwestern University have developed a thin, flexible device that adheres to the skin, providing haptic feedback through a hexagonal array of 19 actuators. It...
Leading Aircraft Manufacturer’s Simulation Showcase
⊲ FSElite ⊳ Microsoft Flight Simulator has announced a new partnership with Brazil's Embraer, one of the largest aircraft manufacturers in the world. This collaboration aims to enhance the...
Microsoft AI Creates Virtual Worlds
⊲ The Verge ⊳ Microsoft has unveiled Muse, a generative AI model developed with Ninja Theory, designed to assist in creating game environments and gameplay for Xbox. Trained on 7 years of gameplay...
Gamers Turned Drone Warriors
⊲ Business Insider ⊳ The article highlights how gamers possess key skills that make them effective drone pilots, such as fast decision-making and hand-eye coordination. Ukraine’s special drone...
BodyLink Ditches Wearable Trackers
⊲ MIXED ⊳ US start-up Rebuff Reality's BodyLink Kickstarter could introduce a new era in motion capture for gaming and simulation with its Android-based console, achieving full-body tracking...
AI Revolutionises Graphics Performance
⊲ Wccftech ⊳ Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA claimed at CES that NVIDIA's latest hardware and software technologies were "... the most significant computer graphics innovation since we...