⊲ 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...
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Meta Pivots to Ultralight XR
⊲ UploadVR ⊳ Meta is reportedly shifting its XR focus to develop an ultralight headset called Puffin, expected to launch in late 2026. This new headset will use a tethered computing puck, making it...
Anduril & Meta Team Up for IVAS/SBMC
⊲ Anduril ⊳ Anduril and Meta are collaborating to develop XR technology for the American military. This partnership aims to rapidly field advanced soldier-borne XR systems and also strengthen...
Real Time Robot Simulation
⊲ Electronic Design ⊳ Ansys has integrated its Perceive EM solver into NVIDIA's Omniverse, enabling real-time physics-based simulations within virtual environments, allowing for real-time feedback...
AI-Powered 3D Training Revolution
⊲ Halldale ⊳ Schemata, a startup emerging from Stanford, has secured $5 million in seed funding to advance its AI-driven training platform. Utilising 3D reality capture and spatial AI, the system...
Integrating Robotics & the Metaverse in Healthcare
⊲ A&O Shearman ⊳ Reporting on a European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) opinion, A&O Shearman examines the integration of robotics and the metaverse in European healthcare. It...
AI-Powered 3D Modelling Revolution
⊲ WebProNews ⊳ Meta has introduced AssetGen 2.0, an advanced AI tool for creating 3D models, which allows developers and creators to generate detailed 3D assets from simple text prompts or images....
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...
Meta Trims Reality Labs XR Team
⊲ MIXED News ⊳ Meta has laid off a portion of its workforce in Reality Labs and Oculus Studios, part of a wider trend of job cuts as it restructures its efforts around augmented and virtual...
AI Steps Into the Real World
⊲ World Economic Forum ⊳ This article, by the World Economic Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, describes how AI is moving beyond screens into the physical world, driven by...
DJI Enhances Drone to 3D World Pipeline
⊲ DroneDJ ⊳ DJI has released an update for its AI-powered 3D modelling and point cloud editing software, Modify, aimed at professionals in fields like surveying and construction. The new version...