⊲ Museums + Heritage ⊳ The University of Glasgow has launched a virtual museum dedicated to pioneering scientist Lord Kelvin as part of a £5.6m "Museums in the Metaverse" initiative. This virtual...
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Brightline’s Spatial Computing Platform Funded
▶ Source - Morningstar ▶ Brightline Interactive, part of The Glimpse Group, has delivered a paid for advanced immersive simulation through its computing platform - SpatialCore - to a large...
Interview with a Virtual Earth Architect
▶ Source - Rock Paper Shotgun ▶ In this interview with Jorg Neumann, head of Microsoft Flight Simulator, the article explores how the 2024 edition has pushed the boundaries of realism by...
14 Millionaire Creators in Second Life
▶ Source - GamesBeat ▶ In this GamesBeat interview, Linden Lab said that they have invested $1.3 billion in Second Life since 2003, establishing a $650 million annual virtual economy that shares...
Meta Accelerates the Future
▶ Source - Meta ▶ Meta's Chief Technology Officer, Andrew Bosworth, highlights the company's advancements in AI-integrated glasses and mixed reality hardware. He notes that smart glasses have...
The Metaverse in 2025: Dead or Resting?
⊲ A Simulation News Article ⊳ Once heralded as the future of human interaction, the metaverse has faded from the spotlight, its bold promises overshadowed by newer technologies and shifting...
Meta’s Avatars Become More Human
▶ Source - Reuters ▶ Meta has announced the release of Meta Motivo, an AI model designed to improve human-like movement in digital avatars. It uses unsupervised reinforcement learning to teach...
Interactive 3D from Single Photo
▶ Tech Crunch ▶ World Labs, founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, unveiled an innovative AI system transforming single photos into interactive 3D scenes, blending gaming aesthetics with live browser...
Industrial Metaverse Powers Mining 4.0
▶ Source - AVEVA ▶ Image - AVEVA ▶
An XR Wearables Tipping Point?
▶ TechRadar ▶ XR wearables, encompassing AR, VR, and MR, are overcoming earlier limitations in power efficiency, security, and application ecosystems. Progress in lightweight materials, battery...
Inter-World Portaling System Event
▶ Metaverse Standards Forum ▶ The Open Metaverse Alliance for Web3 (OMA3) hosted a virtual event on November 27, 2024, to introduce its Inter-World Portaling System (IWPS) draft standard. This...
New Study Explores Omniverse Applications
▶ Frontiers in Computer Science ▶ The study investigates NVIDIA’s Omniverse platform in enhancing simulation and virtual environments. It focuses on tools like Omniverse Replicator for...