⊲ all-about-industries ⊳ According to Jean-Claude Ercolanelli, Senior Vice President, Simulation and Test Solutions at Siemens, engineering simulation is evolving with six key trends shaping its...
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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...
Crypto Meets AR
⊲ TheCryptoUpdates ⊳ The collaboration between cryptocurrency and augmented reality in 2025 is expected to reshape industries by enabling secure blockchain transactions within digitally enhance...
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...
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...
Google’s HTC Acquisition Bolsters Android XR Push
⊲ Mobile World Live ⊳ Google has expanded its XR ambitions by acquiring key IPs and talent from HTC's XR division. This move strengthens its forthcoming Android XR operating system initiative,...
AI Creates Simulation-Ready Digital Twins
⊲ TechCrunch ⊳ Nvidia has invested in Taiwan's startup MetAI, which develops AI-powered digital twin technology that swiftly converts CAD files into functional 3D environments. MetAI's technology...
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...
Holographic Smart Glasses Funding Boost
⊲ TNW ⊳ Belgian startup Swave is developing true holographic smart glasses, claiming a breakthrough in Holographic eXtended Reality (HXR). Their lightweight glasses, using nanoscale pixels and...
Industrial Metaverse Integrates Digital Twins
⊲ WIRED ⊳ This WIRED article explores how digital twins, digital replicas of physical processes, can optimise industrial workflows, cutting costs, waste, and time. These twins are part of a broader...
$3 Billion Boost for Infinite Reality
⊲ Road to VR ⊳ US technology and entertainment company Infinite Reality has raised $3 billion from a single unnamed private investor, increasing its valuation to $12.25 billion. The company...