If you’re a reader of this column, you won’t be surprised when I say sometimes things get weird around here. Immersive media can be a box within a box. Like using AR inside a VR experience. This week Netflix began production of “Squid Game: The Challenge Reality Competition Series,” as a companion reality series to …
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If you’re a reader of this column, you won’t be surprised when I say sometimes things get weird around here. Immersive media can be a box within a box. Like using AR inside a VR experience. This week Netflix began production of “Squid Game: The Challenge Reality Competition Series,” as a companion reality series to …
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VIEW Conference 2022 has announced the first group of confirmed speakers for the 23rd edition of Italy’s premiere animation, VFX, games, and computer graphics conference, taking place in person in Torino, Italy, and online from October 16-21. This year’s event will see most speakers return to attend in-person, with professionals, students, and enthusiasts also encouraged …
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When Facebook’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in the summer of 2021 that his company was changing its name to Meta and setting its course to become a metaverse, the term “metaverse” turned into a buzzword. Soon, Zuckerberg was joined by other tech giants like Microsoft, who also claimed that they were planning to …
AZoSensors speaks with Arindam Dey from the University of Queensland and Dr. Mark Billinghurst from the University of South Australia about their research into using facial expressions to navigate virtual reality environments, making virtual reality more accessible for people with a wide range of disabilities. Facial expressions have been a subject of interest in virtual …
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AZoSensors speaks with Arindam Dey from the University of Queensland and Dr. Mark Billinghurst from the University of South Australia about their research into using facial expressions to navigate virtual reality environments, making virtual reality more accessible for people with a wide range of disabilities. Facial expressions have been a subject of interest in virtual …
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There’s a getaway spot in Longview that can take locals to new worlds without going far from home. Over the weekend, local Jack Pike opened Electric Dreams, a brightly-colored virtual reality arcade located at 1134 Washington Way next door to the Union Square bar. The arcade uses virtual reality headsets made by Oculus that allow …
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A factory worker wears Rokid AR glasses for inspection. Rokid While funding for Chinese AI companies is showing signs of drying up, Rokid has managed to buck that trend. The Hanghou-based tech firm announced in March that it had raised $110 million from undisclosed investors in a Series C funding round. The company’s backers in …
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Shocap has teamed up with virtual production and performance capture partner, Vancouver-based Animatrikand international contemporary arts collective The 7 Fingersto bring the hybrid LiViCi show, Carry Me Home, to Animatrik Film Designs’ motion capture sound stage. The virtual circus is slated to livestream globally and be presented live to audiences when the volume is converted …
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In Meta’s Horizon Worlds, a player’s avatar is force-fed a bottle of “vodka.” Report writers noted that it taking place virtually did not make it feel any less invasive.Screenshot: SumOfUs Video It took less than an hour for one researcher studying Meta’s titular metaverse to be “raped” after putting on the VR headset for the …
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