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Avatar Creation Tool ‘Ready Player Me’ Raises $13M to Provide Metaverse-wide Avatars

4 years ago
InternetNews
Wolf3D, the Estonian startup behind web-based avatar creator Ready Player Me, has closed a $13 million funding round. The company says it will use the funds to further build out its avatar creation tools and eventually allow developers to earn money through the sale of in-game assets and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Ready Player Me studio Wolf3D […]

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Crew Kicks off 2022 with Biology, Botany and Spacewalk Preps

4 years ago
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The five astronauts and two cosmonauts of Expedition 66 started the first work week of 2022 researching microgravity science, reviewing Crew Dragon emergency procedures and ramping up for a spacewalk. Biology and botany are critical research subjects on the orbiting lab as NASA and its international partners plan human missions to the Moon, Mars and …
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Hands-On: Zenith Might Just Be The Quest, PSVR And VR MMO You’re Looking For

4 years ago
InternetNews
We’ve played VR MMO Zenith on Quest and it’s looking… really good?

Hands-on impressions right here.

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New VR Games January 2022: All The Biggest Releases

4 years ago
InternetNews
Hitman 3 on PC! Wanderer! A new Zenith beta!

Here’s all the big VR releases heading your way this January.

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Resident Evil 2 & 3 VR Mods Now Available

4 years ago
InternetNews
Here’s a big New Year treat – Resident Evil 2 and 3’s VR mods are now available!

Download info and gameplay right here.

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Advertising in the Metaverse Explained: It’s a Jungle Out There

4 years ago
InternetNews
In the next ten years, the metaverse is expected to sign on a billion users and eventually earn over $1 trillion in revenues. This presents a massive opportunity for brands, marketers, and advertisers. Investment fund and crypto company, Grayscale, notes that the metaverse will enable new revenue streams via advertising, digital events, e-commerce, and hardware […]
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How Will Businesses Trade in the Metaverse?

4 years ago
InternetNews
With a $1 trillion revenue opportunity in less than a decade, businesses must start preparing for a metaverse-dominated future. Following Facebook’s rebrand as Meta and several companies’ serious intentions for the metaverse, Morgan Stanley announced that it would be the “next big investment theme” in a note. 15 years back, software-as-a-service and the cloud had […]
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2022 VR Games: 40 Quest 2, PSVR And PC VR Titles To Look Out For

4 years ago
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Here’s 35 new VR games to look out for in 2022.

From Among Us VR to GTA: San Andreas, it promises to be a huge year!

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Virtual Reality should acknowledge its “kids issue”

4 years ago
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We just had our Christmas holidays, and it is common knowledge that Virtual Reality, and especially Quest 2, had its

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Biden-Harris Administration Extends Space Station Operations Through 2030

4 years ago
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced today the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to extend International Space Station (ISS) operations through 2030, and to work with our international partners in Europe (ESA, European Space Agency), Japan (JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Canada (CSA, Canadian Space Agency), and Russia (State Space Corporation Roscosmos) to enable continuation of the groundbreaking research being conducted in this …
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Media and Entertainment in the Metaverse: The Future is Already Here

4 years ago
InternetNews
Virtual reality entertainment events with massive crowds of 3D avatars are no longer a futuristic notion. In April 2020, Travis Scott held a concert in Fortnite’s immersive surroundings, opening to an audience of 12.3 million concurrent players. K-pop group BTS also chose Fortnite to debut their new single in September of last year. The trend […]
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Metaverse vs Multiverse: Which One Will Come Out on Top?

4 years ago
InternetNews
As Facebook rebrands to Meta, the spotlight is on the many virtual worlds around us and how we inhabit them. While the metaverse may still be a work in progress, the idea of spending our time and engagement efforts in an online-only world isn’t new. The notion of the metaverse was first suggested in the […]
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The Metaverse: What Marketers Need to Do to Prepare

4 years ago
InternetNews

Wondering what the Metaverse is and what it could mean for marketers? Are you interested in preparing for the future of business? To discover why marketers should care about this new development, how to prepare, and how it fits into longer-term strategies, I interview Cathy Hackl.

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Developers Share Record VR Player & Sales Numbers Across Christmas

4 years ago
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VR developers reported huge upticks in sales and concurrent players over the course of Christmas.

Was this VR’s biggest holiday yet?

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Web 2.0 vs Web 3.0 – Key Differences You Need to Know

4 years ago
InternetNews
The global internet has come a long way since its inception in the 1980s-90s as a set of catalogued information pages. Today, web access is a crucial part of our work and professional lives and users rely on phones, laptops, PCs, tablets, and even headsets and wearables to fetch information from the web. During the […]
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Gaming in the Metaverse: The Next Frontier?

4 years ago
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Gaming has always been a prime candidate for virtual reality (VR). Even early immersive games in 2D like Minecraft and Second Life incorporated elements of the now-WIP metaverse – such as 3D avatars, world-building, and observation as gameplay. Now, as companies like Meta and Epic Games attempt to build a connected universe of virtual realities, […]
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Vive Pro Eye Review: Next-Level Eye Tracking

4 years ago
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Making extended reality technologies like VR more accessible to the masses isn’t just about reducing the price of the technology. For VR to become a common part of our day-to-day lives, it needs to be truly transformational, immersive, and suitable for a host of use cases. This is where tools like the Vive Pro Eye […]
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Instagram’s Chief Outlines the Key Areas of Focus for the App in 2022

4 years ago
InternetNews

What’s coming next for IG? More TikTok…

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TikTok Leads Christmas Day Download Charts, New Markers of the Coming Metaverse Shift

4 years ago
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Some interesting, and important trends of note in the Christmas download charts on iOS and Android.

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The 10 Best Quest Games Of 2021

4 years ago
InternetNews
Meta’s newest headset had a strong year, but what were its must-play games?

Find out with our list of the Best Quest Games 2021!

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Holoride details its in-car VR entertainment system and the opportunities for content creators [Exclusive]

4 years ago
InternetNews

I’ve had the immense pleasure of interviewing Marcus Kuehne from Holoride, one of the most interesting and original XR startups

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Station Residents Wrap Up 2021 With Spacesuits and Dragon Work

4 years ago
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The astronauts and cosmonauts of Expedition 66 worked throughout Wednesday on U.S. and Russian spacesuits. The orbital residents will also end 2021 working on life science and cargo operations aboard the International Space Station. Among the 6,500 pounds of cargo delivered aboard the SpaceX Cargo Dragon on Dec. 22 were a U.S. spacesuit and other …
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HoloLens 2 vs Oculus Quest 2: Which is Best?

4 years ago
InternetNews
HoloLens 2 vs Oculus Quest 2: which headset is better for your business? Figuring out which extended reality hardware you should be investing in these days isn’t as simple as it seems. As companies continue to embrace XR at an incredible rate to engage and empower employees, the number of options on the market continues […]
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The Music Industry in the Metaverse: Re-Energised Revenue Streams

4 years ago
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When Epic Games hosted Travis Scott on its popular battle-royale video game Fortnite, over 12 million players left their virtual battle stations to attend the concert. They saw a digital avatar of Travis Scott perform in familiar locations across the game while the audience launched into outer space. It was among the most large-scale events […]
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Why Are Photographic Avatars Vital for Work in the Metaverse?

4 years ago
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The notion of the metaverse opens up all-new possibilities in communication and collaboration, especially now after the pandemic. When we first switched to remote work in 2020, video calls and conferences seemed the best possible option – but gradually cracks are beginning to appear. Research suggests that Zoom fatigue is taking its toll due to […]