With the launch of the Vision Pro ($3,499 in the US, no UK pricing yet),, with its gestural control, “superior eye tracking” and “infinite desktop“, early on, Apple appears to be targeting the business community more than consumers. The hope and expectation is that the device and platform, with an ecosystem of apps, will be […]
The predictions are that, through tools like Stable Video Diffusion, Pika, Runway, Meta’s Emu Video and, soon-ish, Midjourney, generative video is going to be one of the big talking points and disruptors in 2024 And if the predictions are correct, more video content creators will start to learn how to automatically edit footage, synthesise voiceovers, […]
As brands as well as pure content creators compete harder for our attention, the lines between selling to us and keeping us entertained are blurring. Everything’s up for grabs, including who adopts and develops the latest cutting edge content origination and presentation technologies and services. Digital humans Highly realistic-looking AI-driven avatars that can interact conversationally […]
Though several fictional hyperreal 3D avatar models have been created to date, Eva Herzigová is making her catwalk debut as the the world’s first photorealistic metahuman supermodel. ”We are entering a new era for digital identity and fashion. Eva is at the forefront of this evolution, with her MetaHuman ready for super-stardom. 3D avatars offer […]
The delivery part of the Draw & Code ‘KOKOverse’ demo at SXSW was handled by new “near zero” immersive streaming technology from Dolby.io. The software is currently still in development. It incorporates cloud-based Dolby Atmos mixing and video composition that enable low latency remote production, an essential, the essential, element of this kind of exercise. […]
Building on an established relationship whereby Samsung builds the hardware of its Galaxy phones, while Qualcomm supplies the processor and Google manages the software’s underlying Android operating system, the trio have announced a joint venture initiative to develop a new mixed reality platform, though they have no technology to show as yet. This looks looks distinctly like […]