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 […]
If you are interested in dabbling with the use of VR in the workplace, take a look at this video from CNET where Justin Eastzer puts Meta’s Quest Pro headset through its paces as a tool to enhance collaboration and interactivity in the office using avatars and the metaverse. 00:00 Intro 01:11 Setting Up Workroom […]
The media and entertainment metaverse will be a unified space that brings multiple virtual worlds together on a single, interoperable M&E-focused platform. It will incorporate artificial intelligence (AI), virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR), the internet of things (IoT), and hand and eye tracking tools. These multiple, interconnected immersive virtual spaces are going to change […]
Real-time 3D (RT3D) significantly enhances the way we render and access 3D models, environments and entire interactive worlds that allows users to interact with them as they are created more-or-less instantly and in context. 3D rendering involves converting 3D wireframe models into 2D images enhanced with photo-realistic, three-dimensional effects. Pre-rendered images are created and presented […]
In a first for coverage of space events, Meta and the team behind NASA’s Artemis programme collaborated with Vancouver-based VR studio Felix and Paul Studios, cloud-based streaming collaboration company MeetMo.io and aerospace photography experts Flightline Films to stream an up-close, multi-camera view of the 16 November Artemis 1 launch in real-time UHD VR. Images and sound of the liftoff […]
The American Express-sponsored BFI London Film Festival has announced the lineup for the third LFF Expanded, the festival’s immersive art and extended realities strand, which runs from 5 to 16 October. This year’s programme will take place across multiple venues on the South Bank and include interactive virtual reality, screen-based installations, augmented reality, mixed reality, immersive audio experience […]