Will Meta’s Consumer Focus Collapse its Enterprise Vision? 

Will Meta’s Consumer Focus Collapse its Enterprise Vision? 

This week, during an online speaker session, which included XR end-users and solutions providers, The VRAR Association (The VRARA) spoke on the real-world effectiveness of Meta’s recently launched business-ready headset management service.   The leading XR hardware and software vendor debuted Meta Quest for Business in November following a previous iteration and beta testing stages. …

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Big XR News from Pico, Apple, Meta, and OEP

Big XR News from Pico, Apple, Meta, and OEP

With the holiday period fast approaching, if XR audiences expected a lull in updates and announcements from significant technology leaders, they would be wrong. This week proved to be a dark horse regarding announcements; with CES just around the corner, major XR firms are readying up for 2024. It appears that 2024 will be a …

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Reebok Partners With Futureverse in AI-metaverse Deal – WWD

Reebok Partners With Futureverse in AI-metaverse Deal – WWD

To step up its virtual game, Reebok has struck an exclusive partnership with Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence and metaverse content firm Futureverse to create AI, Web 3.0, gaming and metaverse experiences for consumers. The deal aims to expand the sneaker brand’s consumer experiences and customer interactions with its footwear and apparel. Futureverse will drive that …

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Istituto Marangoni Boosts Its Metaverse With AI-Powered Fashion Show – WWD

Istituto Marangoni Boosts Its Metaverse With AI-Powered Fashion Show – WWD

MILAN — “I feel we’ve stepped into fashion design 3.0,” said Istituto Marangoni’s managing director Stefania Valenti on Tuesday evening, when she presented a new digital format developed by the fashion and design school. Dubbed “I Am AI,” the project consisted of a fashion show grouping the work of seven students from its international campuses that have developed …

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JP Morgan Looking Forward to Testing ‘Immersive Training Applications’ of Metaverse

JP Morgan Looking Forward to Testing ‘Immersive Training Applications’ of Metaverse

The world of banking is gearing up to explore the use cases of up-and-coming technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the metaverse to benefit their present working conditions. JP Morgan, for instance, is excitedly looking to try out immersive training applications for new bank staff members, all through the metaverse technology. The idea was recently …

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Metaverse: Mahindra Lifespaces brings India’s first home-buying experience on Metaverse

Metaverse: Mahindra Lifespaces brings India’s first home-buying experience on Metaverse

Mahindra Group’s real estate and infrastructure development arm, Mahindra Lifespace, has introduced India’s first home-buying experience on the Metaverse. The company unveiled this platform during the launch of Bastion at Mahindra Citadel, which is Phase 2 of the project. This Metaverse experience was revealed to the audience via a drone show, which culminated in a …

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Podcast Interview as Photorealistic Meta Avatar Tickles People’s Metaverse Fancies

Mark Zuckerberg’s Podcast Interview as Photorealistic Meta Avatar Tickles People’s Metaverse Fancies

Mark Zuckerberg went bullish on the metaverse tech when he rebranded Facebook to Meta in September 2021. Despite incurring back-to-back losses in its metaverse-dedicated unit, Zuckerberg has kept his faith on this branch of emerging technology intact. On September 28, the 39-year-old CEO appeared for a podcast interview with YouTuber and AI researcher Lex Fridman. …

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Metaverse Could Accelerate Manufacturing, Social Ills: How Boeing, Tinder Are Approaching Virtual Reality

Metaverse Could Accelerate Manufacturing, Social Ills: How Boeing, Tinder Are Approaching Virtual Reality

For companies playing with virtual reality as disparate as plane-maker Boeing and online-gaming platform Roblox, forays into the so-called “metaverse” have come with equal parts promise and peril. The U.S. aviation giant is looking to digital technology to accelerate production of new aircraft, said Susan Doniz, Boeing’s chief information officer, at the Reuters Momentum conference …

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Life Insurance: Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance joins Metaverse

Life Insurance: Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance joins Metaverse

Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance (ABSLI) has achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first private life insurance company in India to enter the Metaverse. Through the launch of its 3D virtual lounge, called InsureVerse, ABSLI aims to provide customers with a unique and immersive multisensory experience, allowing them to interact with Life Insurance experts …

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