Meta's Stock Soars, Samsung's New XR Partnership, Prisms VR Math App nce $12 lab

Meta Tshuag Soars Tom qab Cov Nyiaj Tau Los ntawm Zuck Cov Lus Qhia thiab Tshuag yuav-rov qab. "Peb lub ntsiab lus tswj hwm rau 2023 yog 'Xyoo ntawm Kev Ua Tau Zoo," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tau hais hauv kev hu xov tooj tom qab nws lub tuam txhab plaub lub hlis twg. cov nyiaj tau daim ntawv qhia txog raug tso tawm nag hmo. Cov txiaj ntsig tau sib xyaw, tab sis lub tuam txhab tshaj tawm $ 40 B Tshuag yuav-rov qab uas tau tsav cov shares nce 20%. Qhov no txawm tom qab Meta Reality Labs tshaj tawm cov nyiaj tau los ntawm $ 727 M, 17% tsawg dua Q4, 2021. Lub tuam txhab tau hais tias nws cia siab tias yuav siv nyiaj li cas (~ $ 13B) ntawm Metaverse kev txhim kho xyoo tom ntej. Meta Tshuag tam sim no ua lag luam ntawm nws tus nqi siab tshaj txij thaum Lub Xya Hli.

Teb Chaws Asmeskas yuav tso tseg nws lub foob kom tsis txhob Meta qhov tau txais hauv. Tshwj tsis yog tias tau thov los ntawm FTC, Meta thaum kawg tuaj yeem kaw nws qhov kev pom zoo kom tau txais Hauv, lub tuam txhab tom qab ntaus VR qoj app, Supernatural. Raws li peb tau piav qhia thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis, thaum qee qhov kev cai ntawm cov thev naus laus zis loj yuav tsim nyog, qhov no yog qhov kev sib ntaus tsis raug rau FTC xaiv.

Meta Shuts Down nrov Free Multiplayer Game Echo Arena. Meta tsuas yog raug rho tawm haujlwm 13,000 tus neeg thiab npaj kom tso 1,000 tus neeg ntxiv. Ib yam dab tsi tsis nruj nreem rau cov nyiaj tau los yuav dhau mus, suav nrog qhov qhia tau tias yog ib qho ntawm Zuck nyiam ua si, Echo, ntaus los ntawm Oculus Rift qub uas simulated xoom-lub ntiajteb txawj nqus version ntawm dej polo, ib yam dab tsi uas tsuas yog ua tau hauv VR. Nov yog daim ntawv sau zoo rau Meta's sai-rau-tau-shuttered Echo los ntawm Sonya Haskins, rau leej twg qhov no yog tus kheej.

Meta Drops Quest Pro Nqe rau $ 1,100 rau Lub Sijhawm Txwv. Tau them $ 1,500 rau cov cuab yeej no ob peb lub hlis dhau los, kuv tau poob siab. Qee tus hais tias qhov no yog kev sib tw nrog tus tshiab Vive Elite tus nqi $ 1,100, tab sis lo lus ntawm txoj kev yog tias Quest Pro tsis muag. Kuv tsuas yog siv Pro tam sim no, nws is zoo dua Quest, tab sis cov kev paub dhau los zoo ib yam, tsim kom muaj tus nqi / tus nqi tsis sib haum, uas tam sim no kuv xav tias ntau dua.

Horizon Worlds tab tom los rau Web & Txawb. Nyob nruab nrab ntawm tag nrho cov blather hais txog cov tswv cuab ntiag tug tshiab hauv Horizon Worlds, yog qhov tshaj tawm tias Meta's flagship social VR platform yuav qhib rau cov neeg siv web, txhais tau tias txhua yam khoom siv nrog browser, suav nrog smartphones thiab game consoles. Kev tso tawm Horizon Worlds sab nraud ntawm Quest yuav txhais tau tias cov neeg siv tshiab, ntau cov neeg siv tsim cov ntsiab lus thiab cov nplai uas xav tau los txhawb kev lag luam virtual zoo.

Prisms of Reality, VR kev kawm lej app rau Quest, tshaj tawm $ 12.5M Series A coj los ntawm Andreessen Horowitz. Lub platform kev kawm tshiab yog twb nyob rau hauv 100 lub tsev kawm ntawv cov cheeb tsam thiab nyob rau hauv lub Meta Quest Khw. Cov nyiaj yuav ua rau kom muaj kev loj hlob, nthuav cov kev pab cuam, thiab mus txog ntau lub tsev kawm ntawv uas muaj ntau yam kev kawm.

Samsung, Google thiab Qualcomm tshaj tawm lawv yuav ua haujlwm ua ke ntawm XR ntaus ntawv. Cov xov xwm tau tshaj tawm thaum lub sijhawm Samsung lub Unpacked tshwm sim hauv San Francisco hnub Wednesday. Cov ntawv tshaj tawm yog tus cwj pwm los ntawm TM Roh, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Samsung lub xov tooj ntawm tes, ua "kev tshaj tawm tshaj tawm." Qualcomm's CEO, Cristiano Amon, thiab Google's SVP ntawm Android, Hiroshi Lockheimer, tau tshwm sim rau ntawm Roh. Muaj kev hlub ntau, kev piav qhia me ntsis, tsis muaj sijhawm. Roh tau hais tias qhov kev lag luam yuav koom nrog kev koom tes nrog Meta thiab Microsoft.

Nreal Air: Tshiab Console Txhawb nqa, Mac OS Beta, thiab Kev Ntsuam Xyuas Tes-On. Qhov $379 pab kev muaj tiag screen reflector hloov koj lub xov tooj mus rau hauv ib qho khoom siv thiab koj (me ntsis loj) looj tsom iav dub rau hauv koj cov zaub. Lub vijtsam virtual tshwm sim li 130 "siab txhais npo tsuas yog ob peb taw ntawm koj xub ntiag. Zoo rau kev siv xov xwm thiab chaw taws teeb ua haujlwm raws li nws txuas rau txhua lub cuab yeej (Android lossis iOS) thiab tag nrho cov game consoles.

Sony Slashes Kev Muag Khoom Muag ntawm Playstation VR 2 tom qab tsis muaj zog ua ntej muag ntawm CES. Bloomberg yog thawj qhov chaw ntawm zaj dab neeg uas zoo li ntseeg tau ntawm nws lub ntsej muag uas nws tau khaws los ntawm cov xov xwm tshaj tawm xov xwm tshaj tawm (tsis yog peb), tab sis cov neeg uas sau txog nws tau hnov ​​​​los ntawm Sony PR pab pawg. Sony tsis lees paub tias nws txiav PSVR 2 Kev kwv yees ntau lawm

Txhua Lub Ntiaj Teb, AI enabled platform ua rau cov neeg tsim khoom tsim hauv 3D hnub no tau tshaj tawm lawv lub vev xaib los nthuav qhia AI-ua qauv. Pom yog kev ntseeg, yog li kuv yaum kom koj saib cov YouTube demo saum toj no. Lub web-based platform nta lub suab-tsav kev tsim ntawm lub ntiaj teb virtual, ntim nrog 3D cov khoom muaj nqis, thiab cov kev ua yeeb yam tsis siv neeg, uas tso cai rau rigging thiab animations rau txhua tus qauv 3D txhua lub sijhawm. Cov qauv tuaj yeem siv tau hauv txhua txoj haujlwm, lub kaum ntse ntse thiab kev txav mus los hauv FBX, GLTF, GLB, Collada, thiab OBJ hom thoob plaws 3D software hla kev ua si, yeeb yaj kiab, simulators thiab lwm yam kev paub nplua nuj. Txhua yam Ntiaj Teb muab cov plugins ncaj qha nrog Unity.

Tom Hanks, Robin Wright kom De-aged hauv Robert Zemeckis 'Tshiab Movie Siv Metaphysic AI Tool. Koj paub qhov sib sib zog nqus fake ntawm Tom Cruise uas freaked txhua leej txhua tus tawm xyoo tas los. Lub tuam txhab ua nws tau ntaus lub sijhawm loj. Hnub Tuesday, lub tuam txhab txawj ntse txawj ntse Metaphysic tshaj tawm tias nws tau nkag mus rau hauv kev koom tes nrog CAA los tsim cov cuab yeej AI thiab cov kev pabcuam rau cov txuj ci. Thawj daim ntawv thov yuav yog de-aging ntawm Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, thiab lwm tus hauv Robert Zemeckis 'cov yeeb yaj kiab tom ntej Ntawm no, uas ua raws cov hnub qub ntau xyoo.

Digs nce $ 7M los ua Digital Twins ntawm tsev. Cov ntxaib digital no ntawm koj Digs dhau los ua lub platform rau cov neeg tsim khoom, cov neeg muag khoom thiab cov chaw muag khoom, thiab thaum kawg muab xa mus rau tus tswv tsev. Digs khoom pub dawb thiab qhib rau Asmeskas cov neeg tsim khoom niaj hnub no. Tus tsim yav dhau los tau tsim AR/Computer Vision app uas lawv muag Streem rau pem hauv ntej qhov rooj 18 lub hlis dhau los.

Lub lim tiam no hauv XR tseem yog podcast tuav los ntawm tus sau ntawm kab ntawv no, Ted Schilowitz, Lub taub hau ntawm Yav Tom Ntej Technologies ntawm Paramount Global, thiab Rony Abovitz, tus tsim ntawm Magic Leap. Lub lim tiam no peb cov qhua yog tus legendary Avi Bar-Zeev, Technology kws pab tswv yim, inventor, designer, advisor, uas nyuam qhuav co-founded thiab coj lub non-profit XR Guild, yav tas los co-founded Keyhole (Google Earth), co-invented lub Hololens, pab tsim Amazon Echo Frames thiab cov haujlwm tsis tau qhia tawm ntawm Apple. Peb tuaj yeem pom ntawm Spotify, iTunes, Thiab YouTube.

Yam Peb Yuav Nyeem

Peb twb nyob hauv Metaverse (Megan Garber / Atlantic)

Metaverse puas yuav lom zem? Nug South Kauslim. (Jin Yu Young thiab Matt Stevens / NY Times)

Vim li cas AI Explosion muaj qhov cuam tshuam loj rau Metaverse (Andrew Chow / Sijhawm)

Apple XR Froth

Apple yuav tso nws lub koob npe nrov ntawm kab nrog Tshiab Mixed-Reality Headset Mark Gurman ntawm Bloomberg, ib tus ntawm Apple cov neeg soj ntsuam zoo tshaj plaws, hais tias lub mloog pob ntseg sawv cev rau kev hloov pauv tseem ceeb rau Apple. Thaum nws nkag mus rau pawg dhau los - cov suab paj nruag, xov tooj, ntsiav tshuaj thiab saib - twb muaj kev txaus siab rau cov khoom lag luam. Apple lub hom phiaj tsuas yog los tsim ib yam dab tsi zoo dua thiab yeej qhov kev sib tw. AR/VR headsets, nyob rau hauv sib piv, tseem yog ib tug nascent teb. Cov neeg siv khoom yuav xav tau qee qhov coaxing kom tau txais lawv los xav txog cov khoom zoo li no.

Apple's VR Lub Zeem Muag Los Ua Kom Pom Zoo (Boone Ashworth / Wired)

Apple's rumored headset xav tau ntau tshaj li Apple Store app hauv VR los ua tus ntaus (9 rau 5 Mac)

Apple tej zaum yuav siv Siri los tsim cov apps rau nws lub mloog pob ntseg sib xyaw (Alex Perry / Mashable)

iOS 17 rumored txhawb Apple's AR / VR Headset (Zachary McAuliffe / Cnet)

Lub lim tiam no hauv Schadenfreude

Lub Metaverse Kev Lag Luam twb tau mus plab (Noor Al-Sibai / Futurism)

Snap puas tuaj yeem ua nws ua lub tuam txhab AR? (Antoinette Siu / Digiday)