FTC's Metaverse Mix-Up, Gorillaz Free Concert Hauv AR

Nws yuav tsis yog ib lub lim tiam hauv XR tshwj tsis yog Meta tau tshaj tawm xov xwm. Lub lim tiam no pom Meta hauv tsoomfwv lub tsev hais plaub hauv San Jose. FTC foob los thaiv Meta qhov tau txais ntawm Hauv, lub tuam txhab VR tom qab kev ua si qoj "Supernatural," rau $ 400M. Tam sim no lawv thaum kawg muaj lawv hnub nyob rau hauv lub tsev hais plaub. Nws yog ib lub sij hawm txij li thaum muaj ib yam ntawm cov kev cai tiag tiag ntawm antitrust txoj cai nyob rau hauv tech. Qhov no yog qhov chaw weird pib. Lub lag luam VR nascent me me heev. Meta qhov kev yuav tau yog ib tug godsend rau venture-backed Nyob rau hauv, uas tau pivoted ob peb zaug txij li thaum nws tau tsim los ntawm tus thawj coj Chris Milk nyob rau hauv 2014.

FTC nyuam qhuav foob los thaiv Microsoft qhov tau txais Activision. Puas yog nws ua tau FTC tab tom saib Meta-Within deal raws li hom kev lom zem bouche ua ntej noj $ 69 billion Microsoft-Activision deal, uas suav nrog lub tuam txhab ua si loj tshaj plaws thib ob hauv ntiaj teb (Microsoft) yuav qhov thib tsib loj tshaj plaws (Activision) los tsim lub tuam txhab kev ua si loj tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb? Meta yuav ranked fortieth ntawm cov npe ntawm cov tuam txhab kev ua si. Tsis pub dhau yuav tsis nyob hauv daim ntawv teev npe. Tsuas yog hais.

Cov kws sau ntawv tsis tau tso tseg nrhiav txoj hauv kev ncaws Meta thaum nws poob. Lub lim tiam no hauv Schadenfreude nyob hauv qab no.

Epic Games dov tawm cov nyiaj tsawg los tiv thaiv cov tub ntxhais hluas 'Fortnite' Players Hauv Metaverse. Cov menyuam yaus tus account yuav tsum tau tso cai los ntawm niam txiv ua ntej yuav khoom hauv Fortnite khw, lossis siv lub suab sib tham. Zoo ntawm Epic rau kev hais txog tus ntxhw hauv chav. Cov menyuam yaus, cov tub ntxhais hluas hluas, tab tom dai tawm hauv Metaverse nrog cov neeg laus neeg txawv tebchaws, ib yam dab tsi uas lawv niam lawv txiv yuav tsis pom zoo hauv lub ntiaj teb lub cev. Cov kws lij choj me nyuam nyob ntawm rooj plaub.

Gorillaz tshaj tawm tias nws yuav ua qhov kev ua yeeb yam pub dawb hauv Augmented Reality lub lim tiam tom ntej hauv New York Times Square (2:30 teev tsaus ntuj Eastern rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis 17) thiab Piccadilly Circus hauv London (2 teev GMT thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 18). Cov neeg siv nyob rau hauv cov chaw nyob rau lub sijhawm meej tuaj yeem siv lawv lub koob yees duab smartphone kom pom cov duab tas luav, uas ib txwm ua raws li avatars. Cov kev ua yeeb yam AR yuav raug coj los ntawm Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett thiab Fx Goby, thiab tsim los ntawm Nexus Studios siv Google's AR tech.

Lub ntsiab lus loj ntawm Snap's Lensfest Developer Conference yog Monetization. Qee tus tsim tam sim no tuaj yeem tau txais nyiaj los ntawm cov lo ntsiab muag hauv app. Nws yog qhov pib ntawm kev lag luam Snap vam tias yuav ua rau nws lub platform yog qhov chaw nruab nrab ntawm AR ntug. Lawv tab tom sim tsim tus tsim kev lag luam kom muab nqi zog rau cov neeg nyiam tshaj plaws ntawm nws 300,000 tus tsim lub lens ua ntej lawv txiav txim siab los tsim lwm qhov.

Samsung's New XR HMD May Launch Dev Kit Next Year Tsuas yog lus xaiv, tab sis nrog qee qhov kev ntseeg siab. Samsung tau ua haujlwm nrog Meta txij li xyoo 2014, thawj zaug ntawm nws GearVR, uas tau mus txog nws qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm 5M cov neeg siv hauv 2016. Nws tau raug txiav tawm hauv 2020. Lawv qhov kawg stab ntawm kev ua lawv tus kheej VR ntaus ntawv yog xyoo 2018, thaum lawv tso Odyssey rau WindowsMR.

Epic Games 'RealityScan app hloov cov duab rau hauv 3D qauv tam sim no muaj pub dawb rau iOS no Yog tias koj yog tus kiv cua ntawm Metascan, lawv cov app ua kom ntim ntim, ces koj yuav nyiam cov app no: nws tseem yooj yim dua thiab sai dua.

Howie Mandel tau txais tus ntxaib digital los ntawm DeepBrain AI Lub tuam txhab siv thev naus laus zis kev kawm sib sib zog nqus los tsim cov neeg muaj tiag virtual los ntawm nws cov AI Studios thiab AI Human platforms. Cov tib neeg virtual no yog cov menyuam ntxaib digital ntawm tus neeg tiag tiag, nrog tib lub ntsej muag, lub suab, tes taw thiab tus cwj pwm tsis zoo.

Shapeyard, tus tshiab 3D qauv tsim app rau iPhones, tab tom muab kev pabcuam pub dawb rau lub neej uas feem ntau mus rau $ 124.99 ib xyoos twg, rau 1600 tus tsim kom dhia pib nws cov qauv hauv zej zog. Lub tuam txhab tau kawm tiav tsis ntev los no ntawm Nvidia accelerator program. Shapeyard execs hais tias lawv lub hom phiaj yog kom loj hlob mus rau hauv lub network ntawm cov khoom muaj txiaj ntsig zoo 3D muaj rau kev siv hauv qhov chaw loj hlob sai heev.

Golf + Ntxiv Pebble Beach mus rau cov npe ntawm cov chav kawm golf hauv ntiaj teb koj tuaj yeem ua si hauv VR. Cov kev ua si simulation ua si yog cov nyiam tshaj plaws hauv Quest khw. Txij li thaum nws tau tshaj tawm ib xyoos dhau los, Golf + CEO Ryan Engle hais tias ntau tshaj 550M txhaj tshuaj tau raug ntaus thiab tshaj 6M rounds tau ua si. Golf + nthuav tawm lub npe nrov Pinehurst #2 hnub no thiab. Kiawah tau tawm hauv lub Tsib Hlis, uas coj tag nrho rau yim 18 qhov kev kawm. Tsib yog cov menyuam ntxaib digital ntawm cov chav kawm tiag tiag hauv ntiaj teb. Golf + ntxiv cov neeg nyiam ua lag luam xws li Rory McIroy thiab Jordan Speith hauv nws qhov kev pab nyiaj tsis ntev los no.

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 Hendrik Witt, Chief Product Officer ntawm Teamviewer. Peb tuaj yeem pom ntawm Spotify, iTunes, Thiab YouTube.

Yam Peb Yuav Nyeem

Zam hauv Metaverse los ntawm DressX (Katherine Dill / Phab ntsa St. Journal)

Lub lim tiam no hauv Schadenfreude

Yuav Ua Li Cas Web Platforms Collapse: Qhov Kev Tshawb Fawb Facebook (Ted Gioia / Honest Broker)

Meta's Cringey avatars Thaum kawg tau mus rau WhatsApp (Kyle Barr / Gizmodo)

'Lub metaverse yuav yog peb txoj kev tuag qeeb!' Puas yog Facebook poob nws $ 100bn kev twv txiaj ntawm virtual kev muaj tiag? (Steve Rose / Lub Sijhawm Irish)