Lady Gaga is finally making her debut in the metaverse after she agreed to be the main act in the second season of the “Fortnite Festival,” a rhythm game started by Epic Games late last year. Five years ago, the
Apple’s dream virtual and augmented reality headset Vision Pro is becoming a nightmare for some people. Early users reported getting sick after using the $3,500 device and have now started returning it to the company for a refund. People complained
German electronics firm Rohde & Schwarz is testing animated avatars that use augmented reality (AR) to make video calls in the metaverse and other extended reality-based applications. Calls leverage an advanced form of 5G technology and are made using a
Bluesky on Tuesday, Feb. 6, dumped its invite-only system and allowed everyone to open an account, garnering more than one million new users, or ‘newskies’, within 24 hours of the announcement. The Jack Dorsey-backed decentralized social media network, one of
Starting in April, Yuushi Kokusai High School will start recruiting transfer students from Japan’s credit-based metaverse high school. In the “Metaverse Students” program, students can graduate from high school with an avatar of a student’s preference. They would, however, attend
Google is reportedly letting go of hundreds of employees as the company implements cost containment measures as well as focuses on AI development. A workers’ representative at parent company Alphabet revealed 1,000 have been let go so far. Part of
Perplexity AI chief executive officer Aravind Srinivas took potshots at rival Google after the startup raised $73.6 million from a group of investors, including Amazon billionaire founder Jeff Bezos and chip-maker Nvidia. The round was led by venture capital firm
In a year in which AI dominated virtually every economic sector, related cryptocurrency tokens soared in value as investors took positions in a technology that’s being viewed as the next big thing. The broader crypto market bounced back in November,
In a world where counterfeit luxury goods are increasingly common, Entrupy’s AI technology has emerged, boasting 99.1% accuracy in authenticating products from brands like Louis Vuitton. As WSJ reports, Entrupy, a technology service founded in 2012, is addressing the resale
When OpenAI’s ChatGPT hit the market in November 2022, not everyone was convinced the generative AI chatbot would upend search and conventional content creation. One year later, AI has spawned a whole multi-billion-dollar industry pitting all of the biggest names
Major tech companies like Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, and others are racing to integrate multimodal AI to build smart glasses and other wearable devices with front-looking cameras. Multimodal AI is a powerful form of the technology that combines many sources of
The Metaverse Architecture Biennale (MAB) recently concluded, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of architectural practices. This event, organized by Search Space, Metancy, and W3rlds, welcomed prestigious firms such as Zaha Hadid Architects, Spaces DAO, iheartblob, and PLP Architecture.
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