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Meta's Motivo AI Model Could Deliver More Lifelike Digital Avatars: Here's How it Works
Meta has released an AI model called Meta Motivo. The model, that can control the body movements of digital avatars, is expected to make the overall metaverse experience better.
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How Meta's Hyperscape Transforms Phone Cameras into Gateways to the Metaverse: Explained
In a recent demo of Hyperscape, Zuckerberg described it as “pretty wild.” He explained, "We're working to bring photorealistic avatars and environments into the metaverse. This is Hyperscape. With your phone, you can scan a room and recreate it in the metaverse."
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Artificial Intelligence Officer: The Hot New Job That Pays Over $1 Million
Advertising giant Publicis Groupe SA made an unusual executive hire in mid-2022 - a lion-headed digital avatar named Leon who would serve as "chief metaverse officer," guiding clients through the virtual realm that had seized real-world attention.
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16-Year-Old UK Girl Virtually "Gang-Raped" In Metaverse, Cops Begin Probe
Police in the UK are investigating the first case of an alleged rape in a virtual reality game after a 16-year-old girl was "sexually attacked" in the online "metaverse".
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Podcast Interview as Photorealistic Meta Avatar Tickles People’s Metaverse Fancies
On September 28, Mark Zuckerberg appeared for a podcast interview with YouTuber and AI researcher Lex Fridman, but the venue of this interaction was the metaverse. In photorealistic Meta avatars, the two engaged in conversation about how Zuckerberg envisioned the future of virtual reality and the metaverse.
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Metaverse Garners Attention of European Union: Here’s What We Know
The EU wants to be brisk in shaping up global standards for open and interoperable virtual worlds, mostly to make sure that big tech does not dominate this up-and-coming sector. The EU will now begin deliberating thoroughly and finalise their stance on questions like if digital avatars should be given their own legal status.
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Punjab National Bank Launches its Virtual Branch in the Metaverse: Details
State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Thursday announced the launch of a virtual branch, PNB Metaverse. It is a virtual branch of the bank, which will deliver a unique experience of banking to existing and new customers, who can now explore the bank’s products and services.
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Punjab National Bank Launches Its Virtual Branch In The Metaverse
In addition, the bank will offer an immersive 3D experience to customers while they perform traditional banking activities through their digital avatars.
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Project Drone Galaxy Trailer Released by Drone Racing League, Algorand Ahead of Launch: All Details
The Drone Racing League (DRL) is set to launch a hyperreal metaverse game Project Drone Galaxy, and an official trailer of the game was released on Tuesday, showing avatars of the players and race drones in the immersive virtual ecosystem.
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Existing Telecom Infrastructure Insufficient to Sustain the Metaverse, Huawei Official Says
The current web ecosystem is still not ready to support the metaverse technology. For metaverse to work out as a fully functional virtual universe, it needs to be supported by high-speed Internet and as per Purohit, only 25 percent of the global population will have access to 5G by 2025.
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WhatsApp Bitmoji-Style Avatars Reportedly Rolling Out to Some Beta Testers: All Details
WhatsApp will reportedly allow its users to customise and use their digital avatars on the app. The feature is rolling out to some beta testers of the app, as per a report by WABetaInfo. These 3D avatars have already been made available on other Meta apps including Messenger and Instagram.
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Snoop Dogg, Billy Ray Cyrus Set to Launch 'A Hard Working Man' NFT Collection as Tribute to Hard Working Americans
Snoop Dogg and Billy Ray Cyrus are all geared up to launch their NFT collection. The name of this collection is “A Hard Working Man”. The NFTs from this series will show animated avatars of Snoop Dogg and Cyrus as construction workers, electricians, farmers, and mechanics among others.
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Inside A Meta Virtual Reality Meeting: Floating, Legless Avatars Of You
Meta hosted a developer conference on its virtual reality Horizon Worlds app, which it said will soon be stuffed with corporate productivity offerings from Microsoft, Adobe, Accenture and Zoom.
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Ford Automobiles to Venture Into Metaverse With NFTs, Files for Trademarks
Ford Motor Company has filed for 19 trademark applications, looking to venture into the NFT sector. The car-maker may soon launch virtual avatars of its famous brands, including Mustang, Bronco, Lincoln, Explorer, and F-150 Lightning, among others. Mike Kondoudis, an attorney lawyer with the USPTO, has shared screenshots of Ford’s filings on Twit...
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The Sandbox Metaverse to Soon Host ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ by Michelin-Starred Chef Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay’s cookery show called ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ is set for a debut in The Sandbox metaverse. The Sandbox is a virtual gaming world where people build, own, and monetise their gaming experiences in the Ethereum blockchain. This development makes Hell’s Kitchen the first mega gastronomy-based show to step into the virtual universe.
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Meta's Motivo AI Model Could Deliver More Lifelike Digital Avatars: Here's How it Works
Meta has released an AI model called Meta Motivo. The model, that can control the body movements of digital avatars, is expected to make the overall metaverse experience better.
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How Meta's Hyperscape Transforms Phone Cameras into Gateways to the Metaverse: Explained
In a recent demo of Hyperscape, Zuckerberg described it as “pretty wild.” He explained, "We're working to bring photorealistic avatars and environments into the metaverse. This is Hyperscape. With your phone, you can scan a room and recreate it in the metaverse."
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Artificial Intelligence Officer: The Hot New Job That Pays Over $1 Million
Advertising giant Publicis Groupe SA made an unusual executive hire in mid-2022 - a lion-headed digital avatar named Leon who would serve as "chief metaverse officer," guiding clients through the virtual realm that had seized real-world attention.
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16-Year-Old UK Girl Virtually "Gang-Raped" In Metaverse, Cops Begin Probe
Police in the UK are investigating the first case of an alleged rape in a virtual reality game after a 16-year-old girl was "sexually attacked" in the online "metaverse".
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Podcast Interview as Photorealistic Meta Avatar Tickles People’s Metaverse Fancies
On September 28, Mark Zuckerberg appeared for a podcast interview with YouTuber and AI researcher Lex Fridman, but the venue of this interaction was the metaverse. In photorealistic Meta avatars, the two engaged in conversation about how Zuckerberg envisioned the future of virtual reality and the metaverse.
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Metaverse Garners Attention of European Union: Here’s What We Know
The EU wants to be brisk in shaping up global standards for open and interoperable virtual worlds, mostly to make sure that big tech does not dominate this up-and-coming sector. The EU will now begin deliberating thoroughly and finalise their stance on questions like if digital avatars should be given their own legal status.
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Punjab National Bank Launches its Virtual Branch in the Metaverse: Details
State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Thursday announced the launch of a virtual branch, PNB Metaverse. It is a virtual branch of the bank, which will deliver a unique experience of banking to existing and new customers, who can now explore the bank’s products and services.
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Punjab National Bank Launches Its Virtual Branch In The Metaverse
In addition, the bank will offer an immersive 3D experience to customers while they perform traditional banking activities through their digital avatars.
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Project Drone Galaxy Trailer Released by Drone Racing League, Algorand Ahead of Launch: All Details
The Drone Racing League (DRL) is set to launch a hyperreal metaverse game Project Drone Galaxy, and an official trailer of the game was released on Tuesday, showing avatars of the players and race drones in the immersive virtual ecosystem.
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Existing Telecom Infrastructure Insufficient to Sustain the Metaverse, Huawei Official Says
The current web ecosystem is still not ready to support the metaverse technology. For metaverse to work out as a fully functional virtual universe, it needs to be supported by high-speed Internet and as per Purohit, only 25 percent of the global population will have access to 5G by 2025.
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WhatsApp Bitmoji-Style Avatars Reportedly Rolling Out to Some Beta Testers: All Details
WhatsApp will reportedly allow its users to customise and use their digital avatars on the app. The feature is rolling out to some beta testers of the app, as per a report by WABetaInfo. These 3D avatars have already been made available on other Meta apps including Messenger and Instagram.
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Snoop Dogg, Billy Ray Cyrus Set to Launch 'A Hard Working Man' NFT Collection as Tribute to Hard Working Americans
Snoop Dogg and Billy Ray Cyrus are all geared up to launch their NFT collection. The name of this collection is “A Hard Working Man”. The NFTs from this series will show animated avatars of Snoop Dogg and Cyrus as construction workers, electricians, farmers, and mechanics among others.
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Inside A Meta Virtual Reality Meeting: Floating, Legless Avatars Of You
Meta hosted a developer conference on its virtual reality Horizon Worlds app, which it said will soon be stuffed with corporate productivity offerings from Microsoft, Adobe, Accenture and Zoom.
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Ford Automobiles to Venture Into Metaverse With NFTs, Files for Trademarks
Ford Motor Company has filed for 19 trademark applications, looking to venture into the NFT sector. The car-maker may soon launch virtual avatars of its famous brands, including Mustang, Bronco, Lincoln, Explorer, and F-150 Lightning, among others. Mike Kondoudis, an attorney lawyer with the USPTO, has shared screenshots of Ford’s filings on Twit...
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The Sandbox Metaverse to Soon Host ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ by Michelin-Starred Chef Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay’s cookery show called ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ is set for a debut in The Sandbox metaverse. The Sandbox is a virtual gaming world where people build, own, and monetise their gaming experiences in the Ethereum blockchain. This development makes Hell’s Kitchen the first mega gastronomy-based show to step into the virtual universe.
