Today’s hot topics: Meta is researching and testing lipstick for VR avatar Codec Avatar; ByteDance’s VR experience machine appearance patent has been authorized; VR education application “Immerse” has been launched on Meta Quest 2 headset; VR dungeon exploration game “Legendary Tales” New updates and more coming soon.
Industry
Latest reports: Meta is testing lipstick for VR avatar Codec Avatar research
Meta has recently been looking for very specific groups (young people of South Asian descent or African-American women who wear lipstick) to test in VR. According to The Information, a user testing company contracted with Meta has been looking for VR test participants in the New York area since earlier this year. The compensation offered by Meta is considerable, with participants receiving hundreds of dollars available for acceptance, and additional rewards for referring others to participate.
For experimental purposes, one of the guesses is that it may be related to Project Cambria's mouth tracking and Codec Avatar. On the one hand, the community believes that the Meta team hopes to completely and accurately reproduce all the facial features of the user, including the color of lipstick used. Therefore, some people believe that people with different skin colors applying different lipstick colors can be used to test the tracking performance of the system, or to see whether the device can successfully restore the subtle differences of different skin colors + different lipsticks.
This VR bus will take you to visit ancient Rome.
Herbert George Wells’s science fiction novel "The Time Machine" has inspired many interesting creations by future generations. The "VR Bus" in Rome, Italy is The latest one. With the help of virtual reality technology, it can take people on a 30-minute tour of ancient Rome more than 2,000 years ago. The core of the
VR bus is an electric vehicle , which can carry 16 tourists in one trip. Its windows are equipped with transparent 4K OLED screens to provide immersive 3D content - which looks like what is happening outside the window. When the bus starts and the curtain behind the screen lowers, visitors feel as if they are traveling through the city-state of ancient Rome.
VR educational application "Immerse" has been launched on the Meta Quest 2 headset
"Immerse" is a VR language learning application developed by the VR education and training company Immerse in cooperation with top researchers in North America, Europe and Japan. The application has been launched on the Meta Quest 2 headset shows, offering subscribers everything from live classes in Spanish and English to community events, multi-person social lounges, and a variety of other educational content.
After becoming a subscribed member, you will receive 12 live VR courses every month. Each class is led by a language expert and provides personalized feedback in real time. You'll also have 24/7 access to the VR Social Lounge, where you can continue to improve your skills with other users through real-time conversational exercises. The company also hopes to host weekly events to help foster a community of learners.
Financing
VR entertainment and social brand Immersive World has completed tens of millions of yuan in A1 and A2 rounds of financing
VR entertainment and social brand Immersive World announced that it has completed tens of millions of yuan in A1 and A2 rounds of financing within half a year, of which the A1 round was funded by Linge Venture Capital It led the investment, and was followed by old shareholders Weiyi Capital and Fupu Capital. The A2 round was solely invested by a listed company. The two rounds of financing will be mainly used for technology upgrades, content research and development, talent recruitment, marketing and promotion, etc. In terms of
financing, Immersive World completed tens of millions of financing in June 2020, and then completed Series A financing at the end of the same year.
Metaverse activity creation tool developer RLTY has completed a new round of financing of 4 million euros
French Metaverse activity creation tool developer RLTY has announced the completion of a new round of financing of 4 million euros. This round of financing was funded by Kima Ventures, Blue Wire Capital, Stake Capital and Monoceros Venture and the co-founders of The Sandbox, Meero, Jellysmack and Sorare companies participated in the investment. It is reported that the new funds will be used to expand the size of the team and continue to develop new campaign building tools.
It is understood that RLTY mainly provides virtual event settings for concerts, festivals, art fairs and other social gathering virtual events, either independently or as a digital version of real-world events. They offer a library of virtual spaces and places, NFT and monetization solutions, as well as dashboards for tracking events and analyzing data. The company also recently partnered with The Sandbox to offer no-code campaign creation services to its users.
products
ByteDance VR experience machine appearance patent has been authorized
According to Tianyancha APP, on June 28, the appearance patent of the "VR virtual reality experience machine (mecha version)" applied by Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. Authorization. The patent abstract shows that this design product is used to quickly experience VR equipment, and the key point of the design lies in the combination of shape and pattern.
game
Quest version of "Blade & Sorcery: Nomad" has sold approximately 830,000 copies, with total revenue of $16.6 million
"Blade & Sorcery: Nomad" is a VR action game developed by Warpfrog. The game was released in November last year month Log into the Meta Quest 2 headset. In just 7 months, the game has sold approximately 830,000 copies and grossed $16.6 million.
That's an impressive achievement indeed, although it still has less than half the reviews of Quest's killer app, Beat Saber. Of course, the latter had more time to get these comments.
VR dungeon exploration game "Legendary Tales" is about to release a new update
"Legendary Tales" is a VR dungeon exploration game developed by Urban Wolf Games. The early access version of the game was launched on PC VR headsets last year. Recently, Urban Wolf Games announced the game’s latest update, “New World.”
As the name suggests, this update will bring players a whole new world. You will bid farewell to familiar places and explore a wider world, but don't worry, all your NPC friends will be with you, and they will even have dialogue boxes. The new world will have different themed areas for you to explore, and they will have their own independent dungeon entrances. You need to fight through all these battles to reach the final glowing cathedral. Once you defeat it, you and your party can head off into uncharted territory.
