VRAR planet
Today's news quick look
•Former NBA superstar Oneil will appear in Meta VR New Year's Eve
•The Yuan Universe social platform "Holo Earth" is here
•Dapeng VR E4 domestic press conference kicks off on December 20.
. Zuckerberg is still firmly investing in the AR/VR computing platform
. Google ARCore Geographical Location API Challenge starts
. 3D point cloud-based VR competition is being held in VRCHAT
. Apple new patented equipment can be used with clip-on lens
.
. NBA official will also release AR games
.
. Corporate meta-universe platform "WHITEROOM" has supported Quest Pro
. What are the layouts of Samsung XR patents?
01
Former NBA superstar O'Neal will appear in Meta VR New Year's Eve
December is the end of the year and the eve of the beginning of the new year. Major TV broadcasting and entertainment platforms are preparing for their New Year’s Eve events in order to bring more surprises to viewers and users. For Meta, which attaches so much importance to the metaverse, a special VR New Year's Eve program - "The Shaq-tacular Spectacular".
This special show will be hosted by former NBA superstar O'Neal. At the time of the countdown program, there will also be stars such as Cardi B, Ludacris, Lil Yachty, Killer Mike, Whipped Cream.
"The Shaq-tacular Spectacular" is a one-hour special for Meta's VR and social platforms, with multiple scenes including an ice rink, a basketball court and a main stage. This special program, which will be broadcasted throughout the night on December 31, will not only bring special performances such as music performances, celebrity entertainment and "neon performances", but also carnival scenes brought by the military band , cheerleaders, basketball players and fans. The show continues the VR entertainment drive of Meta, aiming to push people into the "metauniverse" and experience different ways of entertainment in virtual reality. This will be an interesting New Year's Eve Party.
02
The meta-universe social platform "Holo Earth" is here
"Holo Earth" is the official online game of the Vtuber idol group Hololive, a subsidiary of Cover. As early as February 21, the company released the virtual world plan "Hololive Alternative" centered on its idol group, and is expected to extend across multiple multimedia fields with the background world view of the virtual world. COVER executive Hasaka Yuki once said in an interview that the company created a "service" rather than just a "game". Its vision is to use VR/AR technology to create a new world-class virtual artist culture and a new meta-universe community.
"HoloEarth" tested the functions of the community lobby on March 14 this year, allowing participants to chat and send maps to each other. Even though it is still a long time before the game is officially released, Gu Yu Yuanzhao said that he expects to use the functions of the community lobby to hold events in the next 1 to 2 years. This time, the beta version of "HoloEarth" was released, developed based on the feedback and operation results of the hall functional test. It is currently still an internal beta version. The release of
"Holo Earth" provides more opportunities and possibilities for making friends from all over the world. This is an attempt to continue to deepen the application of the metaverse.
03
DaPeng VR E4 domestic press conference kicked off on December 20
In previous news, we have reported on the news that DaPeng VR E4 made its debut at the VRdays Exhibition in Rotterdam, Netherlands. In fact, since it was exhibited at the 2022 World VR Industry Conference, this new product has always attracted the attention of VR enthusiasts. After its debut in Europe, domestic users' exploration and curiosity have become increasingly high.
Recently, the launch time of the Dapeng VR E4 domestic new product conference has finally been determined and will be launched online at 19:00 on December 20. At that time, it will be broadcast simultaneously on the three major platforms of Dapeng VR official WeChat video account, Douyin , and Kuaishou.
It is understood that this new VR product is lighter than the previous product, and it will be more comfortable to wear and experience the game. In addition, this product can also solve all the steps of pre-adjustment parameters in one-stop, and is adapted to all Steam games, allowing players to get started without any obstacles.
VRAR planet
Today's news quick look
•Former NBA superstar Oneil will appear in Meta VR New Year's Eve
•The Yuan Universe social platform "Holo Earth" is here
•Dapeng VR E4 domestic press conference kicks off on December 20.
. Zuckerberg is still firmly investing in the AR/VR computing platform
. Google ARCore Geographical Location API Challenge starts
. 3D point cloud-based VR competition is being held in VRCHAT
. Apple new patented equipment can be used with clip-on lens
.
. NBA official will also release AR games
.
. Corporate meta-universe platform "WHITEROOM" has supported Quest Pro
. What are the layouts of Samsung XR patents?
01
Former NBA superstar O'Neal will appear in Meta VR New Year's Eve
December is the end of the year and the eve of the beginning of the new year. Major TV broadcasting and entertainment platforms are preparing for their New Year’s Eve events in order to bring more surprises to viewers and users. For Meta, which attaches so much importance to the metaverse, a special VR New Year's Eve program - "The Shaq-tacular Spectacular".
This special show will be hosted by former NBA superstar O'Neal. At the time of the countdown program, there will also be stars such as Cardi B, Ludacris, Lil Yachty, Killer Mike, Whipped Cream.
"The Shaq-tacular Spectacular" is a one-hour special for Meta's VR and social platforms, with multiple scenes including an ice rink, a basketball court and a main stage. This special program, which will be broadcasted throughout the night on December 31, will not only bring special performances such as music performances, celebrity entertainment and "neon performances", but also carnival scenes brought by the military band , cheerleaders, basketball players and fans. The show continues the VR entertainment drive of Meta, aiming to push people into the "metauniverse" and experience different ways of entertainment in virtual reality. This will be an interesting New Year's Eve Party.
02
The meta-universe social platform "Holo Earth" is here
"Holo Earth" is the official online game of the Vtuber idol group Hololive, a subsidiary of Cover. As early as February 21, the company released the virtual world plan "Hololive Alternative" centered on its idol group, and is expected to extend across multiple multimedia fields with the background world view of the virtual world. COVER executive Hasaka Yuki once said in an interview that the company created a "service" rather than just a "game". Its vision is to use VR/AR technology to create a new world-class virtual artist culture and a new meta-universe community.
"HoloEarth" tested the functions of the community lobby on March 14 this year, allowing participants to chat and send maps to each other. Even though it is still a long time before the game is officially released, Gu Yu Yuanzhao said that he expects to use the functions of the community lobby to hold events in the next 1 to 2 years. This time, the beta version of "HoloEarth" was released, developed based on the feedback and operation results of the hall functional test. It is currently still an internal beta version. The release of
"Holo Earth" provides more opportunities and possibilities for making friends from all over the world. This is an attempt to continue to deepen the application of the metaverse.
03
DaPeng VR E4 domestic press conference kicked off on December 20
In previous news, we have reported on the news that DaPeng VR E4 made its debut at the VRdays Exhibition in Rotterdam, Netherlands. In fact, since it was exhibited at the 2022 World VR Industry Conference, this new product has always attracted the attention of VR enthusiasts. After its debut in Europe, domestic users' exploration and curiosity have become increasingly high.
Recently, the launch time of the Dapeng VR E4 domestic new product conference has finally been determined and will be launched online at 19:00 on December 20. At that time, it will be broadcast simultaneously on the three major platforms of Dapeng VR official WeChat video account, Douyin , and Kuaishou.
It is understood that this new VR product is lighter than the previous product, and it will be more comfortable to wear and experience the game. In addition, this product can also solve all the steps of pre-adjustment parameters in one-stop, and is adapted to all Steam games, allowing players to get started without any obstacles.For more experiences, it may take until players get this long-awaited new product before they can be revealed.
04
Zuckerberg is still firmly investing in AR/VR computing platform
Previously, Zuckerberg said when attending the DealBook Summit of " New York Times " that he still has strong hope for the future of the metaverse and has always maintained an optimistic vision. Although Zugberg said that Meta's current expenditure is only about 20% of its investment in the Meta universe business, the recent news of the company's large-scale recruitment of AR/VR technical talents has also caused various social platforms to talk about it.
A few days ago, The Motley Fool further shared Zuckerberg's insights in an article, including information not included in the New York Times article. Specifically, Zuckerberg believes that the future market size of VR will be at least as large as Xbox, and Meta's current investment in is roughly similar to Microsoft when developing Xbox game consoles in the 1990s.
In response to this, Zuckerberg said: "Our goal is not just to build a host, we want it to be a universal computing platform, but I think it is very likely that the lowest limit is that this is the result. Also, you know, I don't think Microsoft will regret building Xbox."
05
Google ARCore Geolocation API Challenge started
ARCore is a software platform launched by Google to build augmented reality applications. It is similar to Apple's ARKit, which can take advantage of the advancements in cloud software and device hardware to put digital objects into the real world. At Google I/O 2022, the team brought ARCore a Geospatial API to help developers place virtual content in the real world more easily. This new feature of
allows third-party applications to use the same global positioning technology as Google Maps Live View, making it easy to add virtual content to real-world coordinates and elevations in more than 100 countries and regions. Using this API, users can directly implant virtual content without scanning the real physical environment by themselves.
Currently, in order to encourage users to use this app, Google announced the launch of the ARCore Geospatial API Challenge and prepared a $50,000 bonus pool to look forward to widespread participation from users. It is understood that the competition will end at 9 am on January 23, 2023, and those participating in the competition will have the opportunity to win one of 12 prizes, ranging from $1,000 to $12,000.
06
VR competition based on 3D point cloud construction scenarios is being held in VRCHAT
Friends who are familiar with the industry must be familiar with "VRCHAT", we have mentioned it many times in the news. This is a free multiplayer online virtual reality game. Players can communicate with players around the world by uploading their own models. In VRCHAT, you can see various characters appearing in anime and games, which can be converted by MMD's model. Because of this, this app is very popular among young people.
Now, a virtual racing event is being held on VRChat - "Air Race Shibuya". The event will recreate the real scene of Shibuya Cast in Shibuya Ichichome and provide players with immersive virtual matches. The map used in VRChat is based on Shibuya Cast's 3D point cloud data and is made using the 3D city model project "Project PLATEAU" led by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Transport of Japan.
This competition was jointly organized by Shibuya Cast and Tokyu, with NOIZ and VoxelKei participating in the design. Players need to wear a VR headset that can be connected to a PC, and race on a flying vehicle in VRChat, and can support up to four-player games at the same time. It is understood that this competition will start on December 12 and will last until February 26 next year.
07
Apple's new patented device can be used with clip-on lens
Recently, Apple has released a series of patents, and these patents are more or less related to mixed reality head-mounted device (HMD).
According to a latest Apple patent, HMD can be used with clip-on lenses to help users accurately see objects and text in the real world.It is understood that Apple's invention covers devices, systems, and methods for using machine-readable markers on transparent surfaces to identify information about transparent surfaces. For example, the transparent surface may be a prescription lens insert for HMD, and the information may be a prescription parameter for the prescription lens insert.
In some cases, the clip-on prescription lens is attached to the HMD (e.g. between the display in the HMD and the user's eyes), but for proper operation, the HMD needs to know which prescription lenses are currently connected. In the latest patent, embodiments include devices that provide machine-readable markings on the attachment correction lens to identify the attachment of a particular correction lens to the HMD.
08
NBA official is also going to release AR games
At the moment when VR/AR is so popular, choosing to join this track is a consistently optimistic move by major companies and organizations. As early as June this year, it was reported that the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) are collaborating with Niantic to develop an LBS AR game "NBA All-World". The game is based on basketball and provides related gameplay such as real-world exploration, digital collections, and interactive mini games.
Recently, the official social platform account of this game released a message saying that the game will be released simultaneously on iOS and Android platforms on January 24 next year. The team said that more behind-the-scenes and player tutorials will be released in the coming weeks.
Like other Niantic's works, "NBA All-World" is an LBE mobile game and provides certain augmented reality elements. In fact, the development team described it as "the combination of the NBA and the real world meta-universe." In terms of gameplay, players can customize and choose their own characters, and then use the LBE function to find various points of interest in the map, similar to the challenge of playing clubs, and collect NBA star cards by challenging stars.
09
Enterprise meta-universe platform "WHITEROOM" has supported Quest Pro
At the moment, many migrant workers are unable to attend the meeting on time, which has caused great trouble to their work. However, a corporate meta-universe platform "WHITEROOM" developed by Nangoku Earl Studio seems to be able to change this status quo. It is understood that the characteristic of "WHITEROOM" is that "as long as there is a network environment, users can attend meetings in the form of virtual avatars anywhere through various devices", and they can also share "3D models", "office documents", "PDFs", "pictures", "videos" and other content through the platform.
Previously, "WHITEROOM" was compatible with Quest 2, HoloLens 2 and VR/MR dual-purpose devices "iPad and iPhone". Recently, the platform officially announced that it has supported Meta Quest Pro, and this compatible version has also been launched.
not only officially supports Quest Pro, but "WHITEROOM" also supports "Perspective" mode, which is a new feature of Quest Pro, which allows the outer camera image of the VR headset to be displayed perspective on the inner display. When "WHITEROOM" is used with "Quest Pro", the Quest Pro can be used as a home meeting and presentation VR device, as well as a live training and office room MR device. Users do not need any special operations, they just need to connect to "Quest Pro" to start using this platform.
10
What are the layouts of Samsung XR patents?
In last week's news, we learned that Samsung seems to be preparing its own XR device, and at World Mobile Communications Conference , the company's CEO Han Zhongxi also indirectly confirmed the existence of this hardware, saying that Samsung is "working hard to prepare."
In fact, Samsung entered the VR market in the early stage and launched products such as Gear VR box, WMR headset Odyssey Xuanlong MR+, but due to factors such as the later market feedback did not meet expectations, Samsung once stopped its VR hardware business. Despite this, the company's moves on AR/VR have not stopped. According to relevant statistics, since 2016, Samsung has ranked second in the world in the number of metacosmic-related patent applications, second only to LG. The contents of these patents include communications, sensors, displays, AR/VR and other technologies.
In its published patents, it includes "virtual image display device and head-mounted device", "VR display system and device for generating temporary images based on head tracking information", "head-mounted display device and driving method", "interaction mode between virtual avatars and physical objects in AR applications", "methods and architectures for extracting privacy-sensitive information in AR systems", etc. From these patents, we may be able to infer the possible direction of Samsung XR devices.
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It is understood that Apple's invention covers devices, systems, and methods for using machine-readable markers on transparent surfaces to identify information about transparent surfaces. For example, the transparent surface may be a prescription lens insert for HMD, and the information may be a prescription parameter for the prescription lens insert.In some cases, the clip-on prescription lens is attached to the HMD (e.g. between the display in the HMD and the user's eyes), but for proper operation, the HMD needs to know which prescription lenses are currently connected. In the latest patent, embodiments include devices that provide machine-readable markings on the attachment correction lens to identify the attachment of a particular correction lens to the HMD.
08
NBA official is also going to release AR games
At the moment when VR/AR is so popular, choosing to join this track is a consistently optimistic move by major companies and organizations. As early as June this year, it was reported that the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) are collaborating with Niantic to develop an LBS AR game "NBA All-World". The game is based on basketball and provides related gameplay such as real-world exploration, digital collections, and interactive mini games.
Recently, the official social platform account of this game released a message saying that the game will be released simultaneously on iOS and Android platforms on January 24 next year. The team said that more behind-the-scenes and player tutorials will be released in the coming weeks.
Like other Niantic's works, "NBA All-World" is an LBE mobile game and provides certain augmented reality elements. In fact, the development team described it as "the combination of the NBA and the real world meta-universe." In terms of gameplay, players can customize and choose their own characters, and then use the LBE function to find various points of interest in the map, similar to the challenge of playing clubs, and collect NBA star cards by challenging stars.
09
Enterprise meta-universe platform "WHITEROOM" has supported Quest Pro
At the moment, many migrant workers are unable to attend the meeting on time, which has caused great trouble to their work. However, a corporate meta-universe platform "WHITEROOM" developed by Nangoku Earl Studio seems to be able to change this status quo. It is understood that the characteristic of "WHITEROOM" is that "as long as there is a network environment, users can attend meetings in the form of virtual avatars anywhere through various devices", and they can also share "3D models", "office documents", "PDFs", "pictures", "videos" and other content through the platform.
Previously, "WHITEROOM" was compatible with Quest 2, HoloLens 2 and VR/MR dual-purpose devices "iPad and iPhone". Recently, the platform officially announced that it has supported Meta Quest Pro, and this compatible version has also been launched.
not only officially supports Quest Pro, but "WHITEROOM" also supports "Perspective" mode, which is a new feature of Quest Pro, which allows the outer camera image of the VR headset to be displayed perspective on the inner display. When "WHITEROOM" is used with "Quest Pro", the Quest Pro can be used as a home meeting and presentation VR device, as well as a live training and office room MR device. Users do not need any special operations, they just need to connect to "Quest Pro" to start using this platform.
10
What are the layouts of Samsung XR patents?
In last week's news, we learned that Samsung seems to be preparing its own XR device, and at World Mobile Communications Conference , the company's CEO Han Zhongxi also indirectly confirmed the existence of this hardware, saying that Samsung is "working hard to prepare."
In fact, Samsung entered the VR market in the early stage and launched products such as Gear VR box, WMR headset Odyssey Xuanlong MR+, but due to factors such as the later market feedback did not meet expectations, Samsung once stopped its VR hardware business. Despite this, the company's moves on AR/VR have not stopped. According to relevant statistics, since 2016, Samsung has ranked second in the world in the number of metacosmic-related patent applications, second only to LG. The contents of these patents include communications, sensors, displays, AR/VR and other technologies.
In its published patents, it includes "virtual image display device and head-mounted device", "VR display system and device for generating temporary images based on head tracking information", "head-mounted display device and driving method", "interaction mode between virtual avatars and physical objects in AR applications", "methods and architectures for extracting privacy-sensitive information in AR systems", etc. From these patents, we may be able to infer the possible direction of Samsung XR devices.
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