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Black Shark VR project has significantly sacked positions, or may be stranded due to Tencent acquisition plan
Hong Kong Polytechnic University opens Blockchain technology Master of Science and Master of Science in Metauniu Technology
Tencent is authorized based on AR video data processing patent
Wang Sicong enters digital collection, holding company invests in establishing MBOS to promote collection
Anhui Province's first blockchain + bidding platform is launched in Hefei
Kakao Entertainment launches virtual idol program RE:VERSE
Swiss startup Creal is developing holographic optics AR Lens
The meta-universe is worth billions, and players only have double digits. The fig leaf of the meta-universe is almost torn off.
Zhilian Recruitment : The number of jobs in the first seven months of this year's total number of jobs increased by 16.6% year-on-year
Virtual human company "Huiye Technology" completed tens of millions of yuan Pre A+ round of financing
Cross-dimensional intelligence completed Pre-A round of financing
Jiefang Daily "Guanguan @ New Landmark" series of digital collections free issuance
Oscar actor Anthony Hopkins launches "The Eternal”NFT series
yuan universe headlines
Black Shark VR project has significantly sacked positions, or it may be due to the stranded acquisition plan of Tencent
Black Shark is shrinking the number of positions recently. The job layoff involves various departments of the company, with a layoff ratio of nearly 50%. Among them, the VR project is the hardest hit area for layoffs. A large number of VR business employees recruited at the beginning of the year were laid off, and positions that were still in the probation period were cancelled at one time.
The Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily quoted people familiar with the matter as saying, "Tencent's acquisition plan for Black Shark is stranded, which may be a major reason for Black Shark's layoffs." Tencent and Black Shark have not commented on the report of the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily.
It is understood that Black Shark Technology was established in August 2017 and was established with Xiaomi capital injection, with a registered capital of approximately 73.07 million yuan. Since its establishment, Black Shark Technology has launched several game mobile phones, including Tencent Game , which was launched in January 2020 by Tencent Game and Black Shark.
At the beginning of this year, multiple sources said that Tencent plans to acquire gaming mobile phone company Black Shark Technology for 2.7 billion yuan. After the acquisition, Black Shark Technology's future business focus will shift from overall gaming mobile phones to VR devices, which will be supported by Tencent at that time, and Black Shark will provide VR hardware portal.
But in May, an insider revealed that Tencent suspected that due to regulatory issues, it had given up acquiring Black Shark and instead cooperated with Black Shark Technology in the form of investment. In response, Black Shark CEO Luo Yuzhou responded that there is nothing to say about it. (Comprehensive: Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, Sina VR)
Domestic Dynamics
Hong Kong Polytechnic University offers Master of Science in Blockchain Technology and Master of Science in Metauniu Technology
10 On October 10, the official website of Hong Kong Polytechnic University shows that Hong Kong Polytechnic University offers Master of Science in Blockchain Technology and Master of Science in Metauniu Technology. Both degrees will be enrolled in September 2023.
Master of Science in Blockchain Technology is the first Master of Science in Blockchain Technology (MScBT) in Hong Kong. It emphasizes the basic and latest technologies that support fintech infrastructure and applications, especially full-stack blockchain. It provides a range of topics on the design, development and security of blockchain-based financial applications, in line with the latest developments in blockchain technology.
Master of Science in Metauniverse Technology (MSc MT) course will help students understand the nature of metacosmic research and the metacosmic industry, especially its interdisciplinary nature. Get an in-depth look at the latest metacosmic technologies, including VR/AR, game development, machine learning, decentralized infrastructure, encryption attributes, computer vision and AIoTh ( artificial intelligence Internet of Things).
uses these technologies to build metacosmic applications, providing an immersive experience, bridging the gap between the real and virtual worlds, and understanding the security, social and ethical aspects of the metacosmos, being able to creatively reshape or redefine the metacosmos.
Tencent’s patent for AR video data processing is authorized
According to Sina VR, the Tianyancha APP shows that the patent for “video data processing methods, devices and storage media based on augmented reality ” applied by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is authorized.
summary shows that when an interaction request is received for an augmented reality scene, the user can collect video data, and obtain the virtual items and target object identifiers in the augmented reality scene according to the request, and then obtain the virtual items based on the virtual item identifier, and extract the target object from the video data according to the target object identifier.
Thereafter, the corresponding operation is performed by determining the current interaction status of the virtual item and the target object, and an interactive effect video is generated based on the execution process. This solution can improve the interactivity and flexibility of video data processing in augmented reality scenarios, providing users with more personalized video dynamic effects.
Wang Sicong entered the digital collection, and the holding company invested in the establishment of Yuanshi Company to promote the collection
According to Blue Whale Finance, recently, Shanghai Mint Town Art Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Mint Town) launched a platform called "Mingtang MintTown". According to reports, the platform is a Metaverse community integrating data collection, entertainment and social interaction.
Tianyancha APP, Wang Sicong indirectly holds Mint Town shares through his stake in Shanghai Banana Plan Entertainment Culture Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as: Banana Entertainment ).
Mint Town was established on August 15, 2022 with a registered capital of RMB 2 million. The legal representative is Sun Qianjing. The business scope includes Internet sales; literary creation; auction business; online cultural operations, etc. The equity penetration chart shows that the company is jointly held by Banana Entertainment, Shanghai Rubik's Cube Pan-Cultural Entertainment Group Co., Ltd. and Liu Gang, of which Banana Entertainment holds 5% of Mint Town, while Wang Sicong holds 427% of Banana Entertainment Company.
Mingtang is about to release its founding collection, with a price of 499 yuan, and 5,000 copies will be issued, of which 4,000 copies will be circulated in the market, that is, the total value of the founding collection has reached 2.495 million yuan. It mentioned in its official roadmap that the collection will be open for circulation in November. Blue Whale Finance noticed that some people in the community have begun to sell Mingtang's whitelist qualifications, with prices ranging from 2,000 yuan to 3,500 yuan.
Anhui Province’s first blockchain + bidding platform was launched in Hefei
10 On October 10, according to Hefei Daily , with the official launch of the "Xin e Procurement" data rolling project, the first bidding application platform in Anhui Province that is empowered by blockchain has been completed and officially launched in Hefei.
Relevant person in charge of Hefei Municipal Data Resources Bureau introduced that the project was jointly developed by Hefei big data enterprise Dapu Huilian Technology Co., Ltd. and Anhui Antian Lixin Engineering Management Co., Ltd. , which realizes the entire process of transaction data traceable and verifiable, effectively promoting the environmental optimization of the public resource trading market.
Overseas Dynamics
South Korea Kakao Entertainment launched a virtual idol program RE:VERSE
Gyro Technology News, South Korean entertainment company Kakao Entertainment announced the production of a virtual idol talent show "RE:VERSE", and the first episode will be broadcast on Kakao Page and YouTube on November 28.
It is understood that the 30 virtual idols participating in the program are all active K-POP female idols, and their real identities will be hidden until they are eliminated.
is voted by the audience and selected excellent contestants based on their performance skills, including dance and singing. The contestants who stayed in the end will debut as members of the "virtual idol group" and be able to release songs. The format of the show itself is expected to follow the existing K-pop talent show.
Swiss startup Creal is developing a holographic optical AR lens
Recently, Swiss startup Creal announced that it is developing an AR lens that should have great advantages compared to existing optical AR systems. The
lens is one of the core components of an AR headset and is called a "combinator" in technical terms, combining natural and digital light for a trusted AR effect. Ideally, AR lenses must meet a range of requirements such as perspective, no artifacts, support for high-quality, bright and energy-efficient 3D graphics, and vision correction, suitability for slim AR headsets and low production costs.
The most commonly used combiner on the market is waveguide, used for headsets such as Hololens 1/2 and Magic Leap 1/2. Creal, however, relies on a different type of combiner, the so-called HOE (holographic optics).
In fact, HOE combiner is not an innovation. Sony , Intel and North have been developed and used for AR devices. A subclass of holographic lenses may also play an important role in future VR headsets.
and Creal’s new HOE combiner is special because it supports the company’s proprietary light field technology and solves the biggest drawback of previous HOEs, namely the extremely narrow eye sockets. While holographic AR lenses are new, Creal has been working on its own light field technology for years and has launched several VR and AR prototypes.
Yuan Universe View
The metaverse is worth billions, and the player has only double digits. The fig leaf of the metaverse is almost torn off.
Zuckerberg burned tens of billions of dollars into the metaverse, and posted a selfie on his own VR platform, but it caused ridicule; the metaverse platform Decentraland is valued at more than $1 billion, but there are only 38 daily active users.
Which news makes investors and shareholders more restless? Mason Nystrom, a senior analyst in the field of
encryption, believes that virtual worlds like Decentraland are completely different from the metacosmic vision of Meta.
Meta builds a "moat" around the virtual world with the aim of holding companies and their Internet products from it, and Decentraland will allow developers and gamers to make money for themselves.
The future of the metaverse may be infinitely possibilities, but the reality is what we can do in the metaverse in 2022. If handed over to the two answerers in the article, the answer will be more concrete:
Zuckerberg invites you to wear Oculus headset to swim Horizon Worlds, Decentraland lets you invest in virtual land, NFT or tokens.
They are all prototypes of many problems, just like a manager of of digital asset investment company said, "Anyone tells you that there is a metaverse that has already started working today, and that is lying." (Source: Aifaner )
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https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/PAgb35klo9ZehOPQOwUXuQ
Institutional Views
Zhilian Recruitment: The number of positions in the first seven months of this year's total number of positions in the universe increased by 16.6% year-on-year
Zhilian Recruitment released the "2022 Yuanxian Industry Talent Development Report" showing that the number of positions in the universe increased by 16.6% year-on-year from January to July this year, achieving a significant increase in recruitment demand. The number of jobs recruited by the manufacturing industry increased by 22.3% year-on-year from January to July this year, with a good development trend. The top 5 industries that recruit talents from the Metaverse are Internet/IT/Electronics/Communications, accounting for 73.3% of the positions; education and training/scientific research account for 4.9%; advertising/media/cultural/sports account for 4.8%; manufacturing account for 4.3%; real estate/construction account for 2.5%.
in meta-universe related positions, R&D, vision/interaction/design account for 38.3% and 17.9% respectively, followed by products account for 7.5%, operation/testing account for 7.1%, and operation account for 3.3%. From the perspective of sub-positions, U3D (game development engine) positions account for the highest proportion, at 12.1%. U3D is a position that uses virtual engines to develop games and also supports the development of VR/AR-related applications. It has broad prospects and relatively high talent demand.
Financing News
Virtual Human Company "Huiye Technology" completed tens of millions of yuan in Pre A+ round of financing
According to 36 Kr , on October 10, virtual human company "Huiye Technology" completed tens of millions of yuan in Pre A+ round of financing, led by Hillhouse Venture Capital, and followed by Shunwei Capital. This round of funds will be used to continue to improve products, lower the production threshold for virtual content, expand the team and develop more customers.
Huiye Technology is a virtual life AI-driven service provider, creating a "generated deep neural network framework", on which virtual characters learn human motion patterns. Without the need for live motion capture, enter a piece of music into the system, and the virtual character will automatically dance according to the melody. Founder Qu Siyuan called it a solution to "empower virtual human interaction and performance capabilities."
It is reported that in January this year, Huiye Technology completed the Pre A round of financing exclusively invested by Shunwei Capital.Earlier, the company completed an angel round financing, led by Qingshan Capital .
Cross-dimensional Intelligent completed Pre-A round of financing
Gyro Technology News recently Cross-dimensional Intelligent completed Pre-A round of financing. This round of financing was led by Lianchuang Capital, and Xinghan Capital served as financial advisor.
Cross-dimensional intelligence is a three-dimensional vision software and hardware product developer, committed to providing manufacturing robots with integrated solutions for 3D vision cameras, algorithms and software and hardware. Taking the core technologies of "Imaging and Sensing All-in-One Machine Series" and "3D Digital Twin and Mixed Intelligence" as the driving force, the robot is equipped with eyes and brain, and solves the detection, positioning, recognition, guidance and other tasks based on three-dimensional vision in complex environments in a flexible and proactive manner, empowering vertical fields such as intelligent manufacturing, smart logistics, and , and smart home.
digital collection
Jiefang Daily’s “Guanguan@New Landmark” series of digital collections are freely issued
According to Shangguan News, on October 10, Jiefang Daily·Shangguan News launched the “Guanguan@New Landmark” series of digital collections. The image of Shangguan IP "Guanguan" is combined with the creative ideas of new landmark photos taken by reporters to generate digital collections, and is distributed in limited and free to the general public and readers through tree map CONFLUX OS.
Oscar actor Anthony Hopkins launches "The Eternal" NFT series
On October 10th news, according to OpenSea's official Twitter, famous actor and two-time Oscar-winning Best Actor Anthony Hopkins collaborated with NFT company Orange Comet to launch an NFT series called The Eternal, inspired by the prototype of the character played by Hopkins in his film career.
The series contains a total of 1,000 NFTs and will be cast on OpenSea on October 14, Beijing time.
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