Metaverse news has climbed the charts once again as fresh startups and major tech giants aim to build new platform, which is set to radically reshape global communications over the next few years.
Companies such as Meta and Apple announced huge changes to their current and upcoming products, while rising firms began fundraisers to introduce the next round of innovative solutions for the industry.
In case you missed it, here are the top stories from last week. Be sure to also stay posted with our newsletter by visiting https://www.xrtoday.com/sign-up/ for further updates!
Meta Quest 2 Officially Supports Mixed Reality Casting
Meta recently announced it had debuted a version 35 update for its Quest headset lineup, just shortly after announcing massive changes to the company at its Connect event in late October.
The Menlo Park-based firm’s Mobile Mixed Reality (MR) Camera is a new experimental feature allowing users to record, view, and share videos in virtual reality (VR) experiences.
The simple design and setup is compatible with games such as Beat Sabre, Superhot VR, Synth Riders, and others, and comes just after the release of the Metaverse firm’s Live Overlay livestreaming feature.
Apple’s VR Headset Due 2022: Drives Competition Towards Meta, Microsoft, and Nreal
News of additional updates to Apple’s long-awaited MR headset circulated headlines after Ming Chi Kuo, Veteran Apple Analyst, explained in recent comments the device would contain Apple’s proprietary M1 chip and would not require tethering to laptops or smartphones to offload processing.
The reports counter previous news the devices would require tethering, indicating a major increase in onboard processing power and allowing the device to become a standalone head-mounted display.
Apple’s new MR headset will also feature an additional chipset to boost processing for onboard sensors.
$3.4 Million Raised for In-Store Augmented Shopping Experiences
Dent Reality, a London-based AR firm, raised $3.4 million in funding with investors such as Pi Labs, Sugar Capital, and 7Percent Ventures, to develop a new retail platform.
The solution will include technologies such as AR visualisations and localised mapping to facilitate immersive shopping experiences for customers, and the British company plans to back campuses, hosptals, and others facilities in the future.
‘Arvizio Instructor’ to Transform Industrial Remote Guidance & Training
Canadian AR/MR firm Arvizio have begun developing its ‘Arvizio Instructor’ solution aimed at building digital twin systems for remote guidance and workflow support.
The solution uses videos, images, 3D models, and others to facilitate remote guidance for clients and individual users, and comes amid growing competition in the industry from key rival firms such as Taqtile, Lenovo, and others.
OFF Secures $3.5 Million for NFT-Based Animated Avatars
OFF, a company producing non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and avators, raised nearly $3.5 million USD with investors Hashed, Collab+Currency, Coinbase Ventures, Samsung Next, BITKRAFT Ventures, and Electric Capital to expand its MYTY Camera solution.
The camera tool is free to the public, allowing users to convert content into virtual avatars with computers or smartphone webcams.
