juloot's MetaYeda #5 feat. Meta's Pro Quest VR headset makes waves and GameofCryptos at McDonald's!
juloot's MetaYeda #5 feat. Meta's Pro Quest VR headset makes waves and GameofCryptos at McDonald's!
Three things I've learned about the disruptive future of the Metaverse w/ Founder @ juloot, @ MetaYeda, @ YedaVerse
1# Meta's $1,499 Quest Pro new Headset Reviled at Meta Connect 2022.
Metaverse Entrepreneurs and designers look for the holly grail of success:
Improving the User/ Gamer's Agency, Immersion, and Presence.
Karen X. Cheng's #shorts: Meta Quest Pro - First impressions in 60 seconds gain 26,273 views in two days!
My insight: The Pro Quest's full field of view is a big step towards immersive experiences. It affords a higher level of user agency. In addition, incorporating Meta's life-like instant codec avatars will elevate the level of virtual presence and social interactions.
Watch: Meta Connect Keynote 2022 opening with CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Meta's CTO Andrew Bosworth.
#2 Investors are disappointed.
Bloomberg's Technology Kurt Wagner and David Kirkpatrick joined Emily Chang to discuss Meta's newest Quest Pro virtual-reality headset. Here are three highlights I've picked up for you.
…a company (Meta Pltaforms Inc.) has such misguided priorities (investing 1.5 Billion in Metaverse technology, E.G.).
You know...life-like avatars...the ability to kind of use your hand or your wrist as a controller. All of that is very cool. The problem is it's just years and years away.
Is the workplace ready for Metaverse technology? No, not at all. No, it is not. It is not. It's simply not. We don't want to meet in the Metaverse.
Watch: The complete discussion on Bloomberg Technology YouTube channel.
3# Two industry giants collaborate to unlock new possibilities for the future of work in the Metaverse.
Microsoft and Meta partner to deliver immersive experiences for the future of work and play.
Jeff Teper, President at Microsoft Collaborative Apps and Platforms elaborates on the collaboration:
This partnership complements our commitment to HoloLens, and we are excited to continue evolving our mixed-reality devices roadmap, leading with our cloud-first approach and with Windows and Microsoft 365 at the fore. All of this advances our efforts to build the foundations of a responsible Metaverse, with security, compliance, and enterprise-grade experiences as foundational to how we will continue to unlock new possibilities for the future of work. (Source: Microsoft Blog).
Watch: Meta Connect 2022 features instant codec avatar research captured with a phone.
Adi Robertson for The Verge thinks that "Watching an avatar mirror your face is a little bit uncanny", and that "the $1,499 Meta Quest Pro is a cutting-edge headset looking for an audience". (Source: The Verge).
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To sum up
One thing is sure. No one remains indifferent to the move of Meta into the Metaverse. So you can either support and like it or disapprove and be against it.
💡🤔 What do you think of Meta's Quest Pro Headset and Life-like Avatars?
#GameofCryptos: Now you can pay with Bitcoin at McDonald's!
Often friends and colleagues ask me: Let's say that I bought Bitcoin. What can you buy with it in real life (IRL)?
You can pay now with Bitcoin at McDonald's, Lugano, Switzerland. In cooperation with Tether, the city of Lugano has launched an initiative for its local cryptocurrency called "Luga". Watch the video (Source: @BitcoinMagazine).
Some of the comments on the video are priceless. ENJOY!
AI ART of the Week
How to create virtual worlds with artificial intelligence?
The future is already here! A developer named "Scottie" combined the Stable Diffusion AI software with the Touch Diffusion programming language to create a "real-time hidden space" a 3D virtual reality environment where you can move freely. He named his creation “an immersive latent space in real-time.”
(Credit: @ScottieFoxTTV via Twitter).
I'll see you in the Metaverse. GameOn!
🕹Elhanan Gazit, Ph.D., is a Gaming and Metaverse Strategist, Advisor, Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker, Lecturer, Video Games Scholar // Founder @ juloot, @MetaYeda, @YedaVerse, Ex-Founder and CEO @ MetaverSense Ltd. Let's connect: https://linktr.ee/VRider