The Elder Scrolls Online creative director Matt Firor says the metaverse is nothing new and people should stop pretending it’s an innovation. According to him, the gamers have been participating in connected virtual worlds for decades. Firor says the current
Google and Intel on Tuesday launched their own AI chips to challenge Nvidia as the race to manufacture advanced semiconductors to power generative AI models like ChatGPT or Gemini intensifies. Google released its Cloud TPU v5p and Intel unveiled its
Google plans to start charging for AI-powered search features, as part of proposals to monetize its AI tools, marking a major shift from the company’s decades long ad-driven revenue model. One proposal, as first reported by the Financial Times, would
South Korea is developing systems that could make touching and motion in the metaverse real. It is part of an effort to improve immersion in virtual worlds and gaming environments. The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, or Kriss,
Mark Zuckerberg believes the absence of motion blur on the Meta Quest 3, coupled with its lower price, places his company’s virtual reality headset in a better position to outperform Apple’s Vision Pro. The Meta CEO made a bold declaration
New research from the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) urges policymakers to “future-proof” themselves against the negative impacts of an unchecked metaverse on the digital economy. The BIS research stated that to keep the metaverse from fragmenting and being controlled
Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, is set to pocket $175 million from the company’s first-ever dividend, benefiting top shareholders too. Mark Zuckerberg surprised everyone last week by apologizing during the Senate’s online kid safety session. A few days later, he made
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has testified before Congress, where he apologized to families of children who suffered online abuse, including on Meta’s platforms. This followed a hearing where the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled the CEOs of five big tech companies
The Walt Disney Company has revealed Holotile Floor, a new technology that the media conglomerate says could help people move around in any direction in virtual and augmented reality. The floor was developed by Lanny Smoot, a Disney researcher with
DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman predicts that by 2029, AI will have the capability to invent, market, and run businesses, with these technologies becoming widely accessible and affordable. DeepMind co-founder and Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman said the next five years
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg has announced that he is merging the company’s two advanced AI divisions to fast-track developments on general-purpose AI chatbots. The reshuffling announced in an Instagram reel video signals Meta’s intent to dominate consumer-facing AI products and further
Meta has introduced another AI concept into the metaverse industry. According to a recent tweet by Allen T., an AI educator and developer, the company released a new framework called Audio2Photoreal. Audio2Photoreal is a framework for generating full-bodied photorealistic avatars
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