MeetKai Launches New Building Tools
MeetKai has been around since 2018 but some of its first publicly enjoyable content hit the streets a few months ago. Now, the company is releasing a suite of software…
ARPost’s 22 Most-Read XR and Metaverse Articles of 2022
From top XR trends and must-have skills for an AR/VR career, to XR hardware reviews, to the potential of the metaverse in various industries, to discussing why we’re not all…
Redefining Immersive Virtual Experiences With Embodied Audio
EDGE Sound Research is pioneering “embodied audio,” a new technology that changes the way we experience virtual reality. When we think of “virtual reality,” the focus only seems to be…
OVER’s Map2Earn Beta Program to Make the Creation of 3D World Maps More Accessible
OVER’s Map2Earn Beta program makes creating 3D world maps more accessible to users with smartphones. Using the OVER app, they can now take photos of any physical location and generate…
UC Berkeley Releases Report on Safety in Social VR
We’d all like to be safe in social VR experiences. Barring the human race one day waking up and unanimously deciding to be decent to one another, how might this…
Perkins Coie Releases 6th Annual Industry Report on Immersive Technology
The sixth annual Perkins Coie XR Report is out. The theme: “The Rise of Web3 Technologies to Accelerate XR.” While some people are skeptical of some of the goings-on in…
Metaverse Safety Week 2022
Last week saw the XR Safety Initiative’s third annual Metaverse Safety Week (formerly known as XR Safety Week). As ever, the week started on International Human Rights Day, December 10,…
Riga Metacity: A State-Supported Initiative Set to Become One of Europe’s Largest Metaverse Projects
With the increasing interest in the concept of “Metacity” across the globe, it is clear that the metaverse is shaping the cities of the future. The United States, China, Singapore,…
A Tour of the Mytaverse Enterprise Immersive World
There are a number of great virtual world platforms out there – and a smaller number of those are dedicated to enterprise use. And, an even smaller number of…
Metaverse – Expectations vs Reality, Part 2: The Costs
In part 1 I addressed the technical reasons why Ready Player One – customer and user’s expectations – is still years away. But the unrealistic expectations of the public…
Answering the Cryptic Question: Does the Metaverse Need NFTs?
The metaverse and the NFT space have both had their vocal detractors, but could the secret to their mass adoption lie in their ability to work together? Developers of…
Metaverse – Expectations vs Reality, Part 1: Technological Possibilities
I believe it is necessary to address the gap between customer or audience expectations and actual reality. From my personal experience (I have a small VR company), I realize…