Inworld AI joins metaverse innovation with AI-driven virtual characters

Inworld AI announces plans to populate the metaverse with AI-driven virtual characters, and raises $7 million. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Tim Keary

Inworld AI joins metaverse innovation with AI-driven virtual characters

Inworld AI announces plans to populate the metaverse with AI-driven virtual characters, and raises $7 million. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Tim Keary

Metaverse thought leaders tout visions at Nvidia GTC event

Seven metaverse thinkers touted their visions for the shared virtual experience at Nvidia’s GTC Fall 2021 online event. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi

Synthesis AI offers API for virtual humans

Synthesis AI, a synthetic data company, has released HumanAPI, a new tool for generating virtual humans from synthetic data AR/VR – VentureBeat & George Lawton

GamesBeat Summit Next’s agenda is full of ways to level up gaming

GamesBeat Summit Next will feature talks about tech and trends that will expand gaming in an online event on November 9-10, 2021. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi

What the metaverse means for brand experiences

The metaverse is a fully immersive environment in which users leverage VR, livestreaming, and other tech to navigate a digital world. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Arthur Cole

Facebook stops just short of rebranding to ‘The Web’

Facebook rebrands as Meta while the metaverse continues to leave the company behind with platforms like Roblox. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeff Grubb

Rec Room’s Nick Fajt interview — Building a cross-platform metaverse

Born from virtual reality, Rec Room has expanded its platforms and raised $100M. Now it’s among the contenders to build the metaverse. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi

Facebook’s vision of the metaverse has a critical flaw

A viable metaverse has to be open, not closed. And that’s something Facebook will never get its head around. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jerod Venema, LiveSwitch

The metaverse’s appeal hinges on its designers and hosts

It’s going to take hundreds of creative professionals years to bring the metaverse from a sci-fi concept to reality. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Doron Nir