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How the healthcare sector can benefit from the Metaverse
One of the most significant ways the Metaverse could enhance healthcare is through “virtual clinics,” in which patients and doctors converse using computerized avatars to overcome barriers like distance and language. In contrast, patients can fully immerse themselves in virtual clinics, hospitals, or therapeutic environments with VR, boosting a sense of familiarity and reducing dread connected to medical settings.…
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Headset competition heats up due to Apple’s arrival
Apple launched an augmented reality (AR) headset last month, marking a shift forward in the technology that could help bring the realization of the metaverse a step closer. Apple’s Vision Pro headset – the brand’s first new product launch in over a decade – is being billed as a “spatial computer” that “lets users interact with…
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Meta launches a subscription service for their Meta Quest+ platform
Meta says paying users will get access to two new games a month. For the first three months of the year, the parent company of Instagram saw a $4bn (£3.1bn) loss at its VR unit. Meta faces competition from firms including technology giant Apple, which unveiled its highly anticipated mixed-reality headset this month. On Monday, the…
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How will the metaverse impact the education sector?
Working as an AR (augmented reality) & VR (virtual reality) lead at a global online school, I can see the metaverse revolutionizing education. Each day while students and teachers work directly with these new technologies, the picture becomes clearer; VR and the metaverse in education are here to stay. Put the tech geek in me aside; I…
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Traditional forms of banking are experimenting with the Metaverse
It may not be the buzzword it once was among the tech set, but the metaverse has begun to get attention from financial institutions. With a user base and audience that is young, tech-savvy, and in the early stages of their financial lives, metaverse applications offer banks unique opportunities to build relationships with a digitally native and…
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Apple will have to reinvent apps to maximize on their rumored VR headsets
If Apple’s mixed reality headset is going to succeed, it’s going to be because of the apps. On Monday, Apple will take the stage at its 2023 Worldwide Developers Conference to talk about FaceTime and Apple Books and all the other cool built-in stuff you’ll be able to do with its ski goggles strapped to your face. But if…
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Meta announces their Meta Quest 3 headsets
On the cusp of Apple’s WWDC 2023 event, Meta has announced their upcoming Meta Quest 3 headsets. These new headsets are set to launch later this year. Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta Quest 3, the next-generation virtual and mixed reality headset. It features higher resolution, stronger performance, breakthrough Meta Reality technology, and a slimmer, more comfortable form factor. Quest…
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How the metaverse can help science
For Diego Gómez-Zará, an assistant professor in the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering, the metaverse is something else: a tool for better science. In “The Promise and Pitfalls of the Metaverse for Science,” published in Nature Human Behavior, Gómez-Zará argues that scientists should take advantage of the metaverse for research while also guarding against…
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UK school is teaching its students in VR and the Metaverse
A private school in the UK is using an immersive method to teach its students. Reddam House School in Berkshire, England has launched a pilot project that allows their students to pet wholly mammoths, explore different nations and truly experience what they are learning. The virtual world can morph to fit the lesson and this…
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