 The Czech metaverse company Somnium Space will introduce a "Live Forever" mode so that users can interact with loved ones after they've passed away. Artur Sychov, CEO and Founder of Somnium Space, believes the "Live Forever" feature will debut next year. More: - The Live Forever mode will allow people to be "reborn" after death as avatars in the metaverse.
- The project will rely on various data metrics that many people may not feel comfortable sharing with tech companies, including one's voice, likeness, and mannerisms.
- In response to privacy concerns regarding the amount of data required to recreate a person's likeness, Sychov told Vice, "We don't want to know your name. We don't care about who you are."
- Sychov explains he needs this data so that people interacting with the Live Forever avatar feel that the virtual re-creation is authentic rather than AI.
- Sychov's goal is for the interaction to feel real for at least 10 minutes — "you would not know that it's actually AI. That's the goal."
- Sychov came up with the idea after losing his father to cancer.
- Built on the Ethereum blockchain, Somnium Space is available on various VR headsets.
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 U.K.-based mapping company OnePlan will create "digital twins" of the venues at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The virtual arenas will allow the Olympic planning committee to run simulations accounting for myriad possibilities, including unexpected weather, traffic, and crowd control. OnePlan's "hyper-realistic, fly-through-able" digital stadiums or arenas are already used by popular Premier League and NBA teams. More: - The partnership between OnePlan, the Paris Olympics, and the Paralympic games will ease the planning process and involve broadcasters.
- Broadcasters can use the virtual venue simulations to plan camera placement.
- Suppliers can use the technology to plan conveyance strategies in and out of the venue.
- In a round led by Pembroke VCT and Eppes Creek Ventures, OnePlan recently raised $5.3M Series A.
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 A message from LOHIKA Q: How do engineering leaders at Okta, LinkedIn and Collective define the strategy and vision for their teams? A: Register for our online event this month to find out! On April 26, 2022 at 10:30am PT / 1:30pm ET, we’re co-hosting an online event "How to Define the Strategy and Vision for Engineering Teams" with our friends from Managers Club. Vidal Graupera, Engineering Manager, Productivity Tools UI/UX and IDEs at LinkedIn will moderate a panel discussion. The panelists: The panel will discuss: - How do you define a strategy and vision in the first place?
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 The independent gaming studio Gamefam has partnered with Sega to release the Sonic Speed Simulator on Roblox. Released today, the game is free to play. More: - The open-world, multiplayer simulation game is available for download on Android, iOS, Mac, Windows PC, and Xbox One.
- Players can level-up characters, collect items like Chaos Orbs, play as 3D models of Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles, and then customize their characters with sonic-themed items.
- The Gamefam studio specializes in building on Roblox. However, CEO Joe Ferencz told Polygon that his company overcame limitations common to the bourgeoning platform because of Sega's support.
- They hope the game will make joining the metaverse easy and exciting.
- Ferencz said, "If people are Sonic fans, we want them to come in and try this game. Even if they've never tried Roblox."
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 The company behind the popular Soul Dog NFTs believes its new venture into the metaverse will grow its popularity and introduce a larger audience to cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Soul Dogs' new virtual land, Soul Dog City, will blend gaming with decentralized finance (DeFi). Using a Web3 browser, visitors can earn NFTs and other digital currencies by playing games. More: - Soul Dog City will be complete with native $BONES utility tokens, a native marketplace, and a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO).
- Players can earn $BONES, which the group launched using Raydium Protocol in March, and then use those tokens to shop.
- The city will use the Solana blockchain.
- According to the Community & Growth lead at Soul Dogs, known as Sly Doggie, "Soul Dogs City will be the first 'complete' metaverse on Solana."
- In line with the popular NFT collections' retro look, the world's aesthetic is styled after the 1980s and 1990s.
- Users will play as 3D dog avatars.
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 GigXR and ANIMA RES's new partnership reimagines medical education by providing medical experts and students with hyper-realistic holograms of hearts, lungs, and kidneys. Marrying ANIMA RES's award-winning Insight Series (accurate holograms of hearts, lungs, and kidneys) with GigXR's interactive XR, VR, and AR technologies, learners can examine human anatomy without using a cadaver. Moreover, the technology allows students to observe body parts undergoing varying conditions such as a heart attack or atrial fibrillation. More: - The immersive program is planned to debut in the Summer of 2022.
- GigXR's partnership provides AMINA RES a user-friendly platform easily accessible via a single log-in to students and teachers.
- The holographic technologies' accuracy, movement, and 3D quality exceed traditional 2D training methods or interaction with non-functioning cadavers — "after all, learners are going to treat live humans."
- Rodrigo Olmos, the CIO and co-founder at ANIMA RES, described the partnership when he said, "Mixed-reality anatomy holograms combine the 'best of both worlds' of analog and digital healthcare training. Using an accurate, high-fidelity simulation of a living body while training, rather than a corpse or a simulation puppet, helps tremendously to understand the complexity and fascination of the human body."
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A recent survey by Morning Consult found that 60% of U.S. adults are worried metaverse companies will misuse their data, and another 31% said this was a "minor concern." The survey of 4,420 U.S. adults found that most people are worried about their safety in the metaverse. Specifically, respondents cited issues regarding sexual harassment, cyberbullying, online abuse, mental health effects, misuse of data, content moderation, personal safety, and privacy as reasons they are wary of the metaverse. More: - 2 in 5 respondents said safety in the metaverse was a "major concern."
- Of the minority of respondents interested in joining the metaverse, 51% voiced safety concerns, 44% worried about content moderation, and 47% were troubled by the possibility of sexual misconduct.
- Meta has reportedly implemented "safe zones" to help users remove themselves from uncomfortable situations.
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 |  | Courtney Rawlings is an Inside Research Analyst living in Los Angeles, California. She has returned to her hometown of LA after spending several years working at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where she is completing a Ph.D. in Art and Architectural History. While working toward her Ph.D., Courtney has developed an interest in the language and history of the tech industry, especially regarding metaverse technologies, streaming, and podcasting. In fact, she hosted her own podcast Low Culture Boil! You can find her on Twitter: @ckayerawlings Email: courtney@inside.com |  | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 Ford. | |
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