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| Today's Metaverse briefing: - Apple's Vision Pro headset shows potential for transforming healthcare by enhancing treatment and monitoring.
- Metaverse studio Karta has launched a new studio focused on ZEPETO, targeting its fashion-focused, predominantly female user base.
- Huawei is developing a new Vision headset with an in-house chip and a Sony 4K Micro-OLED screen, aiming to launch within six months.
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| 1 | | Apple's Vision Pro headset shows potential for transforming healthcare by enhancing treatment and monitoring. The device is being tested in various medical applications, including patient monitoring and surgical procedures. More: - Apple's Vision Pro can display comprehensive medical records, offering high-resolution visual data like blood pressure graphs and X-rays.
- The headset's precision, with ultra-high-resolution screens and eye/hand tracking, brings a new level of detail to healthcare.
- The device's eye-tracking technology is useful for patient eye exams, indicating broader potential uses in healthcare.
- Vision Pro's ability to monitor multiple situations simultaneously could revolutionize nursing and patient care.
- Virtual reality has already been integrated into healthcare for treating post-traumatic stress disorder through exposure therapy.
Zoom Out: - Sharp HealthCare in San Diego is exploring its healthcare applications, including multi-patient monitoring and surgeries.
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What the numbers say: By Q4 of 2023, Roblox Corporation's daily active users (DAU) globally exceeded 71.5 million, showing a marginal increase from the previous quarter. This growth trajectory began in early 2020, coinciding with the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, Roblox has successfully maintained and expanded its user base. Relevance: Roblox Corporation (NYSE: RBLX) experienced a significant stock price increase last week, which can be attributed to strong financial results in Q4. As of Friday morning, the company's stock had risen 8.2% compared to the previous week's market close. Roblox's fourth-quarter earnings, reported on Feb. 7, showcased a narrower loss than expected, at $0.52 per share, surpassing analyst predictions by $0.03. The company's bookings exceeded expectations, reaching $1.13B, higher than the Wall Street forecast of $1.08B. This performance reflects Roblox's robust financial standing and growing market presence in the metaverse sector. | | | |
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| 3 | | Metaverse studio Karta has launched a new studio focused on ZEPETO, targeting its fashion-focused, predominantly female user base. This expansion by Karta, known for interactive experiences, aligns with ZEPETO's virtual fashion marketplace, which has sold over 2.5 billion virtual items. More: - Karta's new studio is spearheaded by 3D artist Dominique Sosseh, contributing to Karta's growth.
- ZEPETO boasts over 400 million users globally, with 20 million active monthly users.
- Notable brands like Gucci, Christian Dior, and Nike have integrated their products on ZEPETO.
- Gucci's partnership with ZEPETO since 2021 has resulted in over 800,000 Gucci items sold on the platform.
- Karta has collaborated on projects like TWICE Square and BLACKPINK THE PALACE in Roblox.
Zoom Out: - Karta's venture into ZEPETO is backed by its success in crafting experiences for K-pop artists and a $1.1M funding round in July 2023.
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| 4 | | Huawei is developing a new Vision headset with an in-house chip and a Sony 4K Micro-OLED screen, aiming to launch within six months. This headset, expected to cost around 15,000 yuan, boasts almost zero latency in spatial operations and weighs just 350 grams. More: - Li Nan, former CMO of Meizu Technology, revealed Huawei's headset development on Weibo.
- The headset's in-house chip significantly reduces latency for enhanced spatial operations.
- The 4K Micro-OLED screen is a product of collaboration with Sony.
- Huawei's previous product, Vision Glass, featured dual 1080P Micro-OLED screens.
Zoom Out: - In May 2019, Huawei registered the "Vision Pro" trademark in international classification 9, covering a broad spectrum of electronic devices and services, including LCD TVs, VR headsets, and radio equipment.
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| 5 | | Sotheby's Metaverse has integrated the Kresus wallet, enhancing its NFT marketplace by simplifying user onboarding and enhancing security. Kresus wallet features include guardians for asset protection and time-delayed withdrawals for added security. More: - Sotheby's Metaverse previously facilitated multi-million dollar deals for NFTs like Bored Apes and Crypto Punks.
- Kresus' non-custodial wallet is designed for ease of use, targeting new crypto and NFT users.
- Through bespoke collections, the platform promotes new digital artists like Emily Xie.
- Kresus CEO Trevor Traina views the partnership with Sotheby's as a blend of fine art legacy and digital innovation.
- The wallet integration offers a convenient access point for collectors to acquire and manage NFTs.
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| 6 | | Metaverse use is decreasing among churches, a study has found. A recently published "State of the Church Tech 2024" study reveals a decline in metaverse adoption among churches from 23% in 2022 to 17% in 2023. More: - The percentage of churches considering or planning to use the metaverse has decreased from 40% to 32%.
- Additionally, 47% of churches surveyed expressed seeing no value in adopting metaverse technology, which is an increase from 40%.
- Concerns regarding privacy and security have also risen, with the percentage of churches citing these concerns growing from 30% to 38%.
- Over half of the churches surveyed reported having no intention to use the metaverse, citing reasons ranging from theological concerns to a lack of interest.
- The decrease in metaverse adoption seems to be linked to a growing sense of skepticism and uncertainty about its benefits and implications.
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 | Freelance | | This newsletter was curated by Vildana. In addition to Inside Daily Brief, she also contributes to Inside Metaverse. She holds an MSc from the London School of Economics (LSE). You can reach her at vildana@inside.com or her social media platforms, Twitter or LinkedIn. | | This newsletter was edited by Aaron Crutchfield | |
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