After a several month period of downtime, Canadian Grid is back online, with a new approach, upgraded infrastructure, and a target date of July 1st — Canada Day — for an official reopening. The grid, now running on a customized build based on the latest OpenSim development code, is takingRead More →
I just watched OpenAI’s announcement about its upcoming o3 and o3-mini reasoning AI models, and they’ve reached an AI general intelligence milestone with this release. The biggest news is that the o3 model took a major leap towards Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI, when it achieved human-level performance on aRead More →
More companies are planning to invest in the new frontier that is the metaverse, but cybersecurity threats are a top concern, according to a study released today by cybersecurity company Tenable. The metaverse is envisioned as a 3D version of the internet that’s a shared virtual space where people spendRead More →
Gaming technology will be the biggest driving force for the evolution of the metaverse in the near term, according to a new report published last week by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Video game publishers will be pushing deeper into live service platforms whose virtual worlds exhibit the potential of the metaverse,Read More →
Plagiarism and scams are a serious problem in the NFT space — and it’s gotten so bad that one NFT marketplace has suspended almost all NFT sales on its platform. Cameron Hejai, founder and CEO of Cent NFT marketplace, announced in a statement that Cent is removing the ability toRead More →
Virtual reality headsets are bulky and two companies have collaborated to take the weight off your head for augmented and virtual reality — and put it around your neck instead. Motorola yesterday announced a 5G neckband that’ll put connectivity, processing, and the battery in a collar and leave your heads upRead More →
OpenSea, the largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens openly admitted last Thursday that over 80 percent of the items created using their free minting tool were plagiarized works, fake collections, and spam. Read full article at Hypergrid Business.Read More →
It’s too expensive and it’s not available yet, but there’s a startup company that says we’ll be able to walk in VR. Ekto VR, a VR hardware startup, has invented a pair of boots that allow realistic walking in virtual environments with no risk of running into a wall orRead More →
Wouldn’t it be cool to fence with a real sword in VR? Russian VR studio Boxglass has released Fencer, a VR fencing trainer designed to help new players learn the sport of fencing while using a real fencing weapon. Read the full story at Hypergrid Business.Read More →
Apple’s first entry into virtual reality could be an expensive VR headset with limited AR capabilities, according to a Bloomberg report. “Apple Inc.’s first crack at a headset is designed to be a pricey, niche precursor to a more ambitious augmented reality product that will take longer to develop, accordingRead More →