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China issued a three-year strategy for building the metaverse industry
The Immersive Wire - 11 September 2023 (Monday Briefing)
Tom Ffiske
September 11, 2023
Executive summary
Welcome to your weekly briefing on the metaverse and spatial computing. Here are your snippets to sound smarter in meetings this week:
Headline: China issued a three-year strategy for building the metaverse industry.
Stat of the week: 75% of people believe that children aged 6-12 are at a significant risk of sexual abuse in VR, according to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
Funding: AWE announced a new $200,000 XR startup pitch competition for AWE Europe.
Other stories: Demeo is coming to Apple Vision Pro, and Virtual Natives is a new book exploring people living in virtual worlds (more below).
Poll: 42% of readers believe that China's investments in immersive technologies have been overblown by the media.
Whoops. Looks like Baldur’s Gate III will likely consume my life for the next month.
Analysis
No big analysis this week, but I do need your help.
I will be writing a big piece on the state of the metaverse right now, and would love your thoughts. The newsletter has some bright and bold people, and I would like to profile some people in my next major (and chunky) piece.
If you can help, please send me an email at tom (at) immersivewire (dot) com, answering this question: Is the market in a strong condition right now, within the metaverse and spatial computing?
Deadline is end of play on Thursday. Speak soon!
Other notable stories
Got any stories? Let me know at tom (at) immersivewire (dot) com.
The Augmented and Virtual Reality Policy Conference is happening later this week.
AWE announced a new $200,000 XR startup pitch competition for AWE Europe.
Demeo is coming to Apple Vision Pro.
Grapple Tournament, a VR multiplayer game, is now free to play.
LockerRoom, a VR experience where fans become Muhammad Ali, will be shown at Rumble in the Jungle.
Spaceport announced the launch of Threadless t-shirts and apparel on the Roblox Marketplace.
Virtual Natives is a new book exploring people living in virtual worlds.
WOLF launches the first virtual reality experience in audio entertainment for the Middle East.
Profile corner
Vaidehi is a Unity Developer and prize-winning XR Artist based in London. She has shipped over 100 XR experiences in Virtual Reality and AR. She is currently studying the Unity Junior programmer course and has combined gaming technology with audio reactivity scripting to make audioreactive musical worlds. Her skill set includes C#, 3D modelling, animation, rigging, Unity Development, and world-building. She is looking for Unity Development and C# roles; please contact her to discuss junior Unity Developer positions.
Help corner
If you have a problem that you think could be solved by another reader of The Immersive Wire and would like to be connected, let me know at tom (at) immersivewire (dot) com.
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Note: The Immersive Wire is run by Tom Ffiske, who also works within Accenture’s metaverse group. The contents of the newsletter should not be regarded as Accenture’s views.