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Spatial computing may form a sub-set of the metaverse

The Immersive Wire - 19 June 2023 (Monday Briefing)

Author

Tom Ffiske
June 19, 2023

Executive summary

Welcome to your weekly briefing on the metaverse. Here are your snippets to sound smarter in meetings this week:

  • Headline: Should we talk about the metaverse or spatial computing? (Analysis in the link, with a chunk below).

  • Accelerator: The Impulse Programme, a European XR Accelerator, is open to calls.

  • Stat of the week: Cornell University found that the metaverse could lower the global surface temperature by up to… 0.02 degrees C… by the end of the century.

  • Other stories:

Ran 5K this week. Rewarded myself with some Doritos. I’ve begun a Sisyphean journey this summer.

Tom Ffiske, Editor of the Immersive Wire

Analysis

Should we talk about the metaverse, or spatial computing?

  • The long and short of it is that spatial computing is a sub-set of the metaverse. The qualities of a more immersive internet – from virtual objects to online communities – sit within the wider umbrella of what the metaverse is.

  • I can see spatial computing collapsing into a hardware category of the metaverse, as a gateway device into it. Apple will not be the only company providing spatial computing devices – if anything, Meta’s Quest devices could fit into the vision as well. At the heart of it is that it forms a logical component of the metaverse.

  • Think of it as a Venn diagram, where the metaverse comprises spatial computing within its heart.

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Other notable stories

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  • Aditya Birla Capital introduced OneVerse, a metaverse lounge for its customers.

  • Arvizio announced a new suite of features for their no-code AR Instructor solution.

  • Blood Centers of America and Abbott used VR to attract new blood donors on World Blood Donor Day.

  • Nokia and EY surveyed 800 business professionals, and found that the US, UK and Brazil lead in metaverse development (among other stats).

  • Perfect Corp. partnered with Warner Bros. Pictures to make an AR try-on experience around The Flash.

  • Puma launched Black Station 2, where shoppers can redeem NFTs for physical goods.

  • RP1 unveiled a demo where 100,000 people could be within a single experience.

  • Valkyrie Industries received investment from ASICS Ventures Corporation to accelerate growth and bring to market its EIR Armbands.

    • Disclaimer: I assisted Valkyrie with the announcement.

  • Valo Motion unveiled Short Circuit, which challenges up to four climbers to complete electrical circuits on a climbing wall. 

  • XRHealth announced that they were awarded a patent for closed-loop biofeedback for therapy in VR and AR.

Help corner

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