How Metaverse is perceived by different nations

https://digg.com/tech/link/how-different-countries-feel-about-the-metaverse-visualized-tkNqAiosBO

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German startup Gixel makes AR glasses & immersive rooms for virtual meetings

https://www.sprind.org/en/projects/gixel/

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ByteDance Pico increases shipments of VR headsets to compete Meta’s Quest 2

https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktoks-parent-takes-on-meta-in-battle-for-virtual-reality-market-dd4abdb6

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Google proposes new AR divisions to tackle hardware and software

https://www.androidpolice.com/google-ar-efforts-under-platforms-and-devices-units/

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Meta’s new AR engine will be a cross-platform runtime for AR

https://engineering.fb.com/2023/02/13/virtual-reality/meta-ar-augmented-reality-cross-platform-runtime/

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PICO AR/VR Headsets announces full compatibility with OpenXR standard

https://www.ruetir.com/2023/02/pico-announces-compatibility-with-openxr-standard-ruetir-com/

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Snap Inc. releases AR Ray Tracing in Lens Studio to developers

https://newsroom.snap.com/snap-introduces-ray-tracing

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Microsoft releases internal demo of OpenAI integration in Minecraft

https://www.semafor.com/article/02/16/2023/what-microsofts-new-ai-demo-for-minecraft-means-for-gaming

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Vuzix Ultralite OEM Platform plans to bring AI chat to AR smartglasses

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vuzix-advances-the-vuzix-ultralite-oem-platform-to-better-facilitate-visual-gpt-and-other-ai-functions-301748552.html

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Finnish Opera makes history by using XR/VR through the entire production

https://operawire.com/finnish-national-opera-sets-go-virtual-with-xr-vr-tech/

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Iristick AR receives USD 4.2 Million funding under Saffelberg Investments

https://www.auganix.org/xr-news-smart-glasses-supplier-iristick-announces-e4-million-capital-increase/

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Tencent in talks with Meta to bring Quest 2 VR headsets to China

https://www.roadtovr.com/tencent-partneship-meta-quest-2/

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Apple in talks with China’s Luxshare to develop 1st generation AR devices

https://www.gizmochina.com/2023/02/23/apple-luxshare-ar-development/

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A court in Colombia recently hosted its first legal trial in the metaverse

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-court-moves-metaverse-host-hearing-2023-02-24/

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Xiaomi releases Wireless AR
Smart Glass Explorer Edition

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bensin/2023/02/27/xiaomi-ar-smart-glass-hands-on-true-wireless-augmented-reality/?sh=62f3f5313746

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Meta releases LLaMA, a new AI model to compete with OpenAI GPT-3

https://ai.facebook.com/blog/large-language-model-llama-meta-ai/

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Qualcomm releases world’s first offline Android AI image generator

https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2023/02/worlds-first-on-device-demonstration-of-stable-diffusion-on-android

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Meta releases AR / VR hardware
roadmap for next 4 years

https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/01/apple-headset-launch/

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StabilityAI releases Diffusion AI addon for Blender 3D modeling

https://www.engadget.com/blender-can-now-use-ai-to-create-images-and-effects-from-text-descriptions-175001548.html

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American Senators request Facebook to stop teens from using Metaverse

https://www.thegamer.com/mark-zuckerberg-teens-horizon-worlds-metaverse/

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Apple files patent in Europe for XR Continuity for its AR/VR Headsets

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/03/02/apple-ar-headset-continuity-features/

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