technology

  • Tulpamancer: Personalized XR Stories?

    by paradoxig

    In an era that is heading rapidly toward ‘personalized-everything’ (ads, movies, medicine, finances, luxury products, etc.), why not have personalized stories? And this is what an experience presented at Venice Immersive 2023 is trying to do. Tulpamancer is an immersive experience that is uniquely tailored to each user. It uses…

  • MSc in Metaverse – University of Nicosia

    by paradoxig

    The University of Nicosia (UNIC) announced the launch of the world’s first Master of Science (MSc) in Metaverse, promising a ground-breaking and interdisciplinary program built on the needs of creators, developers, architects, social scientists, financial professionals, policymakers, and individuals interested in shaping the future of the metaverse. Considering, the University’s…

  • The Rise of AI News Anchors

    by paradoxig

    Welcome to the age of AI journalists! The trend started a few years back, but now more and more are appearing especially in Asia. And as Virtual Beings appear in marketing as the new trend for digital influencers that are popular, we expect that these will be loved and enjoyed…

  • Neuroscientists Re-create Song from Brain Activity

    by paradoxig

    Neuroscientists decoded song from brain recordings, revealing areas dealing with rhythm and vocals. This is the first time a song has been reconstructed from intracranial electroencephalography recordings. The study was published HERE As the chords of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1,” filled the hospital suite, neuroscientists…

  • Developed by MIT researchers, BrightMarkers are invisible fluorescent tags embedded in physical objects to enhance motion tracking, virtual reality, and object detection. Stop me if you’ve seen this before: a black and white pixelated square in lieu of a physical menu at a restaurant. QR codes are seemingly ubiquitous in…

  • The new device developed by MIT, which can be incorporated into a bra, could allow more frequent monitoring of patients at high risk for breast cancer. When breast cancer is diagnosed in the earliest stages, the survival rate is nearly 100 percent. However, for tumors detected in later stages, that…

  • Beijing-based WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc, a leading global Hologram Augmented Reality (“AR”) Technology provider, announced that it is developing an application scenario-based digital human gesture generation algorithm system. The system allows the digital human to generate different actions based on environmental changes. Not every digital human’s sentence must be accompanied…

  • The University of Nicosia (UNIC) announces the launch of the world’s first Master of Science (MSc) in Metaverse, a ground-breaking programme designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills required for careers in metaverse design and management. With a rich history in crypto and blockchain education since 2013, UNIC…

  • Decentraland – New Templates

    by paradoxig

    With recent updates, launching a World is becoming easier than for those of all technical levels! Now, users can deploy a World via the Builder which just requires following the UI prompts. The Builder also allows for simple scene creation by dragging and dropping assets into place. However, if users…