The first international NFT exhibition in Croatia will take place in June as part of the WEB3 Tales conference at the Museum of Contemporary Art, organized by the Alice in Blockchains association. The exhibition titled “Techno Healing – Finding Resilience and Well-Being in a Digital World” is a space where digital artists explore themes of … Read more
On May 10, 2023, Roblox reported its first-quarter results, revealing a loss of $0.44 per share, which is $0.09 worse than what analysts had predicted. Despite this news, shares of the company’s stock have since bounced back after the initial drop, with the company seeing an increase of 1% in pre-market trading. While the loss … Read more
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has been paying high salaries to programmers capable of building virtual reality-powered games, apps, and technology. Such programmers can earn up to $1 million in total compensation packages, according to anonymous sources familiar with the matter. These eye-popping salaries reflect the company’s multibillion-dollar investment in the metaverse, where realistic computer-generated spaces … Read more
Facebook’s parent company Meta is receiving backlash from more than 70 online children’s safety groups and experts who are calling on CEO Mark Zuckerberg to cancel plans to allow minors into his fledgling “Horizon Worlds” metaverse. The group argues that minors are already being exposed to online abuse, harassment, and offensive content on the platform. … Read more
The BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express has announced the opening of submissions for LFF Expanded 2023. The LFF Expanded is a strand of the festival that explores the possibilities of immersive media like virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, transforming the way we experience art and moving image. The final deadline for … Read more
A new survey by investment firm Piper Sandler has revealed that virtual reality technology has yet to catch on with American teenagers. The study found that only 4% of teenage headset owners polled used virtual reality on a daily basis, with 14% using it weekly. In contrast, 87% of teenagers surveyed owned an iPhone. The … Read more
Image segmentation is a crucial task in computer vision, which helps identify the pixels in an image that belong to a particular object. This task plays a vital role in many real-world applications, from scientific analysis to photo editing. However, building an accurate segmentation model for a specific task requires the expertise of technical specialists … Read more
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is lobbying against a proposal pushed by European mobile network operators who want regional lawmakers to force major content providers to pay them a fee for carrying their data. This proposal, which Meta’s Kevin Salvadori, VP of Network, and Bruno Cendon Martin, Director & Head of Wireless Technologies, dub a … Read more
Japanese emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are taking a step into the future with a trial of Vuzix M400 smart glasses for use in their work. The glasses feature augmented reality (AR) technology that can provide valuable assistance to EMTs in the field. The trial During the trial, EMTs in Tokyo will wear the smart glasses … Read more
The first Future Jam event, held over the past weekend at the PISMO incubator powered by A1 and organized by the Austrian Cultural Forum, showcased the vision of game developers for future work processes, as well as their understanding of the importance of workers’ rights. The competition, which focused on the past, present, and future … Read more