Smart glasses for deaf people: XRAI Glass. “Life. Subtitled”

The XRAI Glass app just released on the Google Play store. It helps deaf people to see real-time subtitling in the special augmented reality (AR) glasses from Nreal. Aside from transcription, paid plans offer translation capabilities as well. Key takeaways

New phase of Dubai’s metaverse strategy approved by its Crown Prince

Dubai’s metaverse strategy is entering a new phase now its Crown Prince approved to enhance the digital economy and implement measures to empower the use of the metaverse and future technologies. The official strategy “aims to turn Dubai into one of the world’s top 10 metaverse economies as well as a global hub for the metaverse community.”

Must-see metaverse video: it’s not a tech wave but social tsunami

The Economist published a 20-min. metaverse video: “How will businesses use the metaverse?” See how industries use meta-tech like AI, Digital Twin and VR/AR.

Magic Leap 2 on TIME’s best inventions of 2022

TIME compiled a list of 200 of the best inventions of 2022, featuring the latest AR device by Magic Leap, Inc. The Magic Leap 2. Engadged even declares Magic Leap 2 is the best AR headset yet but ponders if the enterprise focus will save the company.

Outdoor Niantic AR2-headset revealed by Pokémon Go maker

Niantic, best known for Pokémon Go, revealed its upcoming Niantic AR2 headset for outdoor use. Combine this with its super precise visual positioning system called Lightship VPS and you’ll get a glimpse of what the near future of a city-wide metaverse holds.

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3 essential readings by visionary VR/AR pioneer Louis B. Rosenberg

3 must-read publications by Louis B. Rosenberg. First why VR/AR did not become the “next big thing” in the 90s. Why today the metaverse is not dead and why it is inevitable.

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Hello, MetaWorld! With love, Mike

Hello, MetaWorld! The internet was big. The smartphone huge. The metaverse could be world-shattering but interconnected metaverses world saving. Here is (Mike’s) why and how.

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