The Register·4yThe Metaverse is the internet no one wants
The Metaverse, as the company formerly known as Facebook defines the term in its financial filings, is "an embodied internet where people have immersive experiences beyond two-dimensional screens" It's more or less another stab at Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), a standard file format for 3D graphics that dates back to the mid
80 LEVEL·4yPeople React to Meta's New Leg Announcement
Social media users reacted to Meta's announcement that Horizon Worlds avatars will be getting legs now. Currently, avatars in the Horizon Worlds metaverse have no legs and their bodies just float above the ground. Some people were surprised that Horizon World initially did not have legs at all and that they will be added only in 2022.
Unity·4yIntroducing the Metaverse Minute
At Unity, we believe there will eventually be a digital twin of every real-life object, environment, and even people. Our goal is to enable every creator to have the tools to do so. We think that immersive technology, like real-time 3D, AR, VR, and extended reality (XR), can help creators better understand the world.
The Next Web·4yI found out why metaverse avatars don’t have legs
In the future, we might have in-home devices that’ll help us capture movements of our legs in a virtual world. But for now, we have to rely on the ability to see our legs from a distance of a few feet. In the meantime, we’re going to have to make do with what we can see.