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Sensorium demos AI-driven avatars as latest virtual beings

Venture Beast

Sensorium Galaxy is an upcoming virtual world that will blend human and AI characters so that humans can have unscripted conversations with virtual beings. [link] All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. And it’s showing off some of those AI characters now.

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Microsoft and Niantic demo a HoloLens version of Pokémon Go

The Verge

The demo shows how HoloLens users could spot a Pokémon in the wild and feed it berries ahead of a typical gym battle with another player. While this demo is not intended for consumer use, it offers an early glimpse into the future evolutions in both software and hardware,” says John Hanke , CEO and founder of Niantic.

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Virtual Bookshelf: Your All-You-Can-Read Digital Library

Kitaboo

What is a virtual bookshelf? As the name suggests, a virtual bookshelf is an online space that allows you to store the books you are reading or track the ones that you want to read in a virtual environment. A virtual bookshelf is a programmatic method to create an interactive bookshelf to store and read digital books online.

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Facebook teases a vision of remote work using augmented and virtual reality

The Verge

Facebook has long believed in the promise of virtual and augmented reality extending well beyond entertainment, and we’re now getting a clearer glimpse at what that future might look like now that the current pandemic is reshaping how companies everywhere think about remote work. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. physical monitors.

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Outreach founders reveal new ‘buyer copilot’ AI startup that automates customer demos

GeekWire

(LinkedIn Photos) A new Seattle startup led by the co-founders of sales software giant Outreach is using AI to automate initial customer interactions and provide personalized product demos for B2B companies. Companies can use FullContext to engage potential buyers and run demos, straight from their websites and outbound email campaigns.

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Epic Games announces Unreal Engine 5 with stunning PlayStation 5 demo

The Verge

Epic Games today announced the next iteration of its game engine, the Unreal Engine 5 (UE5), with a stunning demo running on the PlayStation 5. To show off UE5’s capabilities, Epic put together a demo running on a developer version of PS5 hardware and captured the output. Image: Epic Games.

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Advantages of Virtual Textbooks over Print Textbooks

Kitaboo

The emergence of digital content and its prevalence during the pandemic has given rise to virtual textbooks. This blog post explains how virtual textbooks are different and even better than printed textbooks in many ways. How Can Publishers Benefit From Virtual Textbooks? Virtual Textbooks Are Easier to Update.