Entertainment
Can mass media survive in the age of personal media? What gadgets will we watch future movies on? Can you make a living working in the metaverse? This page covers the trends and news that will guide the future of entertainment.
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Various technology companies are making developments that contribute to the metaverse’s appearance and functions.
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https://www.imore.com/gaming/virtual-reality/new-vision-pro-patents-reveal-apples-fixes-for-big-vr-problems-no-more-nausea
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There's a big problem with AR and VR goggles; they make some of us feel sick. Apple, understandably, wants to make sure that Vision Pro doesn't make you feel like you've just spent a little too long on the deck of a ferry doing the English Channel. . To make sure that no one gets sick while using Vision Pro, it's been granted a new patent, with some cool new technology to reduce both motion sickness and eye strain.
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https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6649163/scandal-essay-pop-star-ariana-grande-miley-cyrus-kanye-west-chris-brown-public-shaming-twitter
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Billboard
In July it was DonutGate, in which the 22-year-old chart-topper Ariana Grande was caught on a security camera at Wolfee Donuts in Lake Elsinore, Calif., covertly licking a few pastries while loudly disparaging obese people and America to her new boyfriend, backup dancer Ricky Alvarez. Naturally the video went viral, spawning a gazillion posts and tweets, appearance cancellations and apologies (one
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/93kae5/love-island-stars-quit-influencing-for-normal-jobs
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When former Love Island contestant Paige Thorne first left the show in 2022, she found herself navigating an unfamiliar world of endless events, lucrative brand deals and with thousands of followers scrutinising her every move. "It was a very daunting time," she recalls. "I just felt under this...
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The rise of the metaverse has given unique opportunities for businesses to sell digital versions of their products and services.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9cacw5aLzk&feature=youtu.be
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Fandom Entertainment
Our SJU panel is LIVE from SDCC 2018 for a special Saturday SJU! We talk James Gunn, John Cena and Jorts, and so much more from the world on screen - it's SJ...
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https://bgr.com/2015/05/16/netflix-vs-amazon-prime-reality-shows/
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15 years ago, the reality TV craze took off in America and many people assumed that quality television programming was doomed to extinction. The reasons for this were simple: Reality shows were very cheap to produce and were hugely profitable for the major networks.
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https://www.ledinside.com/news/2023/7/2023_07_20_04
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Meta, previously known as Facebook, will reportedly release its first commercial augmented reality (AR) glasses, codenamed Artemis, without the high-end displays originally intended for the device. Instead, sources suggest that the glasses will use older glass lenses and Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) displays.
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https://www.phonearena.com/news/oppo-air-glass-3-prototype-mwc-2024_id155677
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As for functions, the Oppo Air Glass 3 currently covers the basics of voice calls, music playback, and color image browsing. Oppo plans to add teleprompter, navigation, timer, translation, and health and fitness information in future versions. Clearly, Oppo plans to go through a few more prototypes before it launches something like this, or an evolution of this product.
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https://investorplace.com/2024/02/get-rich-quick-with-these-3-virtual-reality-stocks-to-buy-now/
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Investorplace
Folks, I'm truly excited to bring a fresh look to the concept behind virtual reality stocks to buy. In this case, the focus will be entirely on the math and specifically the math of the options market.
You're going to expect me to lecture you on the virtues of virtual reality stocks to buy? I can...
You're going to expect me to lecture you on the virtues of virtual reality stocks to buy? I can...
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https://www.roadtovr.com/revolutionizing-fitness-apps-with-snapdragon-technologies/
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Roadtovr
Industry Direct is our program for sponsors who want to speak directly to the Road to VR newsletter audience. Industry Direct posts are written by sponsors with no involvement from the Road to VR editorial team. Links to these posts appear only in our newsletter and do not intermix with our on-site editorial feed.
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https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/29/apple-headset-vr-concerts/
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I spent part of Friday night attending a concert in virtual reality. It wasn't very good. By this time next week, however, Apple is expected to have already unveiled its mixed reality headset. I'm hoping part of the pitch includes Apple Music.
My virtual reality headset experience isn't zero,...
My virtual reality headset experience isn't zero,...
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https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/16/meta_quest_3_ifixit/
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Meta's Quest 3 headset has fallen victim to the iFixit team, and the news from a repairability perspective is not good.
As iFixit charitably observed: "The 'year of virtual reality' turned out to be 'the run-up to mixed reality.'" Charitable because a cynic might remark that if idiot goggles...
As iFixit charitably observed: "The 'year of virtual reality' turned out to be 'the run-up to mixed reality.'" Charitable because a cynic might remark that if idiot goggles...
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https://www.uploadvr.com/terra-alia-vr-language-learning-fantasy-rpg/
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Terra Alia wants to teach you new languages through a VR fantasy RPG this month on Quest.Developed by 30 Parallel Games, Terra Alia begins in a magical academy and your journey involves investigating Professor Esperanto's disappearance. Achieved by completing quests and puzzles, it's promising a...
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https://www.ediiie.com/blog/augmented-reality-packaging/
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Product packaging. We all see it almost on a daily basis, and yet no one really pays much heed to it. Yes, we'll recognize our favorite pack of chips and cans of drink down at the mart - but we're pretty oblivious to the rest, aren't we? It's completely normal if you find yourself agreeing with that.
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https://www.theverge.com/23997548/matter-smart-home-2023-platforms
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Theverge
On Thanksgiving weekend, my husband and I finished a big bathroom remodel project we'd worked on for months. The final step was to replace our old toggle light switches with modern, paddle-style ones. As I sat on the bathroom floor with the four TP-Link Tapo Matter smart switches I had bought on...
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https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/06/from-science-fiction-to-reality-how-digital-humans-are-forging-new-realities
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Siren is a digital human that showcases the potential of 3D/4D scanning technology for digitizing human appearance and motion with unprecedented realism. Epic Games Inc. is a leading developer of the popular video game engine Unreal Engine. Recently, the company launched the highly anticipated MetaHuman Creator, a tool for creating high-fidelity digital humans for various applications including video games, film and more.
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https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/qualcomms-newest-vrar-chip-powers-samsung-and-googles-next-headset/
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Samsung and Google are expected to unveil an advanced mixed reality headset sometime in the next year that will aim to compete with Apple's Vision Pro. We now know what processor it'll be using: a new version of Qualcomm's XR chips. The Snapdragon XR2 Plus Gen 2 chip, announced Thursday, will be...
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https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/394704/
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Snapchat is launching "Sponsored AR Filters," a new ad option that allows brands to target the social media app's 414 million daily active users via augmented reality filters. Brands now have the ability to sponsor AR filters, which users can add to their personal posts. Snap's sponsored filters, which feature branded overlays for images, appear after users capture their content with the in-app camera, then swipe to the post-capture filter carousel.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/new-generation-tweens-facebook-problem-2014-11
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Business Insider
VIDEO: Facebook, we have a problem.
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https://slate.com/technology/2023/07/actor-strike-extras-digital-double-sag-aftra.html?curator=MediaREDEF
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Slate
On Thursday, Hollywood's actors announced their intentions to strike in a press conference, in which Fran Drescher reminded us why she's a star.
"We are all going to be in jeopardy of being replaced by machines and big business who cares more about Wall Street than you and your family,"...
"We are all going to be in jeopardy of being replaced by machines and big business who cares more about Wall Street than you and your family,"...
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https://digiday.com/media/like-media-podcasting-pivoting-paid-complications/
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Digiday
Podcasting looks poised for a major infusion of consumer revenue in the next few years. But there may be some complications.