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Stamford Health’s latest nurse training ground: The Metaverse

Stamford (Conn.) Health launched a program through which nurses can train with virtual reality patients in the Metaverse, the Stamford Advocate reported Feb. 22.  The system launched the new program Jan. 25 with Oxford Medical Simulation. It enables nurses to hone their skills by practicing on patients in the Metaverse with simulated medical conditions. The […]

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Octopus Energy grows largest UK virtual power plant to slash

Octopus Energy says its “virtual power plant” is helping to deliver clean electricity to the grid which can “bring down bills for everyone”. The UK’s third largest energy provider has a smart tariff – Intelligent Octopus – which allows customers with the Octopus Energy app to set the time (and amount) they want their electric […]

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Zuck Talks Generative AI, Metaverse in Meta Earnings Call —

News Zuck Talks Generative AI, Metaverse in Meta Earnings Call As Microsoft and partner OpenAI wow the world with AI advances, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed his company’s priorities for generative AI and the metaverse in a Q4 earnings call. He said Meta is focused on AI, including the company’s discovery engine, ads, business messaging, […]

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What is a virtual network

A computer network as we usually visualize it involves various cables (Ethernet, fiber optic, coaxial) connecting to appliances like routers and switches, which direct data packets where they need to go. The rise of Wi-Fi and cellular data networks have replaced some of those wires with wireless signals, but even radio waves are in the […]

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The Metaverse IRL: Virtual Prototyping Powers Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 allows businesses to innovate freely and iterate infinitely across bridged metaverse environments. This, as the fourth industrial revolution spurs an unprecedented technological transformation that is eroding the lines that once delineated the physical and digital worlds. Powered by a confluence of emergent, next-generation capabilities, including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), edge computing, […]

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Augmented Reality is Gaining Ground on Virtual Reality and the

While virtual reality (VR) has risen to prominence in the last few years, its technological cousin, augmented reality (AR), was busy being perfected outside of the spotlight. The birth of the metaverse — a fully immersive VR experience in which avatars can interact and game — was a paradigm-shifting innovation that understandably demanded the attention […]

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‘Our future is physical, digital and virtual’: L’Oreal’s CMO is

Asmita Dubey, chief digital and marketing officer at L’Oreal, has been nominated for The Drum and the World Federation of Advertisers’ (WFA) Global Marketer of the Year award. We catch up with her on the brand’s ambitious web3 plans. Asmita Dubey has spent the past decade at L’Oreal but it was only in 2021 that […]

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How artificial intelligence and virtual reality are helping

“I can’t believe how far Ducati are ahead,” one top MotoGP engineer told me shortly before I travelled to yesterday’s 2023 Ducati launch in upmarket Italian ski resort Madonna di Campiglio. “The power they can put down out of corners is insane – if they had a Marc Márquez or a Fabio Quartararo on that […]

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NBA Will Broadcast 52 Games In Virtual Reality Within Meta’s

If there’s any sporting event worth watching in the world of basketball during the regular season, it’s the NBA. It is the most important league of the game, where the best names of the world are there. If you have a paid service, you can have a busy morning watching the latest matches in this […]

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Makeup in the Metaverse: Experience Virtual Beauty with metameet

makeup in the metaverse DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, January 20, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — Experience the future of makeup with metameet, a leading Web3 and metaverse solution provider. For the first time in Dubai, metameet is bringing a virtual reality makeup event with the renowned makeup brand Liht Organics at the Mall of the Emirates. Visitors […]