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The NBA aired an entire game using volumetric video tech that renders players in 3D in real-time

TechSpot

The latter nickname plays off the term metaverse because it delivers content in a virtual 3D environment, but its technically called volumetric video. Last night, the NBA became the first organization to broadcast an entire game in a format it calls "NBA CourtView" or "Netaverse." The tech used is not.

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Video Training Content: Transform Your Training Material

Kitaboo

Traditional classroom lectures are giving way to a preference for videos as the primary medium for expediting comprehension, knowledge retention, and skill enhancement among learners. Technology plays an important role in creating and delivering videos as training material. Video Training Content: A Brief II. billion in 2023.

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Microsoft is planning 3D metaverse apps for Xbox and gaming

The Verge

Microsoft just announced its Microsoft Teams metaverse for meetings and video calls, but the company also has plans for gaming and entertainment. In some sense, they’re 2D today, and the question is can you now take that to a full 3D world, and we absolutely plan to do so.”. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Image: Microsoft.

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Possible Reality puts your face on a video game character

Venture Beast

Possible Reality can take a 2D picture of your face and turn it into a photorealistic 3D avatar inside a video game or virtual world. Read More.

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This Microsoft Flight Simulator video highlights 40 years of PC gaming changes

The Verge

Microsoft kicked off its virtual Ignite conference today with a look back at how Microsoft Flight Simulator has changed since its introduction in 1982. map out the real world into a virtual one. Microsoft’s video begins with Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0 , which was originally released in 1982 for IBM-compatible PCs.

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Samsung imagines how its first AR glasses might look in these leaked concept videos

The Verge

The second video shows off the very similar “Samsung AR Glasses” concept, though this time it’s letting the user “see” 3D digital objects appear in the real world, a visual that should be instantly familiar to you if you’ve ever seen any of Microsoft’s HoloLens marketing.

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Here’s how Google’s experimental 3D telepresence booth works

The Verge

Project Starline is essentially a 3D video chat booth that aims to replace a one-on-one 2D video conference call with an experience that feels like you’re actually sitting in front of a real human being. In total, color images from four viewpoints are captured, as well as three depth maps, for a total of seven video streams.

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