(VRPinea, February 18) Today's key news: In 2022, many technology companies around the world will focus on VR/AR technology development; Meta said that its social VR platform Horizon has 300,000 users; meta-universe game platform provider Encore Studios completed a $7 million financing;
In 2022, many technology companies around the world will focus on VR/AR technology development
According to the global technology network DIGIMIES, industry observers said that many technology companies around the world will focus on VR/AR technology development this year, in order to adapt to the meta-universe market faster in the future.
According to statistics, Meta's VR application was the most downloaded app in the US market last Christmas, and foreign data agency IDC estimated that Meta sold 5.3 million to 6.8 million VR headsets last year, almost double the sales of 3.5 million devices in 2020. As Meta CEO Zuckerberg heavily bets on the metaverse, some experts point out that VR technology is key to making this concept a reality. But with the metacosm not possible in the short term, observers expect tech companies to shift their focus to VR/AR this year.
VRPinea exclusive comment: At present, the two companies with the earliest layout and the most competitive position in the XR industry on the market should be Meta and Apple, and the leading boss leads the team.
Meta says its social VR platform Horizon already has 300,000 users
Recently, Chris Cox, Chief Product Officer of Meta, said that its social VR platform Horizon has 300,000 users
Prior to the product's December launch, Horizon Worlds was in beta for creators to test their world-building tools. Horizon Worlds works similarly to the game platform Roblox or Microsoft's Minecraft, where Horizon Worlds enables people to build custom environments that act as virtual avatars to hang out and play games in. Meta announced this week that 10,000 separate worlds have been built in Horizon Worlds to date, and its private Facebook group service group for creators now has more than 20,000 members.
VRPinea exclusive comment: Will the later platform encounter the same troubles as Tencent QQ in terms of monetization
Meta-Universe game platform provider Encore Studios completed a $7 million funding round
According to reports, Encore Studios, a meta-universe game platform provider, completed a $7 million funding round led by Defense Capital and with the participation of Ascensive Assets, Not3lau Capital and IOSG. The new funds will be used to develop its metaverse game MixMob.
Based on the Solana blockchain, Encore Studios is turning MixMob into a P2E (play-and-earn) game. In MixMob, evil AI destroys all human culture. Players will become part of the Resistance and will be tasked with "rebuilding human civilization and overthrowing the dark reign of AI."
VRPinea Exclusive Review: Players can gain benefits through battles, and the temptation is indeed quite large.
To improve security and moderation, Microsoft announced the removal of the AltspaceVR Social Hub
Microsoft recently announced that in order to improve the security and moderation of AltspaceVR, it will delete all social centers in the social application AltspaceVR and require users to use Microsoft accounts to log in to VR social applications. In addition, Microsoft will turn on its existing security bubble feature by default, and new accounts participating in AltspaceVR events will be automatically muted.
It is worth noting that AltspaceVR will further match Microsoft's family safety settings, which allow parents to activate parental control features.
VRPinea Exclusive Review: To prevent harassment, Meta also enabled personal boundaries for its VR social platform Horizon earlier this month.
The VR rhythm game Drums Rock is about to land on Meta Quest
Drums Rock is a VR rhythm music game developed by Garage 51 that was originally scheduled to be released later last year. After a period of postponement, Garage 51 announced that the game will be released to Quest via App Lab on February 17.
It is reported that "Drums Rock" is a drumming VR game. Players will follow the rock rhythm of the game to beat a drum with the aim of crushing oncoming demons. The color of the drum corresponds to the color of the demon, and the player must hit the corresponding color before the demon flies in, thus crushing the demon.
VRPinea exclusive review: I hope that the music library is a little more, VR rhythm music game can make players excited.