Daily Metaverse|Alipay Jiwufu launched a new AI gameplay, and Disney developed a VR treadmill floor

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Today's guide

• Alipay's "Jiwufu" was upgraded to "Wufujie", and four major AI gameplay methods were launched

• Disney is developing a VR treadmill floor that supports multiple users

• iFLYTEK will release an open-source model and a voice model next Tuesday

• Bloomberg launches AI-powered summary app for earnings calls

• The first batch of Apple's Vision Pro headsets have been shipped, and the huge packaging box has been exposed: extremely unenvironmentally friendly

• PGA Tour Vision 美巡赛将与苹果 Vision Pro 发售同期举行

• BMW will use humanoid robots in its U.S. car factories

OpenAI's CEO plans to establish an AI chip joint venture

On January 22, according to foreign media The Information, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (Sam Altman) plans to establish a global factory network to lay out semiconductors. Altman has spoken to several companies, including Abu Dhabi-based G42 and Japan's SoftBank Group Inc., to raise billions of dollars for the project. Altman has been in discussions with semiconductor industry executives since last year to reduce the cost of large language models with new chip designs. According to people with direct knowledge of the matter, although OpenAI will use these chips, Altman said that the layout of these joint ventures is separate from OpenAI. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Alipay's "Jiwufu" was upgraded to "Wufujie", and four major AI gameplay methods were launched

On January 23rd, Alipay announced that this year's newly upgraded "Five Blessings Festival" will be opened on January 29th, launching the "Soaring Small Theater", "Talking Red Envelope", "Time and Space Photo Studio", "Everyone Come to Find Blessings" 4 new AI new gameplay, just one photo can play big names to fight acting, send talking red envelopes, take photos in the air for thousands of miles of reunion, and you can also challenge with AI drawing, and find blessings in Wanfu Tu.

Disney is developing a VR treadmill floor that supports multiple users

On January 23, Disney announced the launch of a VR treadmill floor project "HoloTile", the device consists of many individual "tiles" that can rotate and adapt to the user's stride to achieve walking in any given direction. In the official showcase, one participant can be seen walking in a limited area wearing a Quest Pro headset, multiple participants can walk in different directions, and objects can also be moved at fixed points on the floor effortlessly. The project comes from Disney researcher Lanny Smoot, who Disney has described as "the world's first multiplayer, omnidirectional, modular, scalable treadmill floor" that allows multiple people to share a VR experience, walk unlimited distances in any direction, and never collide or leave its surface. In addition to being used in VR, HoloTile can also be used as theatrical stage equipment, allowing performers to move and dance in new ways, or for the movement of stage props and structures.

iFLYTEK will release an open-source model and a voice model next Tuesday

On January 23, iFLYTEK announced today that the first national open large model trained on the national computing power platform, iFLYTEK Xinghuo V3.5, will be officially released at 14 o'clock on January 30, and the model's core capabilities such as logical reasoning, language understanding, text generation, mathematical answering, and multimodality have been greatly improved. At the same time, the Spark voice model and the Spark open source model will be released for the first time, and the first iFLYTEK corporate history "Spark Legend", which reveals the secrets of iFLYTEK Xinghuo and iFLYTEK's entrepreneurial spirit pedigree, will also be officially released.

Bloomberg launches AI-powered summary app for earnings calls

On January 23, Bloomberg announced that it would provide artificial intelligence (AI)-driven earnings call summary applications in the Bloomberg terminal, which will help analysts in the research process through the practical application of artificial intelligence, such as performance guidance, capital allocation, recruitment and manpower planning, macro environment, new products, supply chain issues and consumer demand.

The first batch of Apple's Vision Pro headsets have been shipped, and the huge packaging box has been exposed: extremely unenvironmentally friendly

On January 23, it was reported that Apple's Vision Pro had previously opened pre-sale, and according to the latest news from pre-orders in the United States, Apple has now shipped to the first batch of users. However, according to the official arrangement, even if the goods arrive early, they will not be delivered until February 2, when the official sale will begin. It is worth noting that there are also Apple employees who leaked the shape of the Vision Pro's outer packaging in advance, and the packaging box is very huge, which is completely inconsistent with the "environmental protection" concept that Apple has been promoting in the past two years.

PGA Tour Vision 美巡赛将与苹果 Vision Pro 发售同期举行

On January 23, PGA Tour Vision announced that it will be held at the same time as the release of Apple's Vision Pro, which is expected to be in full swing in Los Angeles from February 15 to 18, when golf fans and users who have purchased Vision Pro can have a new way to watch the PGA Tour. Tour views will be available on all 18-hole tournaments at The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in mid-March, and PGA Tour Vision aims to offer that feature on 18 holes at every Signature event in 2024. According to the Tour, the Space 2D window will also include highlights such as leaderboards, course information, and videos. Instead of using a controller, users can see shots from anywhere on the hole and can also navigate in PGA Tour Vision using their eyes, hands, or through body movements.

BMW will use humanoid robots in its U.S. car factories

On January 23, it was reported that following Tesla, BMW has also joined the army of humanoid robots and will be piloted at its factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina. A California startup called Figure has developed the humanoid robot, called Figure 01, and has reached an agreement with BMW to deploy a "universal humanoid robot" in automotive manufacturing. BMW and Figure will first assess the feasibility of integrating the robots into existing processes before gradually introducing them to the Spartanburg plant, where they will be responsible for the production of the X3, X4, X5, X6, X7 and XM series SUVs. Figure plans to apply the robot to a variety of applications, including warehousing, logistics, and retail.