Happy Friday! Courts in favour of Artist over AI, Dangers of addictive AI, Apple Vision Pro deep dive, Next Gen 3d - META VFusion3D & Ready Player Me, ShapesXR Figma Plugin, Games, Apps, Tools & More. Let’s Start — with this week’s episode of XRB Wire.
Friday’s lineup
- + Addictive Intelligence…
+ Artists Win Round One…
+ Nvidia Supports AI Training…
+ META VFusion3D Model AI…
+ Apple Vision Pro Deep Dive…
+ Ready Player Me-Next-Gen 3D…
+ ShapesXR Figma Plugin…
+ Games, Apps, Tools & More…
AI NEWS: BIG STORY
MIT research on Addictive Intelligence
What happens when AI becomes addictive? Researchers foresee a urgent, class of risks: those from forming a relations with nonhuman agents. After an analysis of a million ChatGPT interaction logs reveals that the second most popular use of AI is sexual role-playing. We are already starting to invite AIs into our lives as friends, lovers, mentors, therapists, and teachers.. [Read More]
ChatGPT’s Adoption: A Surging Trend
Recent studies reveal that adoption rates are soaring, with more than 50% of businesses now incorporating ChatGPT into their operations. The trend is particularly strong among younger, less experienced, and high-achieving male employees. [Read More]
Artists Win Round One Against AI Image Generators
In a significant win for the creative community, a court has allowed a copyright infringement case against AI image generators to proceed.[Read More]
OTHER AI NEWS
Gen AI in Business: KPMG Report
KPMG’s latest survey reveals that 75% of business leaders see generative AI as a critical driver of future success. The report highlights how companies are investing heavily in AI technologies to stay competitive. [Read More]
AI Regulation in California: A New Era for Silicon Valley?
A new California bill tabled by state senator, Scott Wiener, might impose restrictions on artificial intelligence. This has sparked a flurry of activity among tech companies, investors, and activists, as they rush to understand the potential impact of this pioneering legislation on the state’s tech industry? [Read More]
Grok: AI Image Generation for X
Elon Musk’s X AI has introduced Grok, a tool that can now generate images directly on X. [ Read More]
Nvidia: AI Training in California
Nvidia is stepping up to help California train its residents in advanced AI skills. With the state’s growing demand for AI expertise, Nvidia is partnering with educational institutions to offer courses and resources tailored to the workforce. This initiative aims to equip workers with the knowledge needed to bridge the skills gap in AI. [ Read More]
NEWS: XR / Game / Design
9 Takeaways from the Apple Vision Pro After 6 Months [Long Read]
Mathew Ball, shares his take on Apple’s most ambitious product in 17 years launched on February 2. Instead of jumping to conclusions, he chose to spend several months using the device and presents an deep dive on what Vision Pro has accomplished, where it’s fallen short, and the fair and unfair critiques it has received. [Read More]
Supermoves: By Makea Games
Set to hit Steam, “Supermoves is the ultimate parkour showdown where you and your friends run, jump and grind rails to glory! Go head to head in Bomb Tag, reach the finish line before the Rising Tide or race up to 40 players in Royale. Make your own games and levels with its powerful tools.” [Watch]
Puzzle Sculpt : by Schell Games to release on Apple Vision Pro
Launched on Apple Vision Pro, Puzzle Sculpt offers a unique blend of creativity and gaming. This innovative app allows users to sculpt 3D puzzles in a mixed reality environment, “Featuring over 70 puzzles & 12 hours of game-play.” [Watch]
META VFusion3D: Image to 3D
Facebook’s VFusion3D builds scalable 3D generative models utilizing pre-trained video diffusion models. Trained on nearly 3M synthetic multi-view data, it can generate a 3D asset from a single image in seconds. [Read More] [Try it]
NOTE: We tried it, but there was some technical issues.
Next-Gen Solutions: XR / Games / 3D
Ready Player Me: Next-Gen 3D Avatars Creation
Ready Player Me is taking avatar creation to the next level with its latest update. The platform now offers more customization options, allowing users to create highly personalized avatars for virtual worlds. [Read More]
ShapesXR Figma Plugin
With this integration, designers can bring their Figma design into Shapes XR apps, with a single click. [Read More]
Dragon Dash: A New Adventure in Mixed Reality
Dragon Dash, an AR game available on 8th Wall. Is a Flappy Bird clone. created in Niantic Studio, using systems like physics, custom components, and GLTF animations. [ Play the Game]
NOTE: Niantic Studio is a visual editor ( recently launched) and web gaming platform for building rich, XR and 3D experiences, mini web games, and more in real time.
TOOLS
Napkin ai: Get Visuals from your text. Napkin turns your text into visuals so sharing your ideas is quick and effective.
FlowGPT: Turn any Idea into a short film with AI.
Move ai: The Next Generation of motion capture. Move AI’s marker less motion capture products make it easy to capture and create 3D animations.
Mobbin : The world’s largest mobile and web design library. Save hours of UI & UX research with our library of 300,000+ screens from the world’s best designed apps
A1 Art: Generates a creative variety of images from your image.
PS. I am on the lookout for Project / Stories / Launches / Products / Case Studies / Use Cases that my audience wants to read. So feel free to connect up & share the details. Will be glad to cover it in the upcoming newsletters. Its FREE.
That’s ALL for this WEEK! AI is now an entrenced player with supporters & detractors playing a tug of war. We need AI regulation that benefits everyone & not just the most powerfull with entrenced interests. We are also seeing the advent of next gen apps & tools that will help simplify 3D content creation for games, XR & films.
Stay tuned for next week’s updates. Until then, let’s keep exploring new ideas and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND.
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