Apple's new MR patents 🍏, Cannes and Spotify getting into the Metaverse 🌐 and more!
Hola! 👽 Thanks for returning to Augmented Rarity. Here's this week’s review 👇
Extended Reality 🥽
Finally a game changer! Patent suggests apple glass could have vision correction 👓. You don't know how many times I have passed on VR because I was wearing my glasses and I was too lazy to put in my contact lenses 😥
And speaking of Apple’s patents, they are also suggesting they could be self-cleaning 🧼. I mean why not. Headsets nowadays fog up very easily. According to the article, it will mainly be focused on improving obstructed views caused by dust to ensure the users get a good viewing experience.
In the end, both patents will improve our experience of entering the digital world 🤿 such as spatial audio, real-time 3D and over 349 other patents they have filled MR reality related 📑
And one more Apple 🍏 related, Apple’s board members have already tested its new device. Can we please get a release date? 🤓
Horizon worlds adds a large library of pre-made assets 📦, will be testing this next week because I haven’t really tried to build anything in Horizon yet, have you? 🌐
Researches use Air to Simulate Haptic Feedback in VR Sports 🌬, specifically for racket sports such as table tennis, tennis, and badminton 🏓 Not a game changer but definitely a nice to have!
Metaverse 🌐
Cannes bringing the “Metaverse” to the film industry 🎬 by making a NFT collection, kicking off tomorrow, May 23 🗓. Same benefits as always: collectives, membership, etc. I don’t know about you but I’m here waiting for NFTs to reinvent themselves or so, it’s been like this for months.
Spotify is also getting in by experimenting with musician NFT galleries 🎤. Now it's only available in the US and features artists like Steve Aoki (apparently he is a crypto believer) and The Wombats, but the end result is the same: hundreds or thousands of generative avatars available in OpenSea 🌊
And the last patent of the day, Meta Pay 💸. Wondering what this tech giant will be able to do bringing our data to web3.
Miscellaneous 🍿
In case you are looking for something to watch this week, Love❤️, Death☠️ and Robots🤖 launched its third season!
You should watch all the seasons if you haven't already 🤭 It's a series of scifi and dystopian stories that make you think about our present, very Black Mirror 📺
Every chapter is independent, to the extent that the art direction and style of each chapter change based on the producer 🏆
Hope you liked this week’s selection! 💜
See you next Sunday, have a great week ✨
Best,
Martina