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2024 World Virtual Reality Innovation Conference kicks off in Qingdao
1 month, 1 week ago

2024 World Virtual Reality Innovation Conference kicks off in Qingdao

China Daily  

The 2024 World Virtual Reality Innovation Conference was held on Nov 12 and 13 in Laoshan district, Qingdao. During the keynote speeches, top executives from leading companies such as Goertek Inc and HTC delivered keynote addresses, sharing practical experiences around building an entire ecosystem for the virtual reality industry value chain. It will also work to set up business parks …

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Video: PM Modi uses virtual reality headset to inspect Kashi ropeway project
10 months ago

Video: PM Modi uses virtual reality headset to inspect Kashi ropeway project

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a day-long visit to his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi on Friday, used a virtual reality headset to inspect the Kashi ropeway project. These projects will give a boost to the development of Northern India along with Kashi," PM Modi said. Modi, referring to the consecration of Ram Lalla's idol on January …

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‘I saw the future. It left me in tears’
1 year, 6 months ago

‘I saw the future. It left me in tears’

The Independent  

I am sat in someone else's living room, with someone else's children, celebrating someone else's birthday, and I am on the edge of tears. I'm one of the first people in the world to try Apple's new "Vision Pro" virtual reality headset, and I am about to start weeping for a family I have never met. open image in gallery …

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China beefs up cultural relic protection with digital technology
1 year, 8 months ago

China beefs up cultural relic protection with digital technology

China Daily  

Mogao Grottoes, a world cultural heritage site in Dunhuang of Gansu province, on Oct 2, 2019. On Tuesday, an interactive digital platform called the "Digital Library Cave" was launched, featuring a virtual duplication of the Library Cave, employing digital technology to revive the relics for the benefit of both researchers and the general public. Jointly developed by the Dunhuang Academy …

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Metaverse: Ready to mimic the physical world to enhance learning
1 year, 11 months ago

Metaverse: Ready to mimic the physical world to enhance learning

India Today  

An 'evolutionary leap' in the world of technology, Metaverse offers a unique opportunity to enter the universe of new learning experiences. Both Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 18.2 percent from the year 2022 to 2027, are offering immersive learning experiences to students. With Metaverse gradually taking over the education industry, it will equip …

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Interpol launches first-ever metaverse for law enforcement worldwide
2 years, 2 months ago

Interpol launches first-ever metaverse for law enforcement worldwide

The Hindu  

The Interpol on Thursday unveiled the first-ever ‘metaverse’ specifically designed for law enforcement worldwide, at its ongoing 90th General Assembly in Delhi. The Interpol metaverse allows the registered users to take a virtual tour of its general secretariat headquarters in France’s Lyon, interact with other officers via their avatars, and even take training courses in forensic investigation and other policing …

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Digital damsels set the fashion for the future
2 years, 4 months ago

Digital damsels set the fashion for the future

China Daily  

Visitors interact with an artificial intelligence virtual avatar during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai last July. Meet Tianyu, a virtual maiden on a mission to acquaint the world with Chinese heritage and culture, who has garnered millions of followers since her April debut on short video platforms Douyin and TikTok. Modeled on the flying Apsaras of Mogao Caves' …

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The First Metaverse From 2003 Is Making A Re-Entry
2 years, 11 months ago

The First Metaverse From 2003 Is Making A Re-Entry

News 18  

Metaverse is the latest buzzword to take over the tech space. was invented by Philip Rosedale, who has now decided to bring back an evolved version of Second Life, now that metaverse is more popular than ever. The Cnet report quotes Rosedale as saying that VR headsets still aren?t good enough as they are a?blindfold to the real world that …

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New York’s Carnegie Hall launches on-demand video network
3 years ago

New York’s Carnegie Hall launches on-demand video network

Associated Press  

Carnegie Hall is launching an on-demand video network that features recorded performances of classical artists known for performing at the famed venue. Carnegie executive and artistic director Clive Gillinson said the Hall began exploring a network about 15 years ago, initially as an audio-only project. The classical streaming marketplace already includes the Berlin Philharmonic’s Digital Concert Hall, launched in 2008, …

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Razer is ‘preparing for the metaverse’ and predicts ‘balance between physical and virtual worlds’, CEO says
3 years, 3 months ago

Razer is ‘preparing for the metaverse’ and predicts ‘balance between physical and virtual worlds’, CEO says

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In its latest earning call, Razer’s chief financial officer Chong Neng Tan said that hardware contributed to …

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UK to Send 1,000 More Ventilators Ahead of Modi-Johnson Virtual Talks on Tuesday
3 years, 7 months ago

UK to Send 1,000 More Ventilators Ahead of Modi-Johnson Virtual Talks on Tuesday

News 18  

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to agree a "huge range" of commitments to deepen cooperation between the two countries, including on combating the coronavirus pandemic, Downing Street said on Sunday. "On Tuesday the Prime Minister will hold a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Modi to agree a huge …

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Biden’s virtual climate summit: Diplomacy sans human touch
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden’s virtual climate summit: Diplomacy sans human touch

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — There will be no hands to shake or backs to slap, no way to look a foreign leader in the eye. President Joe Biden, a most hands-on politician, this week will host a major climate summit with dozens of world leaders — all of them stuck on Zoom. “There’s no substitute for face-to-face discussions,” Biden said Friday as …

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每日一词∣维护多边主义 uphold multilateralism
3 years, 10 months ago

每日一词∣维护多边主义 uphold multilateralism

China Daily  

1月25日，国家主席习近平在北京以视频方式出席世界经济论坛“达沃斯议程”对话会并发表特别致辞，阐述了中国的多边主义立场。习近平指出，我们今天所作的每一个抉择、采取的每一项行动，都将决定世界的未来。 President Xi Jinping elaborated on China's stance on multilateralism at a virtual meeting on Jan 25. "Every choice and move we make today will shape the world of the future," said Xi in his special address at the World Economic Forum Virtual Event of the Davos Agenda. 2021年1月18日，巴西圣保罗州坎皮纳斯市首名接种者、49岁的女护士利亚娜•蒂诺科（中）在接种中国新冠疫苗。（图片来源：新华社） 【知识点】 多边主义的要义是国际上的事由大家共同商量着办，世界前途命运由各国共同掌握。在国际上搞“小圈子”、“新冷战”，排斥、威胁、恐吓他人，动不动就搞脱钩、断供、制裁，人为造成相互隔离甚至隔绝，只能把世界推向分裂甚至对抗。一个分裂的世界无法应对人类面临的共同挑战，对抗将把人类引入死胡同。在这个问题上，人类付出过惨痛代价。殷鉴不远，我们决不能再走那条老路。 我们要秉持人类命运共同体理念，坚守和平、发展、公平、正义、民主、自由的全人类共同价值，摆脱意识形态偏见，最大程度增强合作机制、理念、政策的开放性和包容性，共同维护世界和平稳定。要建设开放型世界经济，坚定维护多边贸易体制，不搞歧视性、排他性标准、规则、体系，不搞割裂贸易、投资、技术的高墙壁垒。要巩固二十国集团作为全球经济治理主要平台的地位，密切宏观经济政策协调，维护全球产业链供应链稳定顺畅，维护全球金融体系稳健运行，推进结构性改革，扩大全球总需求，推动世界经济实现更高质量、更有韧性的发展。 【重要讲话】 世界上的问题错综复杂，解决问题的出路是维护和践行多边主义，推动构建人类命运共同体。 The problems facing the world are …

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HTLS 2020: Priyanka Chopra reveals advice from mom that motivates her to give back to society
4 years ago

HTLS 2020: Priyanka Chopra reveals advice from mom that motivates her to give back to society

Hindustan Times  

Actor Priyanka Chopra spoke about the importance of giving back to society and using her platform as a ‘global icon’, at the 18th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on Friday. Priyanka said that from a very young age, she had been made aware of the responsibility that she had been bestowed with, as someone who could ‘influence’ the masses. Speaking about …

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Challenges faced in the world of education
4 years, 1 month ago

Challenges faced in the world of education

India Today  

The pandemic will be remembered in the words of Dickens as “the worst of times” and, in the most unintended ways, also “the best of times”. “When we get sick our students’ parents come into the room and give us virtual hugs”, she beams, “And because they have been inside their children’s classrooms, these parents are now following the same …

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UN chief terms COVID-19 as game-changer for international peace, security
4 years, 3 months ago

UN chief terms COVID-19 as game-changer for international peace, security

India TV News  

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders that the COVID-19 pandemic has become a game-changer for international peace and security. "It is a game-changer for international peace and security," said the UN chief, emphasizing that the process can play a key role in "promoting unity and aligning thinking" on how to beat back the pandemic. "The world faces grave security …

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Happy that so many people have discovered chess during pandemic: Viswanathan Anand
4 years, 5 months ago

Happy that so many people have discovered chess during pandemic: Viswanathan Anand

India TV News  

Chess has attracted many first-timers during the COVID-19 pandemic and the massive reach of the internet has made it a "truly global sport", five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand said to mark the first ever World Chess Day. I believe that it is never more widely disseminated as it is now," Anand said in a virtual commemoration of the World Chess …

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