All sessions, including the tracks, are recorded and posted on YouTube after the show. The conference, which features twelve agenda tracks and 400 speakers, will be keynoted by John Riccitello, CEO of Unity, and and Hugo Swart, VP & GM of XR and Metaverse at Qualcomm. People who can’t attend will be able watch the main stage presentations online at AWE.live for free. There are over 250 vendors on the show floor, which includes AWE’s Playground, with experiential entertainment offerings.
The conference, now in its 13th year, brings together hardware manufacturers, software companies, XR professionals, journalists, investors, and students. Apparently no one ever told Clegg and his handlers at Meta that too much explaining can kill a good story.Īugmented World Expo, The World’s Leading XR Conference in Santa Clara June 1st - 3rd. Clegg promised to be good about privacy, safety and integrity, and outlined contributions the company is making to education and diversity. Ironically, were it not for Facebook's acquisition of Oculus VR in 2014, and its Facebook’s subsequent re-branding as Meta last October no one would be talking about the Metaverse. Everyone else, Epic, Google, Roblox, etc.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has openly ridiculed the Metaverse. They’re making the Playstation 2 VR and invested two billion dollars in Epic Games’ metaverse. No else really cares about VR or the Meta Metaverse. Personally, I found the essay rather sad.
I guess Clegg felt last October’s 70 minute minute rebranding movie was not enough explaining. The lengthy document is a whopping thirty minute read so you may want to read Techcrunch’s venomous summary instead. I have no idea why it was not on Meta’s website. Nick Clegg, Meta’s President, Global Affairs, former Deputy Prime Minister of the UK, and Zuckerberg confidante, dropped this metaverse manifesto on Medium. The transactions are expected to close in the 3rd quarter of 2022. The combined company is expected to be renamed “Two Bit Entertainment Corp.” and continue to be listed on NASDAQ under the symbol REVE.
The company will then spend $65 million in cash and stock to purchase two full-service conference hotels located in Denver, CO and Stamford, CT, which will be reconvated and rebranded as Reveler's Resorts, which will be powered by Two Bit Circus Technology. TBC just announced its second location in Dallas. First, the SPAC, Alpine Acquisition Corporation, will acquire LA-based Two Bit Circus (TBC) for $50M. In this case, there is a little more to it. For those being acquired, it provides a faster path toward public markets than an initial offering. A SPAC is a shell company created for the sole intention of acquiring or merging with another company and then taking that business public. Two Bit Circus' flagship location launched in downtown Los Angeles in 2019. 9to5mac and Road to VR dropped stories about why it’s taken this long. They are reportedly working on other ambitious headsets that will be introduced later in the decade. Their team of 2,000 engineers has offices off of the main Apple campus, in nearby Sunnyvale. Apple VP Mike Rockwell and former head of hardware engineering, Dan Riccio, lead the Project Development Group (PDG) that developed N301. The stand alone headset is powered by Apple's newest M-1 chips and has ultra-high-resolution screens, and will therefore be expensive, perhaps several thousand dollars. The device, codenamed N301, can deliver both VR and AR experiences with a pass-through camera. Close up of eye surrounded by statistics and apple analytics gettyĪpple (AAPL) Shows Headset to Board in Sign It’s Reached Advanced Stage Bloomberg’s exclusive story describes how Apple’s board was shown XR demos at their meeting last week, perhaps portending an immanent announcement, perhaps as soon as the company’s annual developer conference two weeks from now. Woman wearing modern spectacles Smart glasses and reality concept with futuristic screen.