focusIR May 2024 Investor Webinar: Blue Whale, Kavango, Taseko Mines & CQS Natural Resources. Catch up with the webinar here.
Weds/Thursday this week we have the Singapore FinTech Festival (Biggest one on calendar) Amongst those Attending is HSBC and a couple of other companies that have shown interest in Engage.
HSBC have done a pre event “Digital Hive “part of that being experience the metaverse in the picture here you can see Engage link.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/activity:6992750820664508416
Also to confirm
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/activity:6992835150824800256
“Thanks ENGAGE XR Alina Mikhaleva and Alex for the wonderful support today”
Could this week be a good week to release Engage link ?
I really don’t know but great to see HSBC still involved .
Quite a few updates today with a few interesting ones like concerts
https://engagevr.io/release-notes/
Also noticed app logo on phone has changed to a link after update
Interesting report
“In the next 6-12 months 39 percent of UK respondents said that they plan to invest in cryptocurrencies, whereas in the next 1-2 years, 43 percent plan to invest in VR/AR technologies, followed by Web3 with 42 percent of UK respondents planning to invest. Looking more long-term, 47 percent of UK respondents are planning to invest in NFTs and the Metaverse in the next 3-5 years.
Over two-thirds (70 percent) of UK respondents indicated that they plan to outsource and/or partner with technology companies to build and deploy Metaverse and Web3 technologies. The majority of UK firms (54 percent) are waiting to invest in the Metaverse, with the primary trigger being when the technologies are more developed and more widely adopted”
https://home.kpmg/uk/en/home/media/press-releases/2022/10/digital-investment.html
Just to back up my comments
“Photogrammetry is the process of taking thousands of images and using that data to build an accurate 3D model using software. #Meta showed this as a future feature for their own platform last week. We have been doing this for years”
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/activity:6988441654470844416
Would also appear that Meta is still struggling with legs on Avatars which as we know Engage have already sorted.
https://www.roadtovr.com/meta-avatar-legs-tracking-motion-capture/amp/
Evening JDF7 Also read about the Metaverse problems with Meta it does make you wonder how they have spent all that money and yet their platform is far inferior to Engage at the moment.
Many months ago DW did say Engage was far ahead of the competition and it appears they still are to the extent that Meta still uses Engage for large group meetings and indeed have a digital twin of Meta HQ again on Engage .
Also have read about some problems with Spatial on large events .
Lots of news due looking forward to the next update which as we know will come before Y/E
What do you make of this SC ?
Capgemini Invent blog on VR
3. The enterprise readiness of a platform, particularly around security.
https://blog.appliedinnovationexchange.com/extended-reality-in-the-workplace-97ca375a028
Then note the comments and likes here
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/activity:6990701165281726465
Have noticed ACCIONA working in Engage for a for quite a while now.
Tomorrow they have a demo event
https://app.engagevr.io/events/1kWZr/view
ACCIONA is another multi £B T/O company with a great deal of interest in the VR market
https://www.acciona.com/virtual-visits-to-energy-facilities/?_adin=01742670631
Would be a fine catch if they come onboard .
Security is going to be paramount for Engage being an Enterprise Metaverse with high ranking CEO,s etc using the platform.
From a financial point of view Interpol is made up of 196 countries if each of them have 50 annual licences for training etc another solid income.
Clarified as Engage here
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/ugcPost:6988830426177974272
Interpol metaverse report
https://www.euronews.com/next/amp/2022/10/20/interpol-sets-up-its-own-metaverse-to-learn-how-to-police-the-virtual-world
This is good news for Engage
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/activity:6988402692284985344
Steve Grubbs
CEO at VictoryXR * Education/training on Metaversity Campuses * YPO *
I'm happy to say that the list of 19 that is public is only half of the true number which is currently standing at 38.
-> 12 months ago, that metaversity number was 2. Today, 38.
-> By the end of the year, 45.
-> 12 months from now, 100+
Just to add
“The Greater Manchester Imaging Network is a collaborative partnership of eight NHS Hospital Trusts. ”
https://greatermanchesterdiagnostics.nhs.uk/imaging-network/members-networks
Good to see the team spreading the news.
https://mobile.twitter.com/GM_Imaging/status/1579783922728468480
Yesterday we held a stakeholder engagement event looking at breathlessness pathways.
There were some great discussions in the room from everyone involved and a presentation from
@BleepaMe
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#celebrities what the hell does that mean ?
SC in the Q/A in the last investor meet JW was asked how many launch partners does he expect his answer 10 so quite a few more to be announced.
WG I am also hoping he provides a new medium term outlook based on the metaverse launch but like SC I am not sure when although the partners could be announced anytime .
Anyway have a great weekend chaps . OT
David Whelan
David Whelan1st
Chief Executive Officer at ENGAGE XR Holdings Plc
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Calling all #Character #Animators, we need someone senior to join us immediately for an extremely large and prestigious project. I am posting this old trailer of ours in the hope it will catch your eye. This was an animation heavy experience we built for the #BBC some years back. Things have moved on considerably and we are looking for the best people to work with us and our clients. I can't say much yet about this project publicly but please reach out here https://lnkd.in/eW8-t55q if you want to work in the #metaverse with awesome #corporations and #celebrities
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/activity:6986623819457167360
This Australian uni just got a huge chunk of funding for immersive education.
https://www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/news/2022/october/grants-give-students-opportunities-and-high-tech-skills
Luckily they use Engage as a platform
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/activity:6985860773700894720
In the tweet we se DW with the new headset on doing something intricate with his fingers I would stab as guess that they have been working on AR.
On that subject good review here along with what Lenovo think about AR/VR
https://www.nojitter.com/unified-communications-collaboration/enterprise-market-may-nudge-ar-and-vr-together
Unusual tweet from EXR
“Working on something special for the past while. More info coming soon. Congratulations to #meta on there announcements yesterday.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/engage_xr/status/1580170383671840768
Thanks SC again a very good read.
This is a summary of the Meta connect event interested to note the new feature’s on Horizon workrooms they seem exactly the same as Engage has had for ages.
Breakout groups: We’ve introduced the ability for teams to shift from a big group presentation into smaller discussions in the same room for more active brainstorming. With spatial audio this means you can hear your breakout group clearly and the ambient discussions in the rest of the room, with less distraction.
Sticky notes for whiteboard: Right now you can turn any free space in your physical environment into a virtual whiteboard. We’re introducing the ability to add sticky notes to the whiteboard for brainstorming and collaborating. And because it’s persistent, it will all still be there the next time anyone on your team logs in to that Workroom.
Multiple screens in a new personal office: The solo Workrooms experience is also getting a major update. We’re shipping the ability to spawn three massive virtual screens on your desk, as well as four types of personal environments. These changes, combined with color passthrough, will turn your headset into a portable office.
https://www.oculus.com/blog/future-of-work-meta-connect-2022-quest-pro-microsoft-accenture/