Virtual reality helps bell Helicopter design new aircraft 90 percent faster
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to create new concepts and products in 10% of the time it used to take radically accelerates the rate of global innovation. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
Luma AI brings photo realistic virtual worlds closer to reality
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We’re all used to the cartoon like VR worlds that dominate the Metaverse, but photo realistic worlds aren’t far away now … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
Igloo Vision demos it’s spectacular AI generated infinite 360 degree worlds
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today designers create virtual worlds and games, but AI is already starting to take over and create worlds and games that are different for every user and that grow and change infinitely. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with...
Levi announce plans to supplement human models with digital ones
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We can see a point int time where many human models will be made redundant by digital versions, but in the interim companies are using soft phrasing to cushion the blow. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses...
Snoop Dog Larry hits up the Metaverse with new B.O.D.R track
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When it comes to pushing real and virtual boundaries multiple artists are pushing the boundaries, including the Dogg. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Snoop...
In a virtual first virtual offices in New York are being sold as NFTs
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Would you buy a virtual office building on a swanky New York street as an NFT? Someone just did … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
Tommy Hilfiger CEO spills the beans on how Metaverse fashion week added value
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many companies are still wondering how the Metaverse adds value to their business and this is one interesting insight. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
This VR gadget lets you feel spiders on your face
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Haptics are already being built into clothing but this is a new and interesting take on the technology. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
Fighter pilots take the simulators into battle to fight augmented reality foes
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Simulators for training are OK and real world battle training is expensive and complex, now using Augmented Reality fighter pilots have the best of both in the real world. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself...
Dubai plans on becoming the world’s third metaverse city
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Countries are increasingly thinking about creating digital twins of their cities so they can better analyse data about them and also put them in the metaverse to improve services and revenue. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future...
Coca Cola plunges into the Metaverse with pixel flavoured cola promo
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF While the Metaverse might seem complicated it’s just another digital-virtual channel for brands to explore and monetise. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
Jonnie Walker jumps into the Metaverse with a rare $35,000 NFT
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Web 3.0 and other technologies give companies the opportunity to monetise things in new ways and create new virtual revenue streams. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Barbados opens the world’s first recognised sovereign embassy in the metaverse
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Asides from establishing leadership in the metaverse opening the first official metaverse embassy sends a powerful message about the future of so called “Technology Diplomacy.” Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential...
Digital design studio The Fabricant lets everyone become a Metaverse fashion designer
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Every skill is being democratised and made simpler to master, and now fashion design is in the technology cross hairs with the added benefit this new platform lets you earn NFT $$$. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with...
Zaha Hadid architects lay out plans for a giant libertarian city in the metaverse
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today individuals can create giant social, software, or E-Commerce platforms, tomorrow they could build, run, and own everything that goes on in an entire virtual city … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
Dubai’s virtual asset regulator is the world’s first to create an HQ in the Metaverse
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Regulators are often way behind the curve when it comes to learning about new technologies and innovations, and the risks involved, but Dubai’s VARA is bucking the trend. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
New Metaverse mortgages could leave people bankrupt
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Taking out a metaverse mortgage to buy virtual land and realty in a virtual world which could shut down is a risk, but some people are taking it anyway. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
Bulgari’s immersive NFT art installation experiments with algorithms and crypto art
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF NFT’s and Web 3.0 represent a new kind of global economy, a phydigital economy, where real and digital products sit alongside each other and compliment one another. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
Adidas jumps into the world of NFTs with Bored Ape Yacht Club
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The Metaverse and NFT’s represent a new $13 Trillion economy, and companies are experimenting with it. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Adidas has announced...
Queen Mary university students become the first to have lectures in the Metaverse
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Most education systems are stuck in the industrial age teaching students traditional skills in traditional ways that haven’t evolved much for a century. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
