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Creating Immersive Experiences: Best Practices in Metaverse Gaming Development

The metaverse is rapidly transforming the landscape of the gaming industry, offering unparalleled opportunities for creating immersive and interactive experiences. As the demand for metaverse gaming development grows, developers and metaverse consultants are exploring innovative ways to craft these virtual worlds. This blog will delve into the best practices in metaverse game development services, helping you understand how to create captivating and engaging metaverse games.

Understanding the Metaverse

The metaverse is a collective virtual shared space, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual reality. It includes augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and other digital worlds. The goal of metaverse development is to create interconnected virtual environments where users can interact with each other and the digital world around them.

Best Practices in Metaverse Gaming Development

User-Centered DesignSuccessful metaverse gaming development starts with a user-centered design approach. Understanding your target audience and their preferences is crucial. Metaverse consultants often conduct extensive research to gather insights about user behavior, interests, and expectations. By prioritizing user needs, developers can create games that offer personalized and engaging experiences.

High-Quality Graphics and RealismThe visual quality of metaverse games plays a significant role in immersion. Investing in high-quality graphics and realistic environments can make the virtual world feel more believable. Utilizing advanced rendering techniques and realistic textures can enhance the visual appeal and draw players deeper into the game.

Interactive and Dynamic EnvironmentsInteractivity is at the core of metaverse gaming. Creating dynamic environments where players can interact with objects, characters, and other players enhances the sense of immersion. Implementing physics-based interactions and responsive AI can make the virtual world feel more alive and engaging.

Seamless Integration of AR and VRAugmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are key components of the metaverse. Integrating AR and VR seamlessly into the game can provide a more immersive experience. Ensuring that the transition between AR, VR, and the virtual world is smooth and intuitive is essential for maintaining player immersion.

Social Interaction and Community BuildingOne of the defining features of the metaverse is social interaction. Facilitating communication and collaboration among players is crucial for creating a sense of community. Implementing features such as voice chat, multiplayer modes, and social hubs can enhance the social aspect of metaverse games.

Scalability and Performance OptimizationAs metaverse games can involve large numbers of players and complex environments, scalability and performance optimization are vital. Ensuring that the game runs smoothly on various devices and network conditions can enhance the overall user experience. Utilizing cloud-based solutions and optimizing code can help achieve better performance.

Continuous Updates and Content ExpansionThe metaverse is an ever-evolving space. To keep players engaged, continuous updates and content expansion are necessary. Introducing new features, events, and content regularly can keep the game fresh and exciting. Listening to player feedback and making improvements based on their suggestions can also contribute to long-term success.

Security and Privacy ConsiderationsSecurity and privacy are paramount in the metaverse. Implementing robust security measures to protect user data and ensuring privacy compliance can build trust among players. Metaverse consultants often work with cybersecurity experts to develop and maintain secure gaming environments.

The Role of Metaverse Consultants

Metaverse consultants play a crucial role in the development process. They bring expertise in various aspects of metaverse gaming, from design and development to marketing and monetization. By leveraging their knowledge and experience, developers can create more immersive and successful metaverse games.

Conclusion

Creating immersive experiences in the metaverse requires a combination of cutting-edge technology, user-centered design, and continuous innovation. By following best practices in metaverse gaming development, developers can craft engaging and interactive virtual worlds that captivate players. As the metaverse continues to evolve, the opportunities for creating unique and immersive gaming experiences will only expand, paving the way for the future of digital entertainment.

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Violence on Capitol Hill Is a Day of Reckoning for Social Media

Critics and even some allies of companies like Twitter and Facebook say they have failed to prevent the misinformation that led to chaos on Wednesday.

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SAN FRANCISCO — On Twitter, users called on Wednesday for the company’s chief executive, Jack Dorsey, to take down President Trump’s account.

Civil rights groups weighed in, saying action by social media companies against calls for political violence was “long overdue.” And even venture capitalists who had reaped riches from investing in social media urged Twitter and Facebook to do more.

“For four years you’ve rationalized this terror. Inciting violent treason is not a free speech exercise,” Chris Sacca, a tech investor who had invested in Twitter, wrote to Mr. Dorsey and Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg. “If you work at those companies, it’s on you too. Shut it down.”

As pro-Trump protesters stormed the Capitol buildingon Wednesday and halted the certification of Electoral College votes, the role of social media companies such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube in spreading misinformation and being a megaphone for Mr. Trump came under renewed criticism.

For years, Mr. Trump had built his influence with rapid-fire tweets and by reaching out to millions of people on Facebook. Since losing November’s election, he had used the platforms to challenge the election results and call them fraudulent.

Twitter, Facebook and others had long resisted cracking down on Mr. Trump’s posts and other toxic content. While the platforms had started taking more steps against political misinformation in the months before the election, they declined to remove Mr. Trump’s posts and instead took half steps, such as labeling his posts.

So when violence broke out in Washington on Wednesday, it was, in the minds of longtime critics, the day the chickens came home to roost for the social media companies.

“We know the social media companies have been lackadaisical at best” at stopping extremism from growing on their platforms, said Jonathan Greenblatt, director of the Anti-Defamation League. “Freedom of expression is not the freedom to incite violence. That is not protected speech.”

Renee DiResta, a researcher at the Stanford Internet Observatory who studies online movements, added that the violence was the result of people operating in closed social media networks where they believed the claims of voter fraud and of the election being stolen from Mr. Trump.

“This is a demonstration of the very real-world impact of echo chambers,” she said. “This has been a striking repudiation of the idea that there is an online and an offline world, and that what is said online is in some way kept online. I hope that this eliminates the conception from people’s minds.”

Facebook, Twitter and YouTube said on Wednesday that they were reviewing the situation and would not tolerate calls for violence on their sites. In a statement, Twitter said it would take action against tweets that violated its policies and was “exploring other escalated enforcement actions.”

YouTube said it removed multiple live streams that showed participants storming the Capitol building carrying firearms. It also said it would elevate authoritative news sources on its home page, search results and in recommendations.

“The violent protests in the Capitol today are a disgrace,” added Andy Stone, a Facebook spokesman. “We prohibit incitement and calls for violence on our platform. We are actively reviewing and removing any content that breaks these rules.”

Mr. Trump also told his supporters to go home in a video that he posted on multiple social media sites on Wednesday afternoon. “You have to go home now. We have to have peace. We have to have law and order,” he said, while repeating false claims that the election had been stolen from him.

Twitter later added a label to Mr. Trump’s video, saying its claims of fraud were disputed and could lead to violence. Facebook and YouTube removed the video entirely. Guy Rosen, a Facebook executive, said the social network took down the video because it was “an emergency situation” and the video “contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence.”

Critics said the statements by Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were too little, too late, after calls for violence and plans for protests had already spread on the platforms.

On Facebook, protesters had openly discussed what they aimed to do in Washington on a Facebook page called Red-State Secession for weeks. The page had asked its roughly 8,000 followers to share addresses of perceived “enemies” in the nation’s capital, including the home addresses of federal judges, members of Congress and prominent progressive politicians.

Comments left on the page often featured photos of guns and ammunition, along with emojis suggesting that members of the group were planning for violence. One post on Tuesday said people should be “prepared to use force to defend civilization.” Several comments below the post showed photos of assault rifles, ammunition and other weapons. In the comments, people referred to “occupying” the capital, and taking action to force Congress to overturn the results of the elections.

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Those alternative social media sites were rife with Trump supporters organizing and communicating on Wednesday. On Parler, one trending hashtag was #stormthecapitol. Many Trump supporters on the sites also appeared to believe a false rumor that Antifa, a left-wing movement, was responsible for committing violence at the protests.

“WAKE UP AMERICA, IT’S ANTIFA and BLM operatives who are committing the violence, NOT TRUMP SUPPORTERS!,” said one Parler account member called @Trumpfans100, offering no evidence for the claims.

Officials at Parler did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

What Facebook, Twitter and YouTube may do next is unclear. Over the past year, some of the companies have stepped up efforts to moderate Mr. Trump’s account, though they have stopped short of taking down his posts. Twitter began adding labels to Mr. Trump’s false and misleading tweets last year and has prevented users from sharing the posts to limit their spread. Facebook has also attached labels to some of Mr. Trump’s posts, redirecting users to reliable and accurate data.

At both Facebook and Twitter, executives met on Wednesday to figure out how to react, according to people with knowledge of the companies. Facebook employees have combed the social network for public examples of protest organization and have taken down a number of hashtag terms that were used to coordinate the protests on Wednesday.

When Mr. Trump leaves office, the companies may have a freer hand. On Twitter, Mr. Trump has enjoyed exceptions to its rules because the company has said it considers posts from world leaders to be in the public interest. But Twitter has said that after Mr. Trump is no longer president, he will be treated like a regular user and have his tweets subject to deletion.

Before then, the pressure remains on the tech companies.

“This level of insurrection should not exist, whether it is on the Twitter platform from the president, or whether it’s on Facebook, which allows people to recruit and carry out these types of dangerous activities,” Derrick Johnson, president and chief executive of the N.A.A.C.P., said in an interview. “This is an example of where both our democracy is being undermined and where people are not being kept safe. They must suspend the president’s account immediately.”

Daisuke Wakabayashi contributed reporting.

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3D Architectural Rendering of Commercial Building

One of the hardest things when building a Commercial Project’s visualizing the Design and the space around it.

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The Duchess of Cambridge meets 6 month old patient Sienna McGuire as she visits Great Ormond Street Hospital to officially open the Mittal Children's Medical Centre, home to the new Premier Inn Clinical Buildingon | January 17, 2018

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Domani Architectural Concepts wraps real-estate centre in China with brick latticework

Chinese studio Domani Architectural Concepts has completed a real-estate complex in Foshan, Guangdong province, featuring a facade of lattice brickwork overlooking two large circular pools intended to create a "sense of ceremony".

Called the Times I-City or TIC after its developer Times China, the complex was conceived as a "Global Maker Town" containing public showrooms, sales areas and offices alongside a public lounge, bar and children's area.

A brickwork lattice covers this real-estate complex in Foshan

Two blocks wrapped in a brickwork lattice and connected by small walkways contain these spaces, sited along the back of an extensively landscaped site featuring pools, planting, walkways and white, pillow-shaped installations by design studio A&V.

"The landscape, a prelude to the building, emits a magnificent atmosphere," said Domani Architectural Concepts. "Red ceramic bricks were utilised to create a sense of ceremony and provide a clear guide towards the building for people entering the space from different directions."

This porous brick skin wraps an inner envelope of glass

"Meanwhile, the black gravel-paved garden provides a more open and freer area to stop and rest, giving visitors another option for diverse experiences," it continued.

The red brick of this landscape matches the building's facades, which are constructed using a curtain wall system of ceramic brick triangles connected by concealed aluminium fixings.

The external landscaping includes walkways and pillow-shaped installations

This porous brick skin wraps an inner envelope of glass, creating glimpses into the interior during the day and creating a pattern of light from behind the brickwork lattice at night.

After crossing the landscaped area, a series of wide arches at the base of the centre – the largest spanning 29 metres – lead into a large ground-floor atrium. A reception, lounge and coffee bar sit among the exposed steel and concrete structure of the building.

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Light fittings informed by clothes lines reference the arched forms of the entrances and are positioned across the space. The lighting outlines areas of tables, which are fitted to tracks that enable them to be moved into different positions.

"The reception area emphasises a transparent boundary between architecture and landscape...the interior materials are directly derived from the architectural elements, bonding between interior and exterior while greatly reducing the construction costs and risks," explained the practice.

Arches open up the base of the building

On the first floor are a series of "sample rooms" displaying various finishes and designs, with the two floors above containing a mixture of offices, meeting rooms and display areas with masterplan models.

These areas are linked by the "valley", a dramatic full-height passageway at the rear of the building containing stairs and lifts, and connecting to the beam bridges between the main building and its annex.

The upper floors contain offices and display areas

Domani Architectural Concepts was established in 2005, and is owned by Domani Group Limited. It focuses on spatial design, corporate planning, business consultancy and product development.

Other recent projects by the firm include the Milan Music Studio at the Zaha Hadid-designed Guangzhou Opera House, which features an interior covered in jumbled wooden panels.

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Lyrics – Bad Boy Timz – “Oasis”

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BUILDING TRUST IN VIRTUAL/ REMOTE TEAMS: BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED - CHAPTER 01

Now that our team isn’t working in the same office anymore, the things we used to say to each other in the hall – a simple “hello” in the mornings or a smile at someone as we walked by their desk – are absent. Gone are post-lunch catch-ups over coffee or asking about how a co-worker’s weekend was when we go to fill up our water bottle.

So what do we do? How do we bring back trust and cohesiveness in the team? Games and activities are charming, sure. But does it truly help build trust in a remote team? We have to dig deeper for more meaningful and more sustainable ways of building trust in a remote team.

What is a Virtual Team

“Virtual team” is an odd phrase. It sounds like something that only exists in a digital alternate reality. But virtual teams are very much a reality, and they’re becoming more prevalent with each passing day. A virtual team is no longer an outlier. Organizations have realized the benefit of using technology to look beyond their local community for talent. It’s almost become the norm—and of course, the whole virtual trend has been boosted by the recent pandemic. Regardless, it’s clear that virtual teams are here to stay. The first, and perhaps the highest, is understanding what virtual teams are and why they’ve gained such popularity so quickly.

A virtual team (also known as a geographically dispersed team, distributed team, or remote team) can also refer to groups or teams that work together asynchronously or across organizational levels. Powell, Piccoli and Ives (2004) define virtual teams as "groups of geographically, organizationally and/or time dispersed workers brought together by information and telecommunication technologies to accomplish one or more organizational tasks.  Virtual teams can be defined as "small temporary groups of geographically, organizationally and/or time dispersed knowledge workers who coordinate their work predominantly with electronic information and communication technologies in order to accomplish one or more organization tasks.”

What Is Virtual Team Building

One of the biggest misconceptions about virtual team building is that it’s only about helping our team “feel good.” Warm and fuzzy sentiments about each other on the team is unquestionable pleasant – but that does not mean we should optimize for them in a team. When a team is constantly looking to “feel good,” they end up flattering each other while avoiding to speak the truth. Conflict is brushed under the rug. Preserving face is valued over honesty and mutual accountability. The team’s culture – and performance – will suffer, as a result.

Rather, to get virtual team building right, we will want to focus on fostering trust in a remote team. Trust, after all, has enormous benefits to a team’s culture and performance that we often don’t fully recognize. Studies have found how trust is linked to improving job performance, increasing employee engagement, and opening up channels of communication. Trust is the oil in the engine that helps any team (remote or co-located) get to where it’s trying to go.

But trust can be a blanket word. Something we casually toss around, without precision. When we aspire to build trust, we can lose our sense of what that means to begin with. To do virtual team building right, we must then distill specifically the type – or types – of trust we should be looking to cultivate.

What Exactly Is Trust?

Interpersonal trust and psychological safety can be conceptualized as mirror images of social interactions associated with individual, team, and organizational behavior. Is it possible that when we interact with others and perceive that they’re capable, caring, ethical, and predictably consistent in their behavior that some type of “switch” in the brain turns on to signify we should trust them and feel safe with others?

The Two Kinds of Trust That Come into Play

Virtual happy hours and team-building games at your monthly all-hands meetings are always fun and entertaining—but a monthly virtual gathering isn’t enough for building tight-knit relationships. Because social connection is about building trust, specifically two kinds:

Affective Trust 

Affective trust is one type of trust that we really rely on as a team to be effective. It’s the kind of trust that is based on the feeling we have about someone that’s positive. It’s enormously important in a remote team because we don’t get that as much. In a remote setting, we often over-invest in excelling at our job and performing well (cognitive trust) vs. getting to know our colleagues (affective trust). Affective trust is needed most in the beginning of a new relationship.

The days of sharing our weekend plans in the break room or getting after-work drinks might not be as doable as they used to be, but we should still create space in our virtual work day to spark those conversations whether it’s through a Slack DM or a virtual coffee chat. Establishing a buddy system to help new hires get to know their teammates (and vice versa), or creating dedicated non-work channels in Slack or Teams for people to socialize (e.g. a pets channel for folks to share stories and photos about their furry family members) are also worth trying. 

Cognitive Trust

Cognitive trust is our belief in someone’s dependability and reliability. We build cognitive trust through our actions. It’s our ability to follow through on our word, show humility, and do what’s best for our team. To gauge how well we are building cognitive trust, we may ask ourselves:

Each time we show our competence, it’s like we are making little deposits in our team’s cognitive trust bank.

Bottom line: We need both affective and cognitive trust to cultivate connection.

***To be continued in Chapter 02 (Building of Affective Trust & Cognitive Trust in Remote Teams,  Psychological Safety in Teams, Its Importance)

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge reacts to patient Rafael Chana, 4, as she visits Great Ormond Street Hospital to officially open the Mittal Children's Medical Centre, home to the new Premier Inn Clinical Buildingon January 17, 2018 in London, England.

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The building is interesting because originally they meant to build a cathedral on this plot:

The small church buildingon the left was built, and is still in use today, but the large building on the right was never realised. The well-known Hungarian "organic architecture" architect, Markovecz came up with his plan:

This building was never realised either. So they ended up with a small service center on the plot, that is visible in @scavengedluxury 's post. After 1990, it worked as a disco for some time.

A few years ago, the building was revamped and now works as a community center for the Catholic Church. This is how it looks today:

Service house on Apor Vilmos (János Lékai) square, Budapest, 1973. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

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Audi's New Electric-Car Factory Goes Green

Audi’s New Electric-Car Factory Goes Green

You’ve heard the story: Exchange your old-fashioned internal combustion engine for an electric one, and change the world. Turns out it’s more complicated than that. While driving an electric car generally saves on emissions, buildingone is way more energy-intensive than building a regular gasoline-based vehicle. It’s costly, energy-wise, to procure and process lithium for batteries and to create…

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Amdocs Supports Capita Business Services Ltd. in Building-on the Successful Congestion Charge Program and Roll Out for Transport for London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)

Amdocs Supports Capita Business Services Ltd. in Building-on the Successful Congestion Charge Program and Roll Out for Transport for London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)

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Steel mesh wraps Nike's LeBron James Innovation Center by Olson Kundig

A full-size basketball court and a 200-metre track are among the spaces found inside a large, metal-clad building designed by US firm Olson Kundig on the Nike campus in Oregon.

The LeBron James Innovation Center is part of the 300-acre (121-hectare) Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. The new facility is named after the basketball star LeBron James, who has been affiliated with Nike since 2003.

The LeBron James Innovation Center at Nike's campus in Beaverton, Oregon, includes a ramp used for workout runs

Encompassing 750,000 square feet (69,677 square metres), the expansive building houses offices, design studios and the Nike Sport Research Lab, where data about athletes' performance is collected and analysed.

The structure was designed by Seattle-based Olson Kundig, which aimed to create an atmosphere that promotes exploration and innovation.

Steel mesh wraps the building

"It's a place for creatives to come in and realise, I'm working for a large company, but there's a sense here that they're looking for the next horizon," said firm principal Tom Kundig.

Roughly rectangular in plan, the four-storey building has two layers of cladding – black steel mesh and gold-painted sheet metal.

The Nike Sport Research Lab is located within the building

On the south end of the building, the top portion cantilevers over the lower level. Visible from below is a concrete waffle slab – a type of slab that helps support a floor with a particularly heavy load, the team said.

"The waffle pattern is also an unmistakable nod to Nike's innovation legacy," the team said, citing the company's first sneaker, which had a sole design inspired by a waffle iron.

A full-size basketball court is included in the lab

Running alongside the building is a 500-foot-long (152-metre) ramp with a 15-degree slope, which is used for workouts on Nike's flat campus. The ramp has concrete steps, plants and a synthetic track.

The building has several entrances. The primary one leads into a shoebox-shaped vestibule, where LeBron James-branded footwear is on display.

The facility is named after basketballer LeBron James

Floors one, two and three hold workspaces, meeting rooms, design studios and social areas. At the heart of the building is an atrium that rises 93 feet (28 metres).

Interior finishes include concrete flooring, metal railings and wood accents. Several colourful murals are found in the facility.

The top level houses the Nike Sport Research Lab, where data is collected to help develop products.

The lab encompasses a full-size basketball court, a 200-metre endurance track, a 100-metre straightaway, and an artificial-turf training pitch. The lab's sloped ceiling rises 48 feet (15 metres) at its highest point.

Colourful murals are found within the complex

Performance data is collected via high-tech equipment such as a motion-capture system comprising 400 cameras, and dozens of force plates that measure the force exerted by the ground when a body comes into contact with it. The lab also has four climate chambers that mimic various weather conditions.

The building has a number of sustainable features, including water-efficient fixtures and over 900 rooftop solar panels. The flooring inside the research lab is made from Nike Grind recycled material.

The flooring inside the research lab is made from Nike Grind recycled material

Other Nike buildings include a flagship store in Manhattan with a rippled glass facade, and a headquarters building in New York that features an indoor basketball court and a rooftop garden shaped like the brand's swoosh logo.

The photography is by Nike.

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