Ancient Olympia to be preserved digitally

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2 years ago

November 12, 2021

Greek Government is partnering with Microsoft to create a virtual reality experience

Ancient Olympia will no longer be vulnerable to weathering and ageing as it adopts virtual reality to becomes digitally preserved.

In a deal between the Greek Government and Microsoft… artificial intelligence will be used to map the site… and augmented reality to restore it to its original state.

Viewers will be able to explore the original home of the Olympic Games as it was 2,000 years ago.

This comes as Microsoft attempts to create its own metaverse, following Facebook’s transition to Meta.

Microsoft teams recently announced a metaverse for meetings and is considering the same transition for Minecraft and other games.

The move will allow people to tour the site remotely or in person with the use of an augmented-reality mobile app.

The Olympic Museum in Athens will allow visitors to wear HoloLens headsets that will overlay a digital version of the site.

27 monuments will be preserved virtually including the original Olympic Stadium, the temples of Zeus and Hera and the workshop of the renowned sculptor Phidias.

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3 weeks ago

September 1, 2023

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Meta to launch microblogging competitor in wake of Twitter backlash

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3 months ago

July 5, 2023

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The recent backlash against Musk’s proposed tweet cap could prove to be the perfect time to launch the competitor

Meta Platforms, the company behind Facebook, plans to launch a microblogging app called Threads on Thursday, to operate as a direct competitor to Twitter.

The launch comes just days after Twitter boss Elon Musk attracted criticism by announcing limits to how many posts users could read on the platform.

Threads will allow users to directly port their followers from Instagram, another app owned by the company, and to keep the same username. This feature will allow users to supercharge the often slow process of building a following on the new site.

While other apps such as Mastodon and Blue Sky have failed to present much of a challenge to Twitter, Threads is launching after a period of intense criticism and scepticism of Twitter, which followed Musk’s US$44 billion purchase of the platform in 2022.

Musk has made significant staffing cuts in areas like content moderation which has caused a rift with advertisers. He has also implemented several elements such as an US$8 per month account verification system which has proved unpopular with users.

Instagram boasts roughly 2.3 billion users compared to Twitter’s almost 400 million, which poses a significant user advantage from which to draw from.