This week, the big language model track continues to heat up, Baidu Wenxin Yiyin was officially released, OpenAI launched ChatGPT-4, PICO will launch PICO 4 OS 5.5.0 system public test activities, DaPeng VR completed a new round of strategic financing, VR social platform Bigscreen launched "the world's smallest headset "The Japanese giants have joined hands to carry out practical trials of "digital human" technology, and Apple CEO Cook has finalized the release of AR/VR headset in 2023. Next, let's review the latest developments of this week's meta-universe with the Speedway Meta-Universe Institute.

On March 17, in order to promote the innovative development of Beijing's Internet 3.0 industry, with the consent of the municipal government, the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology of Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park Management Committee issued the notice of "Work Plan on Promoting the Innovative Development of Beijing's Internet 3.0 Industry (2023-2025)". Internet 3.0, as a new form of future Internet industry development, is accelerating under the impetus of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, blockchain and other information technologies, and will have a transformative impact on future technological and industrial development as well as social and economic patterns. In order to seize the opportunity of the new round of scientific and technological innovation and industrial change, and promote the innovative development of Beijing Internet 3.0 industry, this work plan is formulated. (Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park Management Committee)

Wuxi released a three-year action plan for metaverse innovation and development to strengthen metaverse core technology research

On March 16, the "Wuxi City Three-Year Action Plan for Metaverse Innovation Development (2023-2025)" was released, aiming to make Wuxi City a highland of metaverse innovation, meta-industry development and metaverse industry by 2025. By 2025, Wuxi will become a highland of "meta-technology" innovation, "meta-industry" development, and "meta-work" creation, with its technological innovation capability, core industry scale and application demonstration at the leading level in China, and the meta-universe becoming a new engine to boost the development of Wuxi's digital economy. The Action Plan specifies key tasks, including strengthening theoretical and technological innovation breakthroughs in metaverse, promoting the development of metaverse eco-industry clusters, creating demonstration projects of metaverse application scenarios, and optimizing the ecological environment for metaverse innovation and development. (Wuxi City Bureau of Industry and Information Technology official website)

White Paper on "China's Network Rule of Law Construction in the New Era": actively promoting the in-depth application of modern technologies such as blockchain in litigation services and other fields

On March 16, the State Council Information Office released a white paper on "China's Network Rule of Law in the New Era," pointing out that China is actively exploring new paths, new areas and new models for the in-depth integration of judicial activities and network technology, so as to "speed up" social justice.

The white paper points out that China is actively promoting the in-depth application of modern technologies such as big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and blockchain in areas such as litigation services, trial execution and judicial management, and building a cyber justice model with Chinese characteristics on an early and pilot basis. Encourage local courts to explore new Internet trial mechanisms with regional characteristics, taking into account the development of the local Internet industry and the characteristics of Internet disputes. Vigorously promote the work of digital prosecution, adhere to the big data to empower legal supervision, systematically integrate all kinds of case data, and actively explore the construction of big data legal supervision model and platform, and strive to promote the combination of case-by-case supervision and case management supervision, to improve the quality and efficiency of legal supervision in the new era. (Xinhua News Agency)

General Administration of Market Supervision: 2022 digital collections and other new models of problems rise, supervision more difficult

Recently, the State Administration of Market Supervision said that some new situations of infringement and new problems of rights protection are gradually exposed, reflecting the new pain points of consumer rights protection. 2022, digital collections (NFT) and other new models of problems are on the rise and supervision is more difficult, with 59,700 related claims (only 198 cases in the previous year), mainly focused on non-delivery, non-refund, malicious price inflation, charging high fees, arbitrarily blocking consumer accounts, etc. (Xinhua Finance)

Virtual Reality and Metaverse Industry Alliance's "Technical Requirements for Trusted Virtual Human Generation Content Management System" Standard Development Work Launched

Recently, in the face of the accelerating market trend and the accompanying risks and challenges, guiding the development of the technology industry with credible principles has become a necessary path to promote the safe and controllable, sustainable and high-quality development of virtual humans. Relying on the Virtual Reality and Metaverse Industry Alliance (XRMA), China Academy of Information and Communication Research (CAICR), led by Shangtang Technology, and edited by OPPO, Baidu, Northern Polytechnic University, Erzhusan, VIVO, Virtual Dynamic Point, You Chain Era and Soul APP as the first participating units, jointly initiated the standard development work of "Technical Requirements for Trusted Virtual Human Generation Content Management System", which has passed XRMA The standard has passed the project review within XRMA. Now, we are going to launch the plan of soliciting participation units and experts for the development of the standard, and the units and experts who make outstanding contributions to the preparation and implementation of the standard will also be included in the standard as core preparation units and experts. (China ICT public number)

Guotai Junan: Multimodality is the inevitable trend of GPT series development and the basis for diversified applications to be implemented

Recently, Guotai Junan pointed out that multimodality is an inevitable trend in the development of GPT series and also the basis for the landing of diversified applications. Considering that a significant portion of today's information data is presented in the form of images and videos, GPT-4 with image and video processing capabilities will obtain information from more complete sources and present it in the form of multimedia, effectively improving user experience. In the long term, multimodality will open up the visual direction, image generation and video creation capabilities, which will assist GPT-4 to achieve further broadening in various business models, thus realizing multimedia interaction. (Guotai Junan)

Targeting 1 million new "metaverse population", Jiangxi launched the "One Tree Landscape" metaverse "citizenship" project

Recently, in order to implement the national policy requirements and seize the opportunity of metaverse development, Shangyu County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, based on local resource endowment, has explored a way to develop the deep integration of digital economy and real economy. Combined with the advantages of local natural resources, the "One Tree Landscape" metaverse "citizenship" project is about to issue metaverse "ID cards" for people all over the world, with the goal of adding 1 million people to the metaverse. The goal is to add 1 million people (metaverse "citizens"). Starting from March 12 (Arbor Day), users who purchase the digital collection "One Tree Landscape" through the platform channel or offline activities will receive a metaverse "citizenship" ID card, and after having this identity, they will enjoy the future "citizenship" card one after another. The "one tree scenery" platform of various online consumption and free rights and interests, at the same time will be open one after another on the whole area of cultural tourism services in Shangyu County and a number of free and discount rights and interests. (Phoenix Shenzhen Technology)

Bigpen VR Completes New Round of Strategic Financing

Recently, Enterprise Search shows that VR manufacturer BigPen VR has completed a new round of financing for an undisclosed amount from Qingdao Wenxin Capital Operation Co.

Up to now, DaPeng VR has completed 11 rounds of financing, with investment institutions including Kaixin Network, Xunlei Network, Aofei Entertainment and Huaqiang Capital. According to IDC data, the annual VR/AR global shipments in 2022 were 8.8 million units, and DaBen VR ranked third in the world, after Meta and PICO. 2022, DaBen VR released a 6DoF PC VR product, DaBen E4, to further lay out the C-terminal market.

AR HUD Technology Provider Envisics Raises Over $50 Million in Series C Funding

Recently, Envisics, a provider of AR HUD technology, announced that it has received more than $50 million in Series C strategic financing, led by Mobis, with additional investment from new strategic shareholders InMotion Ventures and Stellantis.

Envisics' holographic technology is understood to be used to create augmented reality flat-screen displays (AR HUDs), a display technology considered a key feature of modern cars that can also provide drivers with better situational awareness, thereby improving road safety. Mitchell Caplan, chairman of Envisics, said the new financing will provide Envisics with the runway it needs to realize the commercial potential of dynamic holographic technology in the automotive industry.

Paul Chan: Hong Kong to introduce licensing system for virtual asset service providers in June

Recently, the Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong SAR Government, Mr. Paul Chan, said that the virtual asset industry has been developing steadily in Hong Kong over the past few years. Under the principle of "same activity, same risk, same regulation", Hong Kong will introduce a licensing system for virtual asset service providers in June this year. Mr. Chan added, "We believe that by establishing a suitable regulatory licensing regime to exclude the black sheep in the industry, it will be conducive to enhancing the overall image of the industry and promoting the healthy, orderly and responsible development of the virtual asset industry."

Zhou Hongyi: GPT-4 will set off a new industrial revolution, domestic catch-up should not give up core technology research and development

Recently, 360 founder Zhou Hongyi said, I think GPT-4 will set off a new industrial revolution, bringing new social division of labor and creating new application scenarios. The intelligent level of human society will be improved comprehensively. By then, all digital apps, software and websites are worth redoing with ChatGPT.

China Mobile and ZTE Complete the Industry's First Digital Twin Application for XR Services in Wireless Networks

China Mobile Research Institute (CMRI) and ZTE have recently completed the industry's first digital twin modeling of wireless networks for XR services in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province. In the future, China Mobile and ZTE will continue to cooperate to carry out new service assurance and network strategy optimization based on the wireless network digital twin platform, and promote the development of intelligent applications in wireless networks. (Speedway Metaverse Research Institute)

PICO will launch PICO 4 OS 5.5.0 system public test campaign.

This week, the big language model track continues to heat up, Baidu Wenxin Yiyin was officially released, OpenAI launched ChatGPT-4, PICO will launch PICO 4 OS 5.5.0 system public test activities, DaPeng VR completed a new round of strategic financing, VR social platform Bigscreen launched "the world's smallest headset "The Japanese giants have joined hands to carry out practical trials of "digital human" technology, and Apple CEO Cook has finalized the release of AR/VR headset in 2023. Next, let's review the latest developments of this week's meta-universe with the Speedway Meta-Universe Institute.

On March 17, in order to promote the innovative development of Beijing's Internet 3.0 industry, with the consent of the municipal government, the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology of Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park Management Committee issued the notice of "Work Plan on Promoting the Innovative Development of Beijing's Internet 3.0 Industry (2023-2025)". Internet 3.0, as a new form of future Internet industry development, is accelerating under the impetus of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, blockchain and other information technologies, and will have a transformative impact on future technological and industrial development as well as social and economic patterns. In order to seize the opportunity of the new round of scientific and technological innovation and industrial change, and promote the innovative development of Beijing Internet 3.0 industry, this work plan is formulated. (Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park Management Committee)

Wuxi released a three-year action plan for metaverse innovation and development to strengthen metaverse core technology research

On March 16, the "Wuxi City Three-Year Action Plan for Metaverse Innovation Development (2023-2025)" was released, aiming to make Wuxi City a highland of metaverse innovation, meta-industry development and metaverse industry by 2025. By 2025, Wuxi will become a highland of "meta-technology" innovation, "meta-industry" development, and "meta-work" creation, with its technological innovation capability, core industry scale and application demonstration at the leading level in China, and the meta-universe becoming a new engine to boost the development of Wuxi's digital economy. The Action Plan specifies key tasks, including strengthening theoretical and technological innovation breakthroughs in metaverse, promoting the development of metaverse eco-industry clusters, creating demonstration projects of metaverse application scenarios, and optimizing the ecological environment for metaverse innovation and development. (Wuxi City Bureau of Industry and Information Technology official website)

White Paper on "China's Network Rule of Law Construction in the New Era": actively promoting the in-depth application of modern technologies such as blockchain in litigation services and other fields

On March 16, the State Council Information Office released a white paper on "China's Network Rule of Law in the New Era," pointing out that China is actively exploring new paths, new areas and new models for the in-depth integration of judicial activities and network technology, so as to "speed up" social justice.

The white paper points out that China is actively promoting the in-depth application of modern technologies such as big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and blockchain in areas such as litigation services, trial execution and judicial management, and building a cyber justice model with Chinese characteristics on an early and pilot basis. Encourage local courts to explore new Internet trial mechanisms with regional characteristics, taking into account the development of the local Internet industry and the characteristics of Internet disputes. Vigorously promote the work of digital prosecution, adhere to the big data to empower legal supervision, systematically integrate all kinds of case data, and actively explore the construction of big data legal supervision model and platform, and strive to promote the combination of case-by-case supervision and case management supervision, to improve the quality and efficiency of legal supervision in the new era. (Xinhua News Agency)

General Administration of Market Supervision: 2022 digital collections and other new models of problems rise, supervision more difficult

Recently, the State Administration of Market Supervision said that some new situations of infringement and new problems of rights protection are gradually exposed, reflecting the new pain points of consumer rights protection. 2022, digital collections (NFT) and other new models of problems are on the rise and supervision is more difficult, with 59,700 related claims (only 198 cases in the previous year), mainly focused on non-delivery, non-refund, malicious price inflation, charging high fees, arbitrarily blocking consumer accounts, etc. (Xinhua Finance)

Virtual Reality and Metaverse Industry Alliance's "Technical Requirements for Trusted Virtual Human Generation Content Management System" Standard Development Work Launched

Recently, in the face of the accelerating market trend and the accompanying risks and challenges, guiding the development of the technology industry with credible principles has become a necessary path to promote the safe and controllable, sustainable and high-quality development of virtual humans. Relying on the Virtual Reality and Metaverse Industry Alliance (XRMA), China Academy of Information and Communication Research (CAICR), led by Shangtang Technology, and edited by OPPO, Baidu, Northern Polytechnic University, Erzhusan, VIVO, Virtual Dynamic Point, You Chain Era and Soul APP as the first participating units, jointly initiated the standard development work of "Technical Requirements for Trusted Virtual Human Generation Content Management System", which has passed XRMA The standard has passed the project review within XRMA. Now, we are going to launch the plan of soliciting participation units and experts for the development of the standard, and the units and experts who make outstanding contributions to the preparation and implementation of the standard will also be included in the standard as core preparation units and experts. (China ICT public number)

Guotai Junan: Multimodality is the inevitable trend of GPT series development and the basis for diversified applications to be implemented

Recently, Guotai Junan pointed out that multimodality is an inevitable trend in the development of GPT series and also the basis for the landing of diversified applications. Considering that a significant portion of today's information data is presented in the form of images and videos, GPT-4 with image and video processing capabilities will obtain information from more complete sources and present it in the form of multimedia, effectively improving user experience. In the long term, multimodality will open up the visual direction, image generation and video creation capabilities, which will assist GPT-4 to achieve further broadening in various business models, thus realizing multimedia interaction. (Guotai Junan)

Targeting 1 million new "metaverse population", Jiangxi launched the "One Tree Landscape" metaverse "citizenship" project

Recently, in order to implement the national policy requirements and seize the opportunity of metaverse development, Shangyu County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, based on local resource endowment, has explored a way to develop the deep integration of digital economy and real economy. Combined with the advantages of local natural resources, the "One Tree Landscape" metaverse "citizenship" project is about to issue metaverse "ID cards" for people all over the world, with the goal of adding 1 million people to the metaverse. The goal is to add 1 million people (metaverse "citizens"). Starting from March 12 (Arbor Day), users who purchase the digital collection "One Tree Landscape" through the platform channel or offline activities will receive a metaverse "citizenship" ID card, and after having this identity, they will enjoy the future "citizenship" card one after another. The "one tree scenery" platform of various online consumption and free rights and interests, at the same time will be open one after another on the whole area of cultural tourism services in Shangyu County and a number of free and discount rights and interests. (Phoenix Shenzhen Technology)

Bigpen VR Completes New Round of Strategic Financing

Recently, Enterprise Search shows that VR manufacturer BigPen VR has completed a new round of financing for an undisclosed amount from Qingdao Wenxin Capital Operation Co.

Up to now, DaPeng VR has completed 11 rounds of financing, with investment institutions including Kaixin Network, Xunlei Network, Aofei Entertainment and Huaqiang Capital. According to IDC data, the annual VR/AR global shipments in 2022 were 8.8 million units, and DaBen VR ranked third in the world, after Meta and PICO. 2022, DaBen VR released a 6DoF PC VR product, DaBen E4, to further lay out the C-terminal market.

AR HUD Technology Provider Envisics Raises Over $50 Million in Series C Funding

Recently, Envisics, a provider of AR HUD technology, announced that it has received more than $50 million in Series C strategic financing, led by Mobis, with additional investment from new strategic shareholders InMotion Ventures and Stellantis.

Envisics' holographic technology is understood to be used to create augmented reality flat-screen displays (AR HUDs), a display technology considered a key feature of modern cars that can also provide drivers with better situational awareness, thereby improving road safety. Mitchell Caplan, chairman of Envisics, said the new financing will provide Envisics with the runway it needs to realize the commercial potential of dynamic holographic technology in the automotive industry.

Paul Chan: Hong Kong to introduce licensing system for virtual asset service providers in June

Recently, the Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong SAR Government, Mr. Paul Chan, said that the virtual asset industry has been developing steadily in Hong Kong over the past few years. Under the principle of "same activity, same risk, same regulation", Hong Kong will introduce a licensing system for virtual asset service providers in June this year. Mr. Chan added, "We believe that by establishing a suitable regulatory licensing regime to exclude the black sheep in the industry, it will be conducive to enhancing the overall image of the industry and promoting the healthy, orderly and responsible development of the virtual asset industry."

Zhou Hongyi: GPT-4 will set off a new industrial revolution, domestic catch-up should not give up core technology research and development

Recently, 360 founder Zhou Hongyi said, I think GPT-4 will set off a new industrial revolution, bringing new social division of labor and creating new application scenarios. The intelligent level of human society will be improved comprehensively. By then, all digital apps, software and websites are worth redoing with ChatGPT.

China Mobile and ZTE Complete the Industry's First Digital Twin Application for XR Services in Wireless Networks

China Mobile Research Institute (CMRI) and ZTE have recently completed the industry's first digital twin modeling of wireless networks for XR services in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province. In the future, China Mobile and ZTE will continue to cooperate to carry out new service assurance and network strategy optimization based on the wireless network digital twin platform, and promote the development of intelligent applications in wireless networks. (Speedway Metaverse Research Institute)

PICO will launch PICO 4 OS 5.5.0 system public test campaign.