Launch HN: Venu (YC W21) – True-to-Life 3D Virtual Trade Shows

Re:Launch HN: Venu (YC W21) – True-to-Life 3D Virtual Trade ... by duskwuff on Friday March 12, 2021 @11:26PM (#26443954)

Or rather, Second Life for Enterprise again. Corporate business sims were briefly a "thing" around 2007-2008, e.g:

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2545037/the-top-eight-...

They died off shortly thereafter, partially as a result of the financial crisis, and partially as businesses realized there was very little real interest in "the company web site, except with crude 3D models".

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Re:Launch HN: Venu (YC W21) – True-to-Life 3D Virtual Trade ... by Nanetteljackson on Saturday March 13, 2021 @05:22AM (#26445552)

I remember hearing about Second Life but not sure about the enterprise part nor the business sims. But, I found a really positive article on SimCity, from 2019: https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-simcity...

We are creating a virtual reality "venue" space for trade shows and conferences. We are the "virtual venue", like the Las Vegas Convention Center or SF Moscone Center. And, you can join via windows, Mac, or VR headset to walk around Venu , in first person view.

With a VR headset like Oculus Quest, you can use the hand controllers to move the avatar's hands & arms, in addition, to navigating your avatar forwards, backwards, & sidestepping, With Mac and Windows, your hands and arms on your avatar won't move.

Thanks.

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