二 |     KINGSLAND, Ga. -- A man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction was shot and killed Monday by a sheriff's deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, authorities and representatives said.Leonard Allen Cure, 53, was identified by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is reviewing the shooting.His death was confirmed by Seth Miller, executive director of the Innocence Project of Florida, which represented Cure in his exoneration case.Miller said he was devastated by the news, which he heard from Cure's family.“I can only imagine what it’s like to know your son is innocent and watch him be sentenced to life in prison, to be exonerated and ... then be told that once he’s been freed, he’s been shot dead," Miller said. "I can’t imagine as a parent what that feels like.”The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said a Camden County deputy pulled over a driver along Interstate 95 near the Georgia-Florida line and the driver got out of the car at the deputy’s request. He cooperated at first but became violent after he was told he was being arrested, a GBI news release said.The agency said preliminary information shows the deputy shocked the driver with a stun gun when he failed to obey commands, and the driver then began assaulting the deputy. The GBI said the deputy again tried using the stun gun and a baton to subdue him, then drew his gun and shot the driver when he continued to resist.The agency didn't say what prompted the deputy to pull over Cure's vehicle.Miller couldn't comment specifically on Cure's death but said he has represented dozens of people convicted of crimes who were later exonerated.“Even when they’re free, they always struggled with the concern, the fear that they’ll be convicted and incarcerated again for something they didn’t do,” he said.It is customary for Georgia law enforcement agencies to ask the GBI to investigate shootings involving officers. The agency said it will submit its findings to the district attorney for the coastal Brunswick Judicial Circuit, which includes Camden County.Cure was convicted of the 2003 armed robbery of a drug store in Florida's Dania Beach and sentenced to life in prison because he had previous convictions for robbery and other crimes.But the case had issues from the start and his conviction came from a second jury after the first one deadlocked. In 2020, the Broward State Attorney’s Office new Conviction Review Unit asked a judge to release Cure from prison. Broward’s conviction review team said it found “troubling” revelations that Cure had solid alibis that were previously disregarded and no physical evidence or solid witnesses to put him at the scene. An independent review panel of five local lawyers concurred with the findings.Cure was released that April after his sentenced was modified. That December, a judge vacated his conviction and sentence.“I’m looking forward to putting this situation behind me and moving on with my life,” Cure told the South Florida Sun Sentinel at the time. In June, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a claims bill granting Cure $817,000 in compensation for his conviction and imprisonment along with educational benefits.Miller said Cure, who lived in a suburb of Atlanta, received the money in August.“The Leonard we knew was a smart, funny and kind person,” Broward State Attorney Harold F. Pryor said in a statement to the Sun Sentinel Monday evening. “After he was freed and exonerated by our office, he visited prosecutors at our office and participated in training to help our staff do their jobs in the fairest and most thorough way possible. He would frequently call to check in on Assistant State Attorney Arielle Demby Berger, the head of the Conviction Review Unit, and offer our team encouragement to continue to do the important work of justice.”。9月9日晚间，小阿七、戴羽彤、吴岱林、鱼闪闪为首的12位YY金牌艺人亮相全网首档元宇宙综艺竞演歌会《超能音乐汇》，这场由数字技术打造的虚拟竞演舞台吸引了YY直播、百度App、希壤、好看视频等平台超过1150万人次观看，直播间最高热度值超320万，互动总人次超6100万，全网曝光超过6亿。值得关注的是，这也是百度收购YY直播后，YY直播首次展现出百度加持后的技术实力，将直播玩法与元宇宙场景进行深度绑定，为竞争激烈的直播行业打开了新的赛道。而从数字产业的角度来看，《超能音乐汇》的上线也为直播行业提供了探索数字世界的新方式。

三 | 竞演歌会落地 探路元宇宙 YY直播布局元宇宙早有端倪。2020年，YY直播便开始布局元宇宙相关专利，根据公开资料显示，截至目前累计申请元宇宙发明专利近百件，在虚拟主播、三维直播/全景直播、3D礼物、绿幕连麦等方面均布局有高价值专利组合。经过2年的沉淀，在2022年1月的生态大会上，YY终于对外公布了其在元宇宙领域的首个愿景：携手百度希壤进军元宇宙赛道，打造一个场景多元、形象多变、沉浸式互动体验的YY直播元宇宙，这也使得YY直播成为首个宣布进军元宇宙的直播平台。此次YY直播在9月9日晚间上线的元宇宙综艺竞演歌会《超能音乐汇》全程在荷塘月色、失落沙洲、粉色浪漫、朋克城市四个不同主题的元宇宙场景转换。此外，在提供视觉和听觉的音乐盛宴之外，《超能音乐汇》还设置了音乐游戏和抽奖环节，邀请观众参与互动。与传统线上歌会不同的是，YY将直播间的所有功能搬入元宇宙之余，节目结合元宇宙特性专门设置的偶像定制虚拟配饰和3D限时礼物也是直播行业的首创模式，增强了网友在线上歌会中的参与感和互动感。事实上，传统直播歌会提供基础的观看功能，通过点赞、评论等实现用户与主播的实时互动，但在具体的参与感、现实互动感上，仍然有所欠缺。而YY直播在此次歌会中探索了新技术、新玩法的融合新方式，该活动打破了以往的单一互动模式，整合Web3.0、AR\VR、人工智能、云计算等前沿数字技术，提出多元化3D虚拟场景、3D限定礼物/配饰等概念，用户获得了高度沉浸的观看体验，塑造了完全不同于传统直播的沉浸式元宇宙综艺竞演歌会。据了解，《超能音乐汇》的底层元宇宙技术支持者来自百度希壤，除歌会外，YY直播也已经将一座直播体验馆设置在希壤元宇宙中。用户步入体验馆,可以感受到一站式精品直播内容完整体验服务。这里不仅有音乐、舞蹈、脱口秀等金牌品类内容展示、精品PGC节目、YY旗下艺人及头部主播才艺表演等内容,还能对YY直播平台及其所提供的泛娱乐内容有更为全面直观的了解。希壤用户可以在元宇宙世界体验YY直播的各种功能和优质内容。

四 | 据YY直播相关负责人透露，YY会持续加深、加强与包括希壤在内的百度系各产品的合作探索。整合技术内容优势 打造元宇宙生态 YY直播布局元宇宙并非偶然。以互动见长的直播形式在行业竞争加剧的态势下，各家直播平台都在探寻新的内容模式和互动形式，以期望能够给用户带来更好的直播体验。而元宇宙的火爆给直播行业带来了新的发展思路。据普华永道预计，元宇宙相关经济未来将大幅增长，市场规模有望在2030年达到15000亿美元。

五 | 同时，元宇宙所呈现的虚实结合场景、沉浸式互动体验，打破时间、空间物理限制的数字世界，都受到愿意尝试新事务、热衷创新探索的年轻一代消费群体的欢迎。在YY直播相关负责人看来，在直播行业进入到下半场阶段。无论是内容创新还是用户体验都成为了企业的关注焦点。

六 | 对于直播行业的发展，还需要不断提高新技术、新玩法以及新鲜血液的注入。市场看到了元宇宙的机遇，但如何发力、何时入局成为各家平台的“纠结点”。对于YY直播来说，加入百度生态后，其在技术、流量、内容三个方面形成了完整的生态闭环，在元宇宙打造方面拥有了天然的优势。从元宇宙底层技术构架来看，百度在元宇宙技术上的积累已有较长历史，其早在2017年就成立了AR实验室，而希壤正是由百度VR打造的虚拟互动空间，其核心能力如智能互动、声临其境均高度依赖视觉与语音等AI技术，这实现了与YY直播技术能力的互补。此次《超能音乐汇》在希壤加持下的元宇宙舞台、礼物、互动等，就展现了双方强劲的技术实力。同时，YY直播在音视频方面的直播技术积累，与希壤的元宇宙世界相融合，实现高频的3D实时元宇宙互动。需要了解的是，YY直播在直播互动技术、音视频编解码与传输技术等方面拥有数百件高价值专利，其中YY首创的连麦技术曾获得广东专利银奖、一键开播技术获得中国专利奖优秀奖等荣誉。

七 | 这些都成为了YY直播打造全新元宇宙直播平台的技术底气。对于元宇宙生态最为困扰的优质内容问题，YY直播凭借其在主播、直播内容、组织构架方面的积累，可以实现内容方面的“硬”支撑。作为泛娱乐直播平台，YY直播平台聚集了大量的主播网红，更有“专业级”的内容运营能力。YY直播平台发展至今已聚集了超16000家行业主流公会、179万星级主播，主播及合作伙伴分成超350亿元，直播总场次超4亿，累计直播时长达到3.5亿小时。这些都为元宇宙世界的稳定内容输出提供了有力支撑。YY直播相关负责人认为，希壤作为元宇宙的基础设施，也将成为YY元宇宙的“基地”。在未来，会承接更多的直播项目、主播活动、平台综艺节目等方面的探索。政策引导落地 元宇宙有望成企业发展拐点 事实上，元宇宙也可以看做是近十年来前沿技术成熟落地的集中体现，包括3D渲染、VR、AR、感知交互、人工智能、5G等技术在元宇宙的整合下都为技术的落地提供了应用路径。今年以来，北京、上海、广州、武汉、杭州等地政府均发布了关于元宇宙的相关政策文件，以引导相关产业的健康发展。其中，上海发布《上海市培育 " 元宇宙 " 新赛道行动方案》，将加强元宇宙技术从底层到应用全链条布局。相关文件指出“元宇宙”作为沉浸式体验、跨空间融合的数字世界新入口，是实现全数字沙盘、高纬度仿真、解决现实社会超复杂问题的全新方法论，也是实现数字化转型的新一代发现工具、效率工具和创新工具，对实体经济的牵引赋能效应巨大。

八 | 而从产业来看，攻克关键技术、发展基础设施、培育交互终端等都成为元宇宙应用落地的前提条件。由此反观YY直播在技术基础、内容生态、交互等方面，都具有天然的基因优势。尤其是在元宇宙世界中独有的交互体验上，YY直播通过增强交互体验，为元宇宙全场景落地提供了前沿的技术支撑。在元宇宙时代，独特的内容体验、逼真的交互体验都能成为企业弯道超车的关键因素，也将推动虚拟演艺赛事实现质的飞跃。YY直播相关负责人认为，借助元宇宙等先进技术，YY直播不断求新、求精、求强。深耕行业，助力行业不断进步、管理规范化，彻底将直播行业从“草莽时代”带进一个与新时代、与用户更合拍的新局面。他表示：“我们也希望在元宇宙等诸多先进技术的不断应用和融合下，YY直播能快速迈向一个更加充满想象、更加贴近未来的全新阶段。”