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7 investors discuss augmented reality and VR startup opportunities in 2020

TechCrunch

Meanwhile, few spaces were frothier in 2016 than virtual reality, but most VCs who gambled on VR following Facebook’s Oculus acquisition failed to strike it rich. “We believe VR is still the largest long-term opportunity of the two. . “We believe VR is still the largest long-term opportunity of the two.

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Mozilla acquires Active Replica to build on its metaverse vision

TechCrunch

” According to Mozilla SVP Imo Udom, Active Replica will support Mozilla’s ongoing work with Hubs, the latter’s VR chatroom service and open source project. They will benefit from our scale, our talent, and our ability to help bring their innovations to the market faster.”

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Power Immersive, Engaging, Impactful Learning Experiences with AR/VR

Trigent

But with Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) coming into the picture, things have changed radically for the education sector. We are treading into an era of experiential learning driven by AR/VR. The research by MarketsandMarkets suggests that the global EdTech and smart classroom market is growing at a CAGR of 16.1%

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3 ways to beat the competition and stay ahead in the Media and Entertainment industry

Trigent

The media and entertainment sector saw quite a few changes with respect to content development, aggregation, and delivery as major players in the business adopted new strategies and agile approaches to leverage the changing consumer demands. The global OTT market size that stood at $171B in 2020 is predicted to grow at a CAGR of 29.4%

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6 Tech Trends that will reshape Media & Entertainment in 2021

Trigent

By 2024, Over-the-top (OTT) media revenue is predicted to touch $158.84B that’s more than double the $67.8B Here’s our take on 6 technology trends that will influence the media and entertainment world this year. The global eSports market revenue is expected to touch $1.6B revenue that was generated in 2018.

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Emotion-detection software startup Affectiva acquired for $73.5M

TechCrunch

Affectiva, which spun out of the MIT Media Lab in 2009, has developed software that can detect and understand human emotion, which Smart Eye is keen to combine with its own AI-based eye-tracking technology. A meeting at the technology trade show CES in 2020 put the two companies on a path to merge. million in a cash-and-stock deal.

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Radar trends to watch: August 2020

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Here’s a glimpse at Facebook’s VR glasses. They are still proof-of-concept, but this prototype (along with Apple’s rumored product, and Google’s continued interest ) means that nobody can count VR out. TikTok , the social media site for short videos, has over 800 million active users. Technology and Society.

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