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How the metaverse will help financial organizations transform employee and customer experience on Microsoft Cloud

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Personal data collected by AR and VR applications creates greater opportunities for identity theft. “We must rethink how we address data privacy and security in the metaverse,” Singhal says. “We We need strong regulations like GDPR to define clear boundaries.

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LG announces the first 50 participants in its LG Nova program

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XRHealth Virtual Clinic – Integrates VR/AR, licensed clinicians and real-time data analytics. echo3D – Cloud platform for 3D/AR/VR that provides tools and network infrastructure to help quickly build and deploy 3D/metaverse apps, games and content. The Metaverse.

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A Vision of Radical Networking Simplicity

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Count them: the home Wi-Fi, the ISP, the Internet, a Domain Name System (DNS) provider, a content delivery network (CDN), applications distributed among multiple providers in multiple clouds, credit authentication companies, a private customer information database.

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VUZ raises $20 million to scale its immersive social app

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According to Zaatarah, VUZ’s vision is to connect people by providing “authentic, immersive experiences while removing the constraints of travel, time, and access.” The platform offers over 20,000 hours of content covering entertainment, creators, sports, and XR, VR, and AR experiences virtually anywhere in the world.

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Nigerian startup Taeillo raises funding to scale its online furniture e-commerce platform

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However, because it serves an entirely different market , Taeillo has had to be authentic with its product offerings by infusing cultural elements (it refers to them as Afrocentric furniture). . The company, which doubles as a manufacturer and retailer, can be likened to Wayfair and now-defunct Made.com. We’ve done a lot of work with less.

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Storytelling for CIOs: From niche to bestseller

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Miguel Traquina, CIO of biometric authentication company iProov, agrees. Traquina at iProov foresees AI, AR, and VR making stories more immersive and engaging. “AI Visual interactivity helps people make sense of their data, consume it, and communicate it back as a data story. Everybody loves a good story,” he says.

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Bringing the National Museum of African American History and Culture to the world

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A VR/AR experience requires the use of headsets that can often cost hundreds of dollars, he reminds. The “Paradox of Liberty” exhibit depicts Thomas Jefferson’s ownership of 609 slaves, as well as Sugar Pot and Tower of Cotton artifacts that depict the “juxtaposition of profit and power and the human cost” of slave production.

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