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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

TechCrunch

Does the average person want to shop for apparel in virtual reality (VR)? But not everyone agrees — particularly those who hope to build a business out of VR retail. ” Emperia’s platform offers tools brands can use to create virtual experiences, including stores in VR. Perhaps so.

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VUZ raises $20 million to scale its immersive social app

TechCrunch

VUZ , a social app that allows users to stream and experience immersive realism in extended reality (XR) and metaverse digital experiences, has raised $20 million in Series B investment. 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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Mozilla acquires Active Replica to build on its metaverse vision

TechCrunch

On Wednesday, the company announced that it snatched up Active Replica , a Vancouver-based startup developing a “web-based metaverse.” ” 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.

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It’s time to evolve beyond marketing to create meaningful metaverse moments

CIO

Many businesses are continuing to hone the use cases that make sense for their organizations; and, importantly, business leaders are expanding outside of marketing and PR events to find them. As we have seen, even companies that are supposed to be leaders in their fields miss where the future is going.

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Okay, fine, I want Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to fight

TechCrunch

He bought my favorite social network and made it bad. He has mistreated workers across his companies, and he has permanently ruined the enduring comedy of 420 and 69 jokes. It wasn’t because I genuinely believed that I would be going to Rome for the event. Elon Musk has disappointed me many times.

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Generative AI is electrifying. Charge ahead or get shocked.

CIO

cloud, mobile, social, crypto, VR), there’s a lot of noise and misconceptions to sort through. On the other hand, leading companies will use an enterprise-ready stack that is secure, scalable, and real time, with a low TCO. Chet successfully took Apigee public before the company was acquired by Google in 2016.

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How Much Does It Cost to Create a Mobile VR App?

Mobilunity

When looking at the future of the technology industry, virtual reality (VR) is seen as one of the leading fields. As a result, businesses are increasingly looking to hire virtual and augmented reality developers for new and innovative VR apps. The global virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) market was expected to reach 18.8

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