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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. .”

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MeetKai launches new room-scanning tech and metaverse builder

TechCrunch

Not everyone believes that the metaverse — social, VR-centric worlds — has staying power. This year at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show, MeetKai is launching several new platforms geared toward metaverse creators and users, including a way to digitize 3D spaces and buildings using any internet-connected device with a camera.

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Why Are Video Devices Becoming More Popular?

Strategy Driven

Video is transforming business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-customer (B2C) communications. The critical technologies making this possible are lowering latency and enabling remote access to video content. Video Phones Video phones, also called videoconferencing devices, allow two people to communicate by video and audio.

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Ultraleap’s mid-air haptics tempts Tencent to join its $82M Series D fundraising

TechCrunch

It was quite the demo (see the video below). Commenting, Tom Carter, Ultraleap CEO, said recent chatter about the VR-based “Metaverse” from companies like Facebook, as well as the shift to touchless interfaces brought about by the pandemic, had helped its fund-raising.

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10 Key Trends of Digital Transformation in Healthcare in 2022

OTS Solutions

There has been a tremendous impact on the advancement and accessibility of healthcare technology through Internet of Things (IoT) devices, wearable gadgets, and real-time medical data monitoring. Just a decade ago, the use of augmented and virtual reality in healthcare was deemed science fiction. IoMT and wearable technology.

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The Metaverse Is Not a Place

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Some people seem to think of it as a kind of real estate , complete with land grabs and the attempt to bring traffic to whatever bit of virtual property they’ve created. Virtual Reality headsets will make these places more immersive, we imagine. My personal metaverse prototype moment does not involve VR at all, but Zoom.

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Extra Crunch roundup: NS1 EC-1, Pakistan’s tech ecosystem, SPACs bonanza

TechCrunch

Did you see the viral videos of yesterday’s flooding in New York City subways? In one, riders waded through brown, waist-deep water; another video showed a cascade rushing down a flight of stairs to a subway platform where passengers waited for a train. Can advertising scale in VR? Can advertising scale in VR?

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