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Hexa raises $20.5M to turn images into 3D objects for VR, AR and more

TechCrunch

But HTC’s focus has increasingly shifted over the years from mobile to VR, and it evidently sees Hexa as aligned with its current — and perhaps even future — lines of business. We conducted an early round due to tripling our customer base in 2023,” Atias told TechCrunch in an email interview.

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AmazeVR gets another $15M to forge the future of immersive concerts 

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AmazeVR , a virtual reality concert platform that enables users to experience their favorite artists’ VR concerts through content generation tools, announced today it has secured $15 million, which was oversubscribed within three weeks. . Users would join as avatars, hang out with other users, and experience VR concerts together.

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Fed Tech News Roundup 8 July 2015

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Pentagon's Silicon Valley unit gets $1.75M for fiscal 2015 - FCW.com FCW (Today) - FCW.comPentagon's Silicon Valley unit gets $1.75M for fiscal 2015FCW.comThe Defense Department's first fulltime outreach office in Silicon Valley is up and running thanks to a July 2 memo from Deputy. Some are already. Marine Corps, Interior Dept.

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Extra Crunch roundup: China’s new data privacy law, fractional farming, debt vs. equity

TechCrunch

What China’s new data privacy law means for US tech firms. billion, a 4x increase from 2015. It’s not just venture capitalists and Big Tech who are beefing up their presence in the region. Advanced virtual fitting rooms with VR/AR for fashion. Smart packaging with IoT and distributed ledger technology.

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Go1 nabs $100M at a $2B+ valuation to upgrade its curated enterprise learning platform

TechCrunch

The company was part of a Y Combinator cohort in 2015.). ” Another area where it would like to use investment is to bring more technological innovations into the Go1 platform. For some context on that valuation, Brisbane, Australia-based Go1 has now raised $400 million to date. It would be quite a different product.”

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Technology News and Hot Topics

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Here are some of the technology stories we are tracking: Ulrich Beck, Sociologist Who Warned of Dangers of Technology , Is Dead at 70. CES 2015: What the Biggest Tech Trends Will Be. NASA explores inflatable spacecraft technology. 2014''s innovations in technology far-reaching. virtual-reality technology.

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Innovation Journeys: 10G is new. We have been working on it for years.

CableLabs

We need to keep that secret for our member companies (cable operators) until the technology is ready to launch. Experiencing some of the earliest 360° video at the beginning of 2014 (shot on 6 Go-Pro’s, manually stitched) on a low-resolution Oculus Development Kit Virtual Reality headset got us thinking about where the technology might lead.