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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. Launched in 2019, the idea came from one of the co-founders, Olga Dogadkina, who previously worked in the luxury retail sector.

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CommonGround raises $25M for immersive video avatar technology that doesn’t rely on VR gear

TechCrunch

Like “TrueSelf Scan,” the name of the initial application that’s used to scan a person’s image, the meeting software also will not require a VR headset to use and engage with — users will be “seated” in a room that will be shown on a video screen.

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8 open source companies from YC Demo Day Winter ’22

TechCrunch

How it says it differs from rivals: Tuva uses machine learning to further develop its technology. They’re using that experience to help digital health companies get their data ready for analytics and machine learning. After Education.com ’s exit in 2019, the two of them began working on GrowthBook. Founded: 2022.

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10 Key Trends of Digital Transformation in Healthcare in 2022

OTS Solutions

At the heart of this shift are AI (Artificial Intelligence), ML (Machine Learning), IoT, and other cloud-based technologies. The intelligence generated via Machine Learning. In addition, pharmaceutical businesses can generate more effective drugs and improve medical research and experimentation using machine learning.

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PGA of America swings for the public cloud

CIO

moved all the data from its headquarters and its three data centers in Charlotte, Louisville, and Atlanta to Amazon Web Services and a handful of SaaS providers in 2019. It’s early days on the AR/VR front, but the PGA of America recently released an AR golf game to engage more children into its PGA Jr.

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Live VR Streaming with React JS, React Native, and Unity

Agile Engine

The next Champions League Final for 2019 isn’t going to be different. Our latest client has powered many of the largest and highest-profile live VR streaming productions in history. We will use React JS, React Native, and Unity for building the UI, as well as the VR functionality. As of 2017, more than 2.1 About AgileEngine.

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5 Software Development Trends Shaping the Media Industry in 2019

Agile Engine

Let’s see what technologies can help companies of this type succeed in the crowded media space of 2019. Fixing Content Discovery (and Delivery) with Machine Learning and Predictive Analysis. Exploration of New Formats: AR, VR, and 360 Video. So how is this affecting media and entertainment in 2019?

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