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Sandbox VR expands to new locations globally with $37M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz

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After a challenging year for location-based virtual reality startups due to COVID-19, Sandbox VR , a location-based VR startup, is making a comeback with a plan to expand its operations further across the globe. Sandbox VR aims to be an immersive social experience through a combination of full-body motion capture and VR technologies.

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Social gaming platform Rec Room scores $20 million Series C

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Social gaming platform Rec Room has scored some new funding as it aims to bring its once VR-centric world to every major gaming platform out there. The platform has been around for years serving as a social hub and gaming platform for virtual reality users. Against Gravity is building a VR world that won’t stop growing.

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Former Salesforce exec Bret Taylor is teaming up with Google AR/VR vet Clay Bavor on mystery startup

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Bavor, who spent almost seven years as the VP of AR and VR at Google as part of an 18 year career with the company, was coy in a LinkedIn post about what is coming next, but he was clear he’s doing it with his pal Taylor. Will it have an AR/VR flavor? It’s impossible to say right now, but the two have something cooking.

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8 open source companies from YC Demo Day Winter ’22

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Wicked fast VPNs, data organization tools, auto-generated videos to spice up your company’s Instagram stories … Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 open source founders have some interesting ideas up their sleeves. And since they’re open source, some of these companies will let you join in on the fun of collaboration too. Founded: 2021.

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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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Daily Crunch: Bitcoin-demanding cybercriminals use bug from 2021 to initiate global ransomware attack 

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Natasha L reports that Spotify founder Daniel Ek is back with Neko and another spin on preventative healthcare , while Sarah writes that Zenly co-founder Antoine Martin launches a new social app, Amo. Based in Seattle, the venture-backed company calls its production tech the “most advanced plant-based meat manufacturing system on the planet.”

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Over 500 mobile apps are now using the term ‘metaverse’ to attract new users

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Across all global apps ranked apps on the App Store and Google Play, a total of 86 apps added references to the “metaverse” to their title or description between November 2021 and January 2022, Sensor Tower’s data indicates. Startups began to describe themselves as metaverse companies. Image Credits: Sensor Tower.

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