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

TechCrunch

CEO and co-founder Yehiel Atias said that the cash will be put toward product development and expanded customer acquisition efforts well into 2023. 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.

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Xbox Cloud Gaming now available on Meta Quest 2, 3 and Pro

TechCrunch

Xbox has brought is Cloud Gaming service to Meta Quest VR headset devices, as both companies said it would at the launch of the latest Quest 3 hardware earlier this year. The Xbox Cloud Gaming app has a beta label, and it’s limited to Quest 2, Quest 3 and Quest Pro headsets (sorry OG Quest […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Daily Crunch: Patreon rival Fanfix projects paying creators $50M by end of 2023

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Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 Move over TikTok : There’s a new social media content sheriff in town. And we have five more for you: Running in place : Brian reports that, a decade later, this VR treadmill is finally ready to ship. Oh, and this gave us a good giggle over the weekend.

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The five EduTech priorities for 2023 and beyond

CIO

Technology is becoming ever-more core to the educational experience, with teachers and students alike relying on rich media, deep data and analytics and cloud delivery to drive better educational outcomes. At the same time, education has a specific set of requirements of IT that differentiate it from other verticals.

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The five EduTech priorities for 2023 and beyond

CIO

Technology is becoming ever-more core to the educational experience, with teachers and students alike relying on rich media, deep data and analytics and cloud delivery to drive better educational outcomes. At the same time, education has a specific set of requirements of IT that differentiate it from other verticals.

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Daily Crunch: Meta’s upcoming VR headset will track eye movements and capture facial expressions

TechCrunch

In case you missed some stories from late yesterday, we have some good ones: Paging Starlink : SpaceX and T-Mobile are partnering to connect T-Mobile phones to Starlink for free starting in 2023, Devin writes. First Spaces, not podcasts : It’s official — Twitter is integrating podcasts into its platform.

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Why Adopting New Technologies like AR and VR are Essential for Your Business?

Trigent

In that case, it is essential to understand why companies consider adopting new technologies or digital transformations like Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) to meet customer needs. While AR and VR offer many revolutionary experiences, XR is based on the same technologies. As of 2023, there are 65.9

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