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Avataar raises $45 million to improve consumer shopping experience with life-sized 3D product evaluation

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Avataar helps direct-to-consumer brands and e-commerce marketplaces with shaping their consumer journeys with 3D rendition of products. As long as the product images are in at least 1080p resolution, Aluru said, Avataar can stitch a virtual and 3D version from it. The six-year-old startup has raised about $55.5 Image Credits: Avataar.

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Korean 3D spatial data tool startup Urbanbase closes $11.1M Series B+ round

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Urbanbase , a Seoul-based company that develops a 3D spatial data platform for interior planning and design, announced today it has raised $11.1 Global metaverse market size is projected to increase $280 billion by 2025 from $30.7 million (13 billion won) in a Series B+ round as it scales up.

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5 measures to gauge your digital portfolio maturity

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When WGI and Columbia Universities’ Global Leaders in Construction Management polled over 570 end users about strategic technology trends they saw having the most business impact on the infrastructure industry in 2023, they cited AI and ML at 32%, augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) at 13%, and 3D printing at 12%.

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Zoom who? Higher ed is going holographic

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Holograms can be more effective for showcasing complex, 3D equipment than traditional video calls. The tech is still being tested, and will be officially added to the school’s curriculum in 2025.

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Prefabs sprout: How Modulous helps housing developers build modular homes without factories

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billion people by 2025 , as house-price growth continues to outpace income growth. the full 3D shape and form) specific to each building site, and is based on its proprietary “kit of parts” which are standardized components procured from the construction supply chain and brought together to create buildings.

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6 strategic imperatives for your next data strategy

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Integrate various data sources Integrating data sources is another strategy to provide added insights for clients, and can be achieved via 2D environments such as analytics dashboards and GIS, or 3D environments like digital twins with XR capabilities for visualization, such as Magic Leap and Apple Vision Pro.

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3 examples of organizations improving CX with self-composed AI

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IDC predicts that 40% of the Global 2000 will augment their human staff with AI digital co-workers by 2025. The bot then provides a link to enter the university’s self-composed Metaverse (an immersive, virtual 3D space) to explore studying in London.

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