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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

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The Los Angeles-based company partnered with NBA Top Shot NFT creator Dapper Labs to develop the storefront on Dapper’s Flow blockchain and debuted it to a group of invite-only beta users in December last year, TechCrunch reported at the time. Everybody wants to exist in a 3D spatial world,” Nigam said.

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South Korea’s RECON Labs raises $4.4M to help shoppers visualize products by creating 3D models in AR   

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Now, a South Korean augmented reality (AR) startup called RECON Labs , which enables e-commerce customers to create 3D models within a few hours by taking a short video of products via its platform PlicAR, has raised $4.4 Retailers can save time and costs by using PlicAR without building their own 3D modeling platform, he added.

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Virtual dressing room startup Revery.ai applying computer vision to the fashion industry

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is developing a tool that leverages computer vision and artificial intelligence to create a better online dressing room experience. While looking around for areas where there would be less monopoly and more ability to monetize technology, he became interested in fashion. the e-commerce fashion industry made up 29.5%

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Sneaker fit startup Neatsy.ai gets $1M seed after B2B pivot

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Neasty’s approach relies on 3D scanning technology found in the iPhone X or later (aka, the TruthDepth camera for FaceID) — so (currently) it only works for a subset of iOS users. Neatsy wants to reduce sneaker returns with 3D foot scans. But it’s eyeing expanding its fit recommendations with the seed funding.

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LG announces the first 50 participants in its LG Nova program

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Bigthinx – AI technology focused on fashion retail, wellness and the metaverse with products for body scanning, digital avatars and virtual fashion. ByondXR – Provides retail 3D virtual experiences that are fast, scalable and in line with the latest metaverse technologies. The Metaverse. Tanvas, Inc.

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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

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With Emperia, brands can put on live events with hosts that walk them through a virtual space, or customize exhibits and displays with 3D models and images of real-world inventory. Highlighting the pressure platform developers face, AltspaceVR, one of the first social applications of VR, was recently sunsetted by parent company Microsoft.

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Want to know how a dress looks on you? AIMIRR has your back… and front

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The company is also officially launching its first product and service in November after closing over 10 partnerships in Chicago and Seattle, including a collaboration with Fashionbar at Chicago Fashion Week, taking place this week.

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