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

TechCrunch

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

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Nfinite bags $100M to give e-commerce 3D flare

TechCrunch

The company, headquartered in France, has developed a SaaS-based visual e-merchandising platform with tools for creating 3D images for e-commerce. Now that the company has laid the foundation on how to automate 3D imagery on scale, de Vigan intends to deploy the new funding into scaling nfiniteā€™s sales and marketing teams.

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Y Combinator-backed Poly uses AI to generate art assets

TechCrunch

One of the more interesting ventures to emerge from the space recently is Poly, which lets designers create video game and other virtual assets, including textures for 3D models, using only text prompts. Poly’s first tool in its planned web-based suite generates 3D textures with physically-based rendering maps.

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Ambi Robotics secures $32M infusion to deploy its item-sorting robots in warehouses

TechCrunch

Dex-Net, short for Dexterity Network, is an AI system that trains on thousands of images of 3D models of objects. In Ambi Robotics, we see the same commitment to client-led innovation that has helped Pitney Bowes evolve and win in the marketplace for over 100 years.

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Continuing Ecommerce Trends of 2020

KitelyTech

2020 is quickly winding down and eCommerce is still winding up. This year has forced many companies into the eCommerce industry, which has sparked innovation and trends that make it easier to advertise and sell online. Online shopping trends are changing eCommerce substantially because of the use of mobile devices.

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6 strategic imperatives for your next data strategy

CIO

It can also help organizations enter new product or service markets, as well as improve innovation, maintenance of physical assets, and ESG. The problem is today, just 13% of organizations excel at delivering on their data strategy. By strategically utilizing data, organizations gain a competitive edge, unlocking opportunities for growth.

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How is UX Design Impacting Retail?

BrainStation Technology

When we talk about user experience (UX) in the context of shopping, we usually refer to the digital sphere, where UX Designers help to ideate, test, tweak and optimize every element of websites, apps and other products to ensure users will have the best-possible end-to-end eCommerce experience. Stores are billboards for a retail brand.ā€.

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