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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 Image Credits: Avataar.

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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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Aflorithmic nabs $1.3M for AI-driven personalized audio-as-a-service

TechCrunch

million in seed funding from Crowd Media Holdings , an Australia-based company focused on influencer-based ‘social commerce’ and marketing. London and Barcelona based audio-as-a-service SaaS startup Aflorithmic has scooped up $1.3 Turning all that text into soothing synthesized voice is where Aflorithmic comes in.

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How Retailers Use Artificial Intelligence to Innovate Customer Experience and Enhance Operations

Altexsoft

In 2017, global eCommerce sales accounted for 10.2 Revenue from eCommerce sales is expected to grow to 4.88 eCommerce share of total retail sales worldwide from 2015 to 2021. China’s leading eCommerce company Alibaba sells branded merchandize in the Futuremart cashierless store (opened in April 2018 at its Hangzhou headquarters.)

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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.”.

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Guide to the New York Tech Scene

BrainStation Technology

New York has made a $100 million public-private investment in Cyber NYC, an initiative that aims to create 10,000 jobs and transform the city into a global, cyber innovation leader. From cancer diagnosis to mental health treatment, data and AI are being used to innovative and improve healthcare. 3D modeling . Social Media Week.

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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.”.

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