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Daily Crunch: New Point-E AI allows users to generate 3D objects from detailed text prompts

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Today, Devin ’s guide to gaming headphones is up! Making 3D out of text : That’s OpenAI’s new thing as it releases Point-E, an AI that generates 3D models. And not just any models, Kyle writes — it “generates point clouds, or discrete sets of data points in space that represent a 3D shape — hence the cheeky abbreviation.”.

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Jio Platforms backs SF-based AR gaming startup Krikey

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Jio Platforms, the biggest telecom operator in India and which has raised over $20 billion from Facebook, Google and other high-profile investors this year, is leading a financing round of a San Francisco-based startup that develops augmented reality mobile games. They have previously participated in Apple’s female entrepreneur camp.

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Daily Crunch: Game developer bans 6,700 cheaters and publishes their usernames

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Let’s kick this off by reminding you there’s only 5 days left to save $1,000 on Disrupt passes ! — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 No one likes a cheater : Definitely not Russian game developer Battlestate Games, which banned and doxed 6,700 cheaters from its Escape from Tarkov game. Lorenzo has more.

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Daily Crunch: Mobile gaming review — Playing on the Logitech G Cloud with Shadow

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On cloud 9 : Romain chronicles how pairing up the Logitech G Cloud with cloud computing service Shadow not only made for a better gaming experience, but was also “a match made in cloud gaming heaven.”. Supply chain challenges begone : Pantheon Design alleviates supply chain uncertainty with factory-grade 3D printing, Rita reports.

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8 Different Types of Programmers

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Game Developer. Game developers are the programmers who contribute their essential effort to develop a video game for various platforms like Mac, Windows, Android, and iOS. They are well balanced in developing various types of games as per the requirements of the clients. Software Developer.

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Daily Crunch: Adobe snaps up Figma in proposed $20B deal that has some scratching their heads

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It’s probably a coincidence that Kav announced it is spooling up a 3D printing factory for bike helmets on the same day. Image Credits: Helu (opens in a new window). Whenever Call of Duty is mentioned, we can’t help but recall Rashida Jones’s character in “The Office” giving the game a shout-out. Series A deck. Big Tech Inc.

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Daily Crunch: PSG, Battery Ventures invest $100M in open source password manager Bitwarden 

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DAO makes us proud : Gaming guild Metaverse Magna is now valued at $30 million after raising $3.2 Tage writes the company plans to build “Africa’s largest gaming DAO.”. Frisbees : Hardware startup Mantle is 3D-printing manufacturing tooling , which could drastically reduce the amount of time to make new plastic parts, Haje reports.