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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 Avataar.me

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Nanome raises $3 million to help scientists get up close with molecular structures in VR

TechCrunch

Yet, the R&D process for drug discovery relies on 2D monitors, keyboard, and mouse, which limits the understanding of complex 3D structures or interactions and contributes to massive R&D costs averaging $2.5B “Understanding structure empowers our users to understand how their designs function,” he wrote in an email. per drug.”.

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Power Immersive, Engaging, Impactful Learning Experiences with AR/VR

Trigent

Homeschooling, online degree programs, virtual classrooms have all been progressive steps in the direction of transformative technological innovation. But with Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) coming into the picture, things have changed radically for the education sector. Propelling-immersive-learning-with-AR-VR.

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LG announces the first 50 participants in its LG Nova program

TechCrunch

LG’s innovation center — LG Nova among friends — today announced that it has selected the first 50 companies for its Mission for the Future global challenge competition. XRHealth Virtual Clinic – Integrates VR/AR, licensed clinicians and real-time data analytics. ” I spoke with Dr. . TRIPP, Inc.

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Three Ways Retailers Can Use AR and VR to Boost Post-Sale Customer Experience

Perficient

A Google survey found that 66% of people said that they’re interested in using augmented reality (AR) for help when shopping, and Shopify revealed that interactions with products having 3D content showed a 94% higher conversion rate than those without it. Using AR and VR Post Sale Think about what happens after you make a sale.

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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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5 measures to gauge your digital portfolio maturity

CIO

The motivations to digitize client-facing solutions vary but are often both push and pull: a push from your organization to grow revenues, gain competitive advantage, and further differentiate products and services, and a pull by the market looking for the latest technologies such as AI/ML, AR/VR, and digital twins for immediate business benefit.

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