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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

TechCrunch

Does the average person want to shop for apparel in virtual reality (VR)? But not everyone agrees — particularly those who hope to build a business out of VR retail. ” Emperia’s platform offers tools brands can use to create virtual experiences, including stores in VR.

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CommonGround raises $25M for immersive video avatar technology that doesn’t rely on VR gear

TechCrunch

Like “TrueSelf Scan,” the name of the initial application that’s used to scan a person’s image, the meeting software also will not require a VR headset to use and engage with — users will be “seated” in a room that will be shown on a video screen.

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

Trigent

But with Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) coming into the picture, things have changed radically for the education sector. We are treading into an era of experiential learning driven by AR/VR. It’s not surprising then to find technology dominates every sphere of learning and education.

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Blackshark.ai’s digital twin of Earth attracts $20M in funding

TechCrunch

The basis of their technique is turning widely available 2D imagery into accurate 3D representations with machine learning, a bit of smart guesswork, and a lot of computing power. Using all this it creates a plausible 3D reconstruction of the building. But that also necessitates the aforementioned 2D-to-3D method.

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LG announces the first 50 participants in its LG Nova program

TechCrunch

XRHealth Virtual Clinic – Integrates VR/AR, licensed clinicians and real-time data analytics. ByondXR – Provides retail 3D virtual experiences that are fast, scalable and in line with the latest metaverse technologies. HEXA – Unique immersive OS with 3D tech stack to create, manage, display and analyze 3D projects.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

CIOs anticipate an increased focus on cybersecurity (70%), data analysis (55%), data privacy (55%), AI/machine learning (55%), and customer experience (53%). Dental company SmileDirectClub has invested in an AI and machine learning team to help transform the business and the customer experience, says CIO Justin Skinner.

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San Diego-based startup LifeVoxel raises $5 million seed funding for its AI diagnostic visualization platform

TechCrunch

Recently such techniques were deployed during the pandemic to provide first-of-a-kind interactive 3D VR Telepresence between remote proctors thousands of miles away and surgeons within operating rooms.”. It also includes features that makes it possible to include diagnostic annotations and reports. “We