TechCrunch

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Virtual meetings are a fundamental part of how we interact with each other these days, but even when (if!?) Like mmhmm, Memix is today focused on building tools that you use on existing video platforms — not building a video player itself.

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The Crazy Programmer

JULY 18, 2021

In 1895, the first video game – Tennis for two with interactive graphics was developed by William Higinbotham to entertain the visitors at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. In 1966, Ralph Baer developed a simple video game in which one could move points of light on a screen. The 1980s was called the golden era for videos games.

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CIO

APRIL 17, 2024

Take for example French multinational Carrefour, who used it to make digital avatars and videos. Suddenly, you can create engaging customer-facing videos at the click of a button,” says Oliver Banks, retail consultant and author of Driving Retail Transformation: How to navigate disruption and change.

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CIO

JULY 18, 2023

Nvidia’s transformation from an accelerator of video games to an enabler of artificial intelligence (AI) and the industrial metaverse didn’t happen overnight—but the leap in its stock market value to over a trillion dollars did. Nvidia gets two bites at this market. The other is the cars themselves.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Toothfairy connects patients to dentists on-demand via video, with the app being officially approved by the NHS. They can also go to a clinic for a 3D scan. Image Credits: Toothfairy. Patients can track their treatment, speak to a dentist and update their medical notes all remotely.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Does the average person want to shop for apparel in virtual reality (VR)? Enter Emperia , an “immersive” retail startup that — to its credit — has already created virtual stores for brands including Bloomingdales, Dior, Ralph Lauren and Lacoste. A virtual store created with Emperia’s platform.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2022

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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Perficient

JANUARY 23, 2023

Virtual Reality Virtual Reality (VR) is an immersive media experience replicating either a real or imagined environment and allowing users to interact with the environment. Unlike the conventional user interface of displaying content on a screen, VR immerses a person to interact in a digital 3D environment.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Consumers today know AR technology thanks to interactions with Snapchat Lenses and TikTok Effects, through mobile games like Pokémon Go, and by visualizing products they’re considering buying — like furniture they place in their room , or makeup they virtually try on via an AR filter. But he didn’t find the work fulfilling.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

Two-dimensional virtual event platforms such as Hopin, Cvent and Zoom have become staples of virtual events, but these are about consuming content rather than “user activation” for brands. Thus it is that platforms like Spatial.io, party.space, Gather, Virbella and Hubs now provide some level of 3D experiences for event activations.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2023

This year at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show, MeetKai is launching several new platforms geared toward metaverse creators and users, including a way to digitize 3D spaces and buildings using any internet-connected device with a camera. ” Image Credits: MeetKai.

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CableLabs

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

If you didn’t catch our previous post , we looked at Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) for their ability to “memorize” beautiful, photorealistic 3D snapshots of the real world. As it turns out, the answer to this problem came in a paper at SIGGRAPH 2023 : 3D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Radiance Field Rendering. Here’s an example.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

AIMIRR is taking on this challenge by bringing the dressing room to the customer with its real-time garment rendering technology that overlays images of clothing on a live video of the individual. With many people buying clothes online versus in-store where they can try them on in the dressing room, finding the right fit can be a challenge.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The London-based company brings ads to games, e-sports, virtual reality, and augmented reality. Last year we covered Adtech startup Admix’s $7 million Series A funding. Samuel Huber, CEO and Co-founder at Admix, commented:“We see the internet entering a new stage: Web 3.0

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The Crazy Programmer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Game developers are the programmers who contribute their essential effort to develop a video game for various platforms like Mac, Windows, Android, and iOS. Game development requires hard coding skills and knowledge about the video, animation, and audio elements. Also Read: 5 Different Types of Programming Languages.

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OTS Solutions

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

With the adoption of digital technologies, dentists can now take highly accurate and detailed 3D impressions. Digital technologies enable dentists to create virtual treatment plans, allowing patients to visualize the expected outcomes of their dental treatments and make informed decisions.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

To develop the project, Fearless leveraged Smithsonian’s APIs to access a massive catalog of digital content, including 3D models, videos, podcasts, and imagery not available in the physical building in order to create an immersive, rich experience that rivals a walk-through.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

You have just 48 hours left to secure an early-bird ticket to TC Sessions: Space 2020 , a two-day virtual conference dedicated to early-stage space startups and the community that supports them. It’s the perfect tool to bridge a virtual conference and connect with attendees around the globe. Listen up, space fans and aficionados.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Wondering whether a virtual conference measures up? Here’s what Katia Paramonova, founder and CEO of Centrly, says about the real benefits she found by going virtual with TechCrunch: “I really enjoyed the virtual experience. Pro Tip: Hit record right before you pitch — it makes a great learning or marketing tool.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2021

D’Sa and his team, which includes co-founder David Zhao, developed a free, open source infrastructure for building and scaling real-time audio and video experiences, aka WebRTC, in applications. He believes the conference call is not the future and that virtual and augmented reality will make calls feel more like real life.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

While the video engine powering the 3D character rending components of this “digital human” version of Einstein is the work of another synthesized media company — UneeQ — which is hosting the interactive chatbot version on its website.

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Openxcell

DECEMBER 12, 2023

According to Grand View Research, the video game market is expected to reach USD 583.69 Today, gaming has gone beyond consoles and PCs to virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mobile devices. Conversely, streaming video games have fueled a dramatic boom in 3D game development. billion by 2030. A CAGR of 18.5%

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Capgemini

JANUARY 16, 2024

But with elaborate virtual worlds long established in video gaming and engaged with by millions of people every day, the metaverse has in many ways already proven successful. What the metaverse represents for the world today is essentially the evolution of the internet to a 3D immersive platform.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

Startups and VC Zigazoo, the startup known for its TikTok-style video-sharing app for kids, is launching a separate app targeted at Gen Z users, Lauren reports. We did learn some new things, though: Sarah reports that the social media giant scans public videos to determine users’ ages. Taylor has more on that.

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CIO

JULY 10, 2023

The BPO’s contact center blends various media streams (chat, email, voice, video, social) with self-built AI chatbots and voice bots using the Avaya Experience Platform and Google Dialogflow. The bot then provides a link to enter the university’s self-composed Metaverse (an immersive, virtual 3D space) to explore studying in London.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Take advantage of early-bird pricing and secure your seat at the virtual table for $125 and access to all live sessions. Don’t worry about missing out due to schedule conflicts, because video on demand comes with the price of admission. But don’t delay — buy your pass now. Check out the event agenda.

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CableLabs

JUNE 8, 2023

NeRFs have been around since the 2020 publication of Representing Scenes as Neural Radiance Fields for View Synthesis , but recent developments have made it easier than ever to start making immersive 3D media. The NeRF-creation process looks something like this: Record a regular video or take a set of photos of your subject.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 20, 2020

You could consider using the techniques that some of your rivals might not have, such as 3D vizualisation. This may become more common as technology evolves, so get ahead of the curve and see why you may want to use 3D visualization in your marketing strategy. It can help with 3D thinking. How can you do this?

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OTS Solutions

JUNE 3, 2022

Because of the advancements in electronic device technology and software, video and audio appointments can be held on various internet-connected devices. Just a decade ago, the use of augmented and virtual reality in healthcare was deemed science fiction. Monitoring of Patients using Telemedicine. Let me show you how.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Like the last few Alchemist batches, this one was entirely virtual — a move that Alchemist director Ravi Belani tells me has proven to work well, noting that attendance of their virtual demo day is “up 100%” over its in-person equivalent. This latest cohort comes in at 23 companies.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

TC Sessions: Space 2020 , our first space technology event, launches December 16-17, and you won’t want to miss our virtual conference focused on this fast-emerging startup category. You can send invites and schedule 1:1 video calls. Then CrunchMatch gets to work to find and recommend people who align with your goals.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

With a combination of a communication platform, recommendation software and visualization software, clients are able to message designers one-on-one, purchase products online and see photorealistic designs using Occipital — which creates 3D models of real-world spaces and objects then converts them to computer-aided design (CAD).

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Netflix Tech

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Each title is promoted with a custom set of artworks and video assets in support of helping each title find their audience of fans. Here are just a few examples: We maintain a growing suite of video understanding models that categorize characters, storylines, emotions, and cinematography.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 5, 2016

Young surgeons, who had played video games, had better eye-hand coordination than surgeons who had never played the games. To make the simulators possible, researchers make virtual maps of the brain, the thorax and other areas of the body. The maps are presented in 3D representation. NeuroTouch is patient specific.

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Trigent

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It is a lot more, thanks to the below-listed features: Location property for creating and updating at specific points on the map 3D views of amenities with AR with real-time 3D portraying, adding all the animation and textures Optical or Video technologies are used to accomplish the way of augmentation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Soul Machines also teamed up with the World Health Organization to create Florence , a virtual health worker who is available 24/7 to provide digital counseling services to those trying to quit tobacco or learn more about COVID-19. ” She responded by pulling up a YouTube video of “I’ll Stand by You” by The Pretenders.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

Long before COVID-19 precipitated “digital transformation” across the world of work, customer services and support was built to run online and virtually. The augmented reality experience overlays additional information, pointers and other tools over the video stream. “The video solution has to work.”

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