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Autonomous aviation startup Xwing hits $400M valuation after latest funding round

TechCrunch

Automakers, suppliers and startups see growing market for in-vehicle AR/VR applications. We set up what’s effectively an airline,” Piette said. The autonomous flights are only one part of Xwing’s business activities.

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The Station: Rivian trims its workforce and a supply chain-tainted earnings season begins

TechCrunch

Rutgers University researchers are using VR to help determine the feasibility of pop-up bike lanes in New Jersey. After lots of back and forth, the JetBlue-Spirit Airlines deal actually happened. The respective boards at JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines approved a merger agreement at a diluted equity valuation of $3.8

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Radar trends to watch: August 2021

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

To succeed, VR will have to get beyond ultra geeky goggles. The National Institute of Standards (NIST) tests systems for identifying airline passengers for flight boarding. Mark Zuckerberg has been talking up the Metaverse as the next stage in the Internet’s evolution: a replacement for the Web as an AR/VR world. AI and Data.

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Fed Tech News Roundup 8 July 2015

CTOvision

All United Airlines flights in US grounded: Computer “glitch” cited as cause CTOvision (Today) - The entire U.S. Some are already. The transparency. travel system is under strain today causing a major disruption to business and pleasure travel on all carriers do to what United is calling a computer systems.

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4 Top Enterprise Mobile App Trends You Need to Pay Attention Now

Openxcell

AR & VR. AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) are two trends that have the capacity to support a number of applications in a range of industries. Use cases of AR/VR technology in an Enterprise Ecosystem. The latest in this section is VR Mobile Apps. The power of machine learning is growing big. #

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4 Top Enterprise Mobile App Trends You Need to Pay Attention Now

Openxcell

AR & VR. AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) are two trends that have the capacity to support a number of applications in a range of industries. Use cases of AR/VR technology in an Enterprise Ecosystem. The latest in this section is VR Mobile Apps. The power of machine learning is growing big. #

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4 Top Enterprise Mobile App Trends You Need to Pay Attention Now

Openxcell

AR & VR. AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) are two trends that have the capacity to support a number of applications in a range of industries. Use cases of AR/VR technology in an Enterprise Ecosystem. The latest in this section is VR Mobile Apps. The power of machine learning is growing big. #