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Sandbox VR expands to new locations globally with $37M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz

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After a challenging year for location-based virtual reality startups due to COVID-19, Sandbox VR , a location-based VR startup, is making a comeback with a plan to expand its operations further across the globe. Sandbox VR aims to be an immersive social experience through a combination of full-body motion capture and VR technologies.

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

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It also includes features that makes it possible to include diagnostic annotations and reports. “We Kovalan, who was born and raised in Malaysia, studied computer science in Ohio State University, and on completion, went on to specialize in artificial intelligence.

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Temasek’s Pavilion Capital backs South Korean AI chip maker Rebellions with $50M investment

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Semiconductors, which have become a valued asset, are used in virtually almost every industry, including 5G networks, automation, the Internet of Things, financials, smart homes, smart cities, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality and self-driving cars. billion by 2027, up from $56 billion in 2018, per a 2019 report by Insight Partners. .

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Daily Crunch: ‘Network issue’ causes cloud outage that takes down multiple Microsoft services for 4+ hours

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: That’s what Microsoft is saying after some of its services, like Outlook, Xbox Live and Teams, went down during a “change made to the Microsoft Wide Area Network,” Ivan reports. Remember in October when Shutterstock and OpenAI paired up to add some artificial intelligence to Shutterstock’s libraries? Rebecca has more.

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A comparative assessment of digital transformation in Italy

CIO

We started with an evolution of the CRM to manage the citizen relationship, and the various requests and reports: those who come into contact with the AMA must be recognized on any channel and receive consistent answers in a multichannel perspective,” he says. From there, the actual digitization project can be implemented. “We

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

Hot: AI and VR/AR With digital transformations moving at full throttle, and a desire to stay innovative, it should come as no surprise that use cases for virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence continue to grow in several verticals. The unified communications market’s meager 1.6%

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How universities are using AI to power operational efficiency

Trigent

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has also been a significant contributor, revolutionizing education. A Market Search Engine report has predicted that AI will become the primary trend and grow more than 45% by 2024. A Market Search Engine report has predicted that AI will become the primary trend and grow more than 45% by 2024.