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Lightspeed’s Mercedes Bent on why the metaverse isn’t overhyped

TechCrunch

But even more than entertainment, Bent is enthusiastic about the potential for the metaverse to have an impact through education. Bent’s vision squares up with some of her non-crypto consumer investments at Lightspeed, such as small-group live education platform Outschool. ” A blockchain billionaire’s big bet.

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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. echo3D – Cloud platform for 3D/AR/VR that provides tools and network infrastructure to help quickly build and deploy 3D/metaverse apps, games and content. The Metaverse. NeuroTrainer, Inc. NeuroTrainer, Inc. I-EMS Group, Ltd.

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6 Tech Trends that will reshape Media & Entertainment in 2021

Trigent

Currently, Asia and North America are the largest eSports markets and with greater adoption of AR/VR, this segment too will see fresh developments. Augmented and Virtual Reality or AR/VR are unlocking new technology avenues for the media and entertainment world. Adoption was less and the price of AR/VR devices was pretty high.

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Over 500 mobile apps are now using the term ‘metaverse’ to attract new users

TechCrunch

It found that many of the apps also referenced other popular tech terms alongside the word “metaverse” — like “crypto,” “NFTs,” “AR,” or “VR,” for example. Art and Design (13 apps) and Education (11 apps.). Image Credits: Sensor Tower. Image Credits: Sensor Tower.

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15 worthwhile conferences for women in tech

CIO

Topics include cybersecurity, blockchain, AI, VR, digital transformation, big data, security, entrepreneurship, startups, and healthcare technology. It’s a two-day event with speakers, startup pitches, group discussions, educational workshops, and career mentorship sessions.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

After 2 months in an underground shelter they have also used their technology to register evidence of war crimes and provide the ability to immerse oneself into Ukraine to experience it, it’s now developing applications for psychological trauma treatment, VR medical trainin, combat surveillance systems and making the de-mining process safer.

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A reading list from the Capgemini Research Institute – Issue 2

Capgemini

Blockchain for Social Impact , Stanford Business School. A really interesting study of “Blockchain for good” with many projects that are leveraging blockchain to drive social impacts. And we see no shortage of jobs for less educated workers. Have you heard of BanQu? A fascinating and fast-moving field.