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Metaverse: The time for CIOs to experiment is now

CIO

Right now, the metaverse is essentially an undefined amalgam of technologies and concepts including but not limited to augmented reality (AR), avatars, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, extended reality (ER), mixed reality (MR), NFTs (non-fungible tokens), virtual reality (VR), and Web3. Follow the money.

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It’s time to evolve beyond marketing to create meaningful metaverse moments

CIO

I think of it by way of analogy: Not every business needs to have a social media strategy, but businesses that have customers who use social media need to know how to be present, or they lose an opportunity to be relevant. That’s the direct customer experience. What I think is equally interesting is the indirect customer experience.

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Extra Crunch roundup: NS1 EC-1, Pakistan’s tech ecosystem, SPACs bonanza

TechCrunch

The SPAC parade continued apace this week as Nextdoor announced it would go public via a blank-check company, with the community social network making its pitch based on scale, claiming users in one in three U.S. When you’ve invested a lot of time and energy in a project, it can be difficult to decide to shelve it — or worse, kill it.

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From crypto trading and home workouts to EV batteries and microLED displays, CES’ Taiwan startups cover a wide range of tech

TechCrunch

This year, its virtual pavilion, organized with Taiwan Tech Arena , is hosting 100 startups, organized into five categories: Smart Living, Tech for Good, Cybersecurity and Cloud, Healthcare and Wellness, and Mobility Tech. Ganzin is an AI-based eye tracking solution for integration into AR/VR devices and smart glasses. Tech for Good.

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Radar Trends to Watch: March 2024

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

There are hints at other applications such as using Genie to develop virtual worlds for training other kinds of AI. is a Java Virtual Machine for Web Assembly. They will start with social features, but their goal is to enable one instance to open requests for a project hosted on another instance. CheerpJ 3.0

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

TechCrunch

——————————————————————————- 3DLOOK A retail tech start-up behind the virtual fitting room YourFit. Numo provides a social to-do list that people with ADHD use to complete daily tasks.

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Radar trends to watch: May 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

There was one announcement after another; most new models were larger than the previous ones, several claimed to be significantly more energy efficient. trillion parameters–but requiring significantly less energy to train than GPT-3. It’s also good to see that energy efficiency has become part of the conversation.