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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

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Does the average person want to shop for apparel in virtual reality (VR)? But not everyone agrees — particularly those who hope to build a business out of VR retail. ” Emperia’s platform offers tools brands can use to create virtual experiences, including stores in VR. Perhaps so.

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Daily Crunch: Meta’s upcoming VR headset will track eye movements and capture facial expressions

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Virtual reality, Meta style : Meta’s new virtual reality headset technology is going to focus on face-tracking and eye-tracking, features the company calls “social presence,” Ivan writes. Squadhelp CEO and founder Darpan Munjal shut down his previous company, a fashion e-commerce venture, after four years of “solid growth.”

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What’s ahead for AI, VR, NFTs, and more?

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Now for some slightly less safe predictions, involving the future of social media and cybersecurity. I don’t think they’ll succeed, but Apple is also working on VR/AR products. It’s much harder to bet against Apple’s ability to turn geeky technology into a fashion statement.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Clubhouse UX teardown, YC Demo Day favorites, proptech VC survey, more

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Automakers, suppliers and startups see growing market for in-vehicle AR/VR applications. Despite all of the pomp and promises about the potential for AR and VR, there isn’t a clear understanding of market demand for bringing the technology to cars, trucks and passenger vans. Social+ payments: Why fintechs need social features.

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Avataar raises $45 million to improve consumer shopping experience with life-sized 3D product evaluation

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That’s the reason why the likes of Amazon have historically struggled to move fashion and home decor items online. By 2025, nearly 75% of the global population and almost all people who use social and communication apps will be frequent AR users, said Snap in a recent report, for which it collaborated with Deloitte. Avataar.me

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

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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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Daily Crunch: Citing ‘global market uncertainties,’ Sea flatlines Shopee India

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Elon Musk may be threatening to spool up his own social media platform, but Amanda today eloquently argues why it’s too early to whine about it on Twitter. Keeping abreast of what’s happening in the brain, brain.space remakes the EEG , aiming to make brain-wave measuring as easy as putting on a VR headset. Startups and VC.

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