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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

TechCrunch

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. Launched in 2019, the idea came from one of the co-founders, Olga Dogadkina, who previously worked in the luxury retail sector.

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

TechCrunch

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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Hexa raises $20.5M to turn images into 3D objects for VR, AR and more

TechCrunch

But HTC’s focus has increasingly shifted over the years from mobile to VR, and it evidently sees Hexa as aligned with its current — and perhaps even future — lines of business. Hexa’s roots can be traced back to 2015, when Atias was working in the retail industry for brands like Walmart and H&M.

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How the metaverse will help financial organizations transform employee and customer experience on Microsoft Cloud

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By blending the physical and the digital worlds, the metaverse is changing the rules of engagement and enabling us to connect without barriers,” says Anupam Singhal, a Senior Vice President at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). According to  Gartner , 25% of people will spend at least an hour in the metaverse by 2026.

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MeetKai launches new room-scanning tech and metaverse builder

TechCrunch

Not everyone believes that the metaverse — social, VR-centric worlds — has staying power. It soon broadened its focus, introducing products to help developers build components of metaverse worlds, including “intelligent” NPCs and (less excitingly) ads. But MeetKai is among the steadfast optimists.

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LG announces the first 50 participants in its LG Nova program

TechCrunch

Nova itself is a counterpoint to profit-focused corporate venture capital outfits, and is instead focusing on abilities to collaborate with the LG conglomerate across the board, in a few key verticals: the metaverse, connected healthcare, smart homes, electric vehicles (EV) and the wonderfully fuzzily named tech for good. CurieAi, Inc.

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What Your Brand Can Bring to Experiential Retail

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In today’s digital age, customers are looking for unique experiences when it comes to shopping and retailers are finding it challenging to offer experiences that differentiate them from their competitors. AR and VR are immersive technologies that allow customers to interact with products and brands in a virtual environment.

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