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Medical simulation platform FundamentalVR raises $20M to help surgeons learn through VR

TechCrunch

FundamentalVR , an immersive simulation platform for medical and health care professions, has raised $20 million in a round of funding to “accelerate skill-transfer and surgical proficiency” through virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) applications. Big impact. “This makes the solutions highly scalable and affordable.”

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VUZ raises $20 million to scale its immersive social app

TechCrunch

VUZ , a social app that allows users to stream and experience immersive realism in extended reality (XR) and metaverse digital experiences, has raised $20 million in Series B investment. The platform offers over 20,000 hours of content covering entertainment, creators, sports, and XR, VR, and AR experiences virtually anywhere in the world.

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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. Going forward, the app is going to focus on a post-COVID world of errands and travel. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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Rec Room raises $145M at a $3.5B valuation for its user-generated, immersive gaming platform

TechCrunch

The funding is coming on the back of very significant growth and scale for Rec Room, amid a wider climate where suddenly a lot more attention is being focused on VR and immersive experiences, and specifically companies that are building content (or vehicles for content) that engage users in those mediums. (To

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Why Adopting New Technologies like AR and VR are Essential for Your Business?

Trigent

In that case, it is essential to understand why companies consider adopting new technologies or digital transformations like Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) to meet customer needs. While AR and VR offer many revolutionary experiences, XR is based on the same technologies. million VR users and 110.1

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How to Cope with the Crisis in the Travel Industry

Altexsoft

The crisis is hitting the travel industry hard, there’s no doubt about it. In fact, the global revenue for the travel and tourism industry is earning around 34.7 7 actions your travel company can take in the crisis. Take the time to reassess why your company launched in the travel sector in the first place.

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Daily Crunch: Patreon rival Fanfix projects paying creators $50M by end of 2023

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Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 Move over TikTok : There’s a new social media content sheriff in town. And we have five more for you: Running in place : Brian reports that, a decade later, this VR treadmill is finally ready to ship. Do you like to travel? Oh, and this gave us a good giggle over the weekend. Big Tech Inc.