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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. ” Emperia’s platform offers tools brands can use to create virtual experiences, including stores in VR. .

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Triumph raises $14M for an SDK to add real-money tournaments into games

TechCrunch

The surge of interest in e-sports, online fantasy leagues and more extensive online financial infrastructure have made the concept of real-money gaming more popular among consumers and games developers. Currently its focus is mobile games but the bigger aim is to expand to platforms like VR and more. states plus Washington D.C.),

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Live VR Streaming with React JS, React Native, and Unity

Agile Engine

Our latest client has powered many of the largest and highest-profile live VR streaming productions in history. This company creates tools and solutions that enable broadcast professionals, sports and entertainment content owners, and corporate event managers to push the boundaries of this new medium. Project Details and Stack.

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AI creative platform D-ID, the tech behind those viral videos of animated family photos, raises $25M

TechCrunch

The MyHeritage mobile app is a testament to D-ID’s success here, sporting a 4.8-star However, D-ID’s broader business extends beyond consumer tech partnerships, like the one with MyHeritage or, in India, with short-form video app Josh , which used D-ID’s facial animation tech as a creative tool.

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What Your Brand Can Bring to Experiential Retail

Perficient

Sure, technologies like Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) have been around for some time, but their applications in retail have only started gaining traction. AR and VR are immersive technologies that allow customers to interact with products and brands in a virtual environment.

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13 investors say lifelong learning is taking edtech mainstream

TechCrunch

New student collaboration tools? Emerging tech – AI/NLP/ML/VR – will continue to push the envelope. I also see an opportunity for modalities like VR to become more popular as we shift to more digital and remote solutions (e.g sports, music and other enrichment activities). Integration between different edtech apps?

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

TechCrunch

Adwisely An online tool for digital advertising campaigns to help increase clients’ revenue Aspichi
 Aspichi is working on audio/visual teleportation platform allowing people to capture experiences and let others be immersed into it. The company continued hiring developers and marketers and raised the team by around 10%.