TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Small displays like smartwatches and AR/VR applications are about to get a lot better, at least if Porotech has anything to do with it. Mass-produced microLEDs will be pivotal for the future of displays, particularly the emerging AR and VR spaces. “This doesn’t just herald widespread adoption of consumer-grade MR, VR and AR.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

While Meta tries to convince users to attend virtual work meetings in its metaverse , ForeVR Games , a VR gaming startup with casual games like bowling, darts and cornhole, is a reminder that virtual reality is supposed to be fun. Image Credits: ForeVR Games. Here are the games that were announced at the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

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. But he later pivoted the business into a general-purpose tech stack for VR, AR and 3D-model-viewing experiences. So what differentiates Hexa?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Virtual Reality (VR) has struggled to transition too far beyond gaming circles and specific industry use-cases such as medical training , but with the burgeoning metaverse movement championed by tech heavyweights such as Meta , there has been a renewed hope (and hype) around the promise that virtual worlds bring. hub in Gateshead. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Their next product update will feature what McCloskey calls ‘Spatial Recording,’ that will allow users to record their work for later review – basically a screen recording but with a VR experience.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

On stream, Filian took the stage at the center of a colossal arena, lit with violet spotlights and surrounded by crowds of fans holding lightsticks. The streamer opened the show dressed in a vivd purple skirt, magenta bow tie, and high white boots that matched her jacket — a ritzy version of her avatar’s usual […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Bavor, who spent almost seven years as the VP of AR and VR at Google as part of an 18 year career with the company, was coy in a LinkedIn post about what is coming next, but he was clear he’s doing it with his pal Taylor. Will it have an AR/VR flavor? It’s impossible to say right now, but the two have something cooking.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Like “TrueSelf Scan,” the name of the initial application that’s used to scan a person’s image, the meeting software also will not require a VR headset to use and engage with — users will be “seated” in a room that will be shown on a video screen.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

As demand for real estate VR booms, Founders Fund leads $16M round into Giraffe360 platform by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch. The new Giraffe Go Cam and funding will help guide the transition toward more immersive experiences of properties online, as the world takes on a more remote, online approach to properties.”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Social gaming platform Rec Room has scored some new funding as it aims to bring its once VR-centric world to every major gaming platform out there. In recent years, the company has tried to scale its ambitions past being known as the “Roblox of VR” and scale its capabilities to meet its young user base.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

” According to Mozilla SVP Imo Udom, Active Replica will support Mozilla’s ongoing work with Hubs, the latter’s VR chatroom service and open source project. Ervin is a software engineer by trade, having held roles at AR/VR startups Metaio, Liminal AR and Occipital.

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CIO

JUNE 28, 2024

Out with the old In November 2022, MDMC launched a huge digital transformation project to bring modern IT capabilities, including RFID, AR/VR, and 5G networks to the two depots. Many marines in the field, however, have expressed interest in AR/VR for the remote maintenance and repair possibilities. We’re really going from Industry 3.0,

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

AmazeVR , a virtual reality concert platform that enables users to experience their favorite artists’ VR concerts through content generation tools, announced today it has secured $15 million, which was oversubscribed within three weeks. . Users would join as avatars, hang out with other users, and experience VR concerts together.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Transfr started as a mentor-based VR training programming play. Labster, which offers schools VR simulations of science class, had product usage grow 15 times since March. 7 investors discuss augmented reality and VR startup opportunities in 2020. The company raised money in August to expand to Asia.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2022

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

AmazeVR , a Los Angeles-based virtual concert platform, said Tuesday it has raised a $17 million funding round to create immersive music experiences through virtual reality (VR) concerts. Both companies plan to launch Studio A in South Korea and produce immersive VR concerts. The AmazeVR team traveled to 15 U.S.

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Coding Horror

MARCH 4, 2022

My take on VR is far more pessimistic. VR just… isn't going to happen, in any "changing the world" form, in our lifetimes. I also think fully autonomous vehicles are a fascinating, incredibly challenging computer science problem, and I want everyone reading this to take it as just that, a challenge. Prove me wrong!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

California-based “XR wellness and digital psychedelics platform” Tripp continues its acquisition path to growth with its acquisition of the world’s largest VR meditation community, EvolVR , following its purchase last year of PsyAssist , a mobile app used by people to keep their psychedelic experiences on track.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Founded in 2016 by Anoshechkin, Joel van de Vorstenbosch and Boramy Unn, the Sydney and San Francisco-based startup started out as a virtual reality game developer creating A Township Tale , a VR open-world RPG in which every user has their own medieval fantasy virtual world that is shareable with other users, Anoshechkin said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Xbox has brought is Cloud Gaming service to Meta Quest VR headset devices, as both companies said it would at the launch of the latest Quest 3 hardware earlier this year. The Xbox Cloud Gaming app has a beta label, and it’s limited to Quest 2, Quest 3 and Quest Pro headsets (sorry OG Quest […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The VR social app has started rolling out for some users on web and mobile in early access, Meta said. After more than a year and a half in development, Meta is bringing Horizon Worlds out of the headset. By expanding to mobile and web, Horizon Worlds can cater to a much larger user base, […]

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2022

When we asked Bent, who once worked for virtual reality technology company Upload, she said she used to think the metaverse had to be tied to VR technology, specifically the head-mounted display screen. But what will the metaverse actually look like? Cryptocurrency, she believes, made that switch possible.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

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 billion valuation.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Virtual Reality (VR) Candidates will be able to explore virtual offices, interact with other team members, and observe company culture in an immersive VR environment. Here’s what the future holds: 1.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

Our team was surprised, and delighted, to find that holoride had figured out how to quell the motion sickness caused both by being a passenger in a vehicle, and by using a VR headset. I used VR in a car going 90 mph and didn’t get sick. Automakers, suppliers and startups see growing market for in-vehicle AR/VR applications.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Refract will continue delivering immersive and engaging XR and VR experiences to a growing market of 2.9 To make it accessible to game developers and content creators, Refract’s software suite is compatible with platforms like OpenVR, OpenXR, Unity and Unreal engines, and existing VR systems and applications. ” .

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CIO

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

With the increasing demand for high-definition video, VR/AR, and other bandwidth-intensive applications, operators can cater to consumers’ needs by continually enhancing upstream and downstream speeds and offering higher-speed packages.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

JANUARY 22, 2025

While VR hasn't been ubiquitous en masse, edge computing, 5G, and soon 6G could be the key ingredients to catapult it further into the mainstream.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

ManageXR built an enterprise device management platform designed for VR and AR devices to serve as the core infrastructure for organizations. Device management solutions have been around for years, but until recently, there hasn’t been a viable option for VR and AR devices. ” Image Credits: ManageXR dashboard / ManageXR. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

VR is good for learning, but we need to make sure that we understand and provide services and solutions that work with the hardware that institutions already have and are available,” he said, adding that many institutions have been unable to afford headsets for all students. VR] was in no way as revolutionary as we hopped and thought of.”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

Prior to Rooms, Toff spent ten years at Google, off and on, in product marketing and product management, including at YouTube, Area 120, and in VR/AR. But the team also envisions expanding these creations to the AR/VR platforms from Apple and Meta in the future, too. and music-making app Collab , among other things.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

spending billions of dollars on virtual reality tech every fiscal quarter, the wider VR startup ecosystem has been having a tough few years coming down from the highs of 2016, when investors dumped money into the sector expecting Oculus-sized returns only to see most of their investments slowly wilt away. Despite Zuckerberg & Co.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2023

Not everyone believes that the metaverse — social, VR-centric worlds — has staying power. After tapping a camera-equipped device to record a few seconds of video, users upload the footage to MeetKai Reality, which renders the captured space in VR. But MeetKai is among the steadfast optimists. Image Credits: MeetKai.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

This includes AR smartglasses and VR headsets, but also smartphone apps — collectively referred to as XR , or extended reality. Reeves expects mobile, AR and VR to eventually converge, “in the same way as lots of devices came together into our phones.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Google wakes up from its VR daydream. Osso VR raises $14 million to bring virtual reality to surgical and medical device training. With the coronavirus pandemic shifting more people online, Vectary says it has seen a 300% increase in AR views as more businesses start showcasing their products in 3D and AR. million Series A.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Commenting, Tom Carter, Ultraleap CEO, said recent chatter about the VR-based “Metaverse” from companies like Facebook, as well as the shift to touchless interfaces brought about by the pandemic, had helped its fund-raising. For Ultraleap, this new era is not constrained to VR headsets.

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CIO

JANUARY 7, 2025

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