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CommonGround raises $25M for immersive video avatar technology that doesn’t rely on VR gear

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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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VRAI wants to tackle the energy crisis by bringing VR simulation training to offshore wind sector

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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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Alta closes $12.4M seed round led by Makers Fund and Andreessen Horowitz

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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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How Far has Face-Tracking Technology Come in 2016?

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To take face-tracking technology one step further, developers have to introduce machine learning to the Viola-Jones Algorithm and teach a program not only how a face can move, but also how various faces can differ. Veeso is building a VR headset that tracks the wearer’s eye and mouth movement. Leave a comment below!

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Generative AI is electrifying. Charge ahead or get shocked.

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cloud, mobile, social, crypto, VR), there’s a lot of noise and misconceptions to sort through. Chet successfully took Apigee public before the company was acquired by Google in 2016. Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning But, like with any new technology (e.g. Chet earned his B.S.

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ANYbotics, Swiss company behind quadrupedal ANYmal robot, announces $20M A round

TechCrunch

The company spun out of ETH Zurich in 2016, at which point the robot was already well into development. ANYbotics , the creators of ANYmal , a four-legged autonomous robot platform intended for a variety of industrial uses, has raised a $22.3 million Swiss Franc (~$20 million) round A to continue developing and scaling the business.

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Insider’s Guide to the New Holographic Computing

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Then below I’ll sketch some initial observations on the relevance for government uses and the world at large. I’ve been writing about virtual reality and augmented reality (the VR/AR split) for a decade, first inside government and over the past seven years on this blog. Technology Context: Ambient Computing. 2010 Air Everything.

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