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7 investors discuss augmented reality and VR startup opportunities in 2020

TechCrunch

For all of the investors preaching that augmented reality technology will likely be the successor to the modern smartphone, today, most venture capitalists are still quite wary to back AR plays. “We believe VR is still the largest long-term opportunity of the two. . AR complements the real world, VR creates endless new worlds.”

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YC and a16z back virtual reality basketball app Gym Class

TechCrunch

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.

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Virtual HQs race to win over a remote-work-fatigued market

TechCrunch

By drawing on multiplayer gaming culture, the startups are using spatial technology, animations and productivity tools to create a metaverse dedicated to work. Succulents and spatial technology. The game studio failed due to the fact that he was a “kid, 13, and had no money.” The biggest challenge ahead?

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Technology News and Hot Topics

CTOvision

Here are some of the technology stories we are tracking: Ulrich Beck, Sociologist Who Warned of Dangers of Technology , Is Dead at 70. CES 2015: What the Biggest Tech Trends Will Be. NASA explores inflatable spacecraft technology. 2014''s innovations in technology far-reaching. virtual-reality technology.

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Daily Crunch: UK-based news site The Guardian under ransomware attack, editor says

TechCrunch

Carl Eschenbach, a longtime enterprise software executive who joined Sequoia Capital in 2016 and went on to lead a number of lucrative deals for the venture firm, is going back to an operating role, Connie reports. Big Tech Inc. In July, the Federal Trade Commission sued Meta over its proposed acquisition of VR company Within.

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Innovation Journeys: 10G is new. We have been working on it for years.

CableLabs

We need to keep that secret for our member companies (cable operators) until the technology is ready to launch. Experiencing some of the earliest 360° video at the beginning of 2014 (shot on 6 Go-Pro’s, manually stitched) on a low-resolution Oculus Development Kit Virtual Reality headset got us thinking about where the technology might lead.

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Tech News Roundup May 4

CTOvision

The following are some of the hot topics we are tracking in the technology ecosystem: Technology Ticker. Data61, Treasury to review the future of blockchain technology in Australia - ZDNet. Peter Diamandis: Technology and Regulation Don't Mix - Inc.com. GSA launches tech service for agencies - FedScoop.