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Singapore’s PixCap draws $2.8M to power web-based 3D design

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A freshly funded player is PixCap , which is entering the fray with a no-code, web-based 3D design tool. CJ Looi , CEO of PixCap, is building the company when the web experience is undergoing what he called an “evolution from 2D to 3D.” 3D templates from PixCap. million from a seed funding round.

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History of Computer Graphics – 1950s to 2010s

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In 1966, Ivan Sutherland invented the first head-mounted display which contained two separate wireframe images and gave a 3D effect. In 1977, a major advancement in 3D computer graphics was created to draw a 3D representation of an object on the screen, which acted as a foundation for most future developments.

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Top 8 Web Design Trends in 2020

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Not only that, but it makes reading stuff on the screen a lot better and faster, benefiting those websites that are heavily relying on advertising and providing information. 3D and Virtual Reality. With more commercial access to 3D rendering and virtual reality tools, web designers can implement newer technology in their projects.

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Admix raises $25M Series B to scale up in-game ads, and prep for Metaverse gaming

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In-game advertising at scale, where advertisers can bid programmatically through traditional ad-buying platforms, rather than relying on an ad agency model, remains an enormous area, largely under-exploited. Last year we covered Adtech startup Admix’s $7 million Series A funding.

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Daily Crunch: Reddit raises $250M

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Reddit announced the round in a blog post that said the money comes from “existing and new investors” and will allow the company to “make strategic investments in Reddit including video, advertising, consumer products and expanding into international markets.”. The tech giants.

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Generative AI-powered game design: Accelerating early development with Stability AI models on Amazon Bedrock

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It excels at creating diverse, high-quality images across multiple styles, making it valuable for industries such as media, gaming, advertising, and education. Finally, use the generated images as reference material for 3D artists to create fully realized game environments. In this post, we explore how you can use SD3.5

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Daily Crunch: Startup that transforms real-world items into NFTs raises $6.9M seed round

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For vegans, not having steak is now a mis-steak of the past : In a fun twist we didn’t see coming, Mooji is 3D printing plant-based meat. In case you missed the daily coverage of Twitter and Elon Musk , Sarah reports on an SEC filing by Twitter showing the risks to its core advertising business if the proposed deal were to take place.