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Tripolygon, a 3D modeling software developer, lets metaverse creators make their own 3D assets

TechCrunch

There are a number of ways to make money in the metaverse by participating in play-to-earn games, buying virtual real estate, or creating 3D assets on metaverse platforms like Roblox, AltspaceVR and VRChat. Tripolygon was founded in 2018 by Hwang, who previously worked as a senior engineer at Crytek, a German video game developer.

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South Korea’s RECON Labs raises $4.4M to help shoppers visualize products by creating 3D models in AR   

TechCrunch

Now, a South Korean augmented reality (AR) startup called RECON Labs , which enables e-commerce customers to create 3D models within a few hours by taking a short video of products via its platform PlicAR, has raised $4.4 Retailers can save time and costs by using PlicAR without building their own 3D modeling platform, he added.

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Nvidia unveils Workbench for managing AI workloads, updates Omniverse

CIO

As befits a conference about computer graphics, though, most of the news revolved around Nvidia Omniverse, the company’s platform for real-time 3D graphics collaboration. ChatUSD uses an LLM to answer developers’ queries about how to create and deploy 3D graphical objects, and can respond with text or Python code.

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Xcimer Energy Leads The Way As Big Rounds Dry Up

Crunchbase News

Pika , $80M, artificial intelligence: It never takes us long to get to an AI startup on this list. Pika, an artificial intelligence startup that generates video, raised an $80 million round led by Spark Capital that values the Palo Alto, California-based company at $470 million, per Bloomberg.

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

TechCrunch

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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How to Become A Pro Video Game Developer in 2021

The Crazy Programmer

There are several important steps to become a pro video game developer in 2021. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, video game revenue has surged over 20%. Indeed, consumers are to video games on web, mobile, and console formats to stay entertained through the pandemic. Earn Your Degree. Learn A Game Engine. Build Your Portfolio.

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How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company

CIO

Nvidia’s transformation from an accelerator of video games to an enabler of artificial intelligence (AI) and the industrial metaverse didn’t happen overnight—but the leap in its stock market value to over a trillion dollars did. We’ll have to wait until August 23 to see whether it lived up to its expectations.