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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

The numbers are higher from Foundry’s 2023 State of CIO survey , which finds that 91% of CIOs expect their tech budgets to either increase or stay the same in 2023. AI is also enabling users to do a quick 3D scan of their mouth with their mobile phone, so they can see their potential new smile in a matter of minutes, Skinner says.

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Freedom to securely create and collaborate from anywhere

CIO

Help your apps and budget perform Give your creative apps a boost by consolidating your graphics workstations alongside existing cloud storage and renderfarms. Plus, critical tools, like Wacom tablets & pen displays, integrate with nearimperceptible interactive latency.

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Wonder Dynamics puts a full-service CG character studio in a web platform

TechCrunch

The tools of modern cinema have become increasingly accessible to independent and even amateur filmmakers, but realistic CG characters (like them or not) have remained the province of big-budget projects. But then the 3D model needs to match the direction and color of the lighting, the cast and grain of the film, and more.

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Metalenz ships millions of its tiny cameras and powers up with $30M B round

TechCrunch

The cameras in our phones, laptops and, increasingly, home robots and the like are about as small as they can get unless we start doing something different, and that’s just what Metalenz is getting up to — with great success, and now a $30 million funding round to expand its ultra-small 3D imaging tech. Image Credits: Metalenz.

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Doxel raises $40M from Insight, a16z to become the ‘Waze for construction’

TechCrunch

Even as a child, I realized that predictability is what keeps projects on time and on budget.”. Twenty years later, when Ladha graduated from Stanford University, he learned that 90% of projects are delayed and delivered over budget. Other companies don’t bridge all silos across field, accounting and schedule management,” Ladha said.

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Wonder Dynamics raises $2.5M seed to equip indie filmmakers with AI-powered VFX

TechCrunch

Wonder Dynamics , founded by VFX engineer Nikola Todorovic and actor Tye Sheridan, aims to use AI to make some of these processes more accessible for filmmakers with budgets on the tight side, and they’ve just raised $2.5 million to make it happen. Wonder Dynamics is very secretive about what exactly its tools do.

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Inside Seoul Robotics’s contrarian approach to autonomous vehicle tech

TechCrunch

Lee also said that one of its most unique features is that its Sensr software, launched in 2018, allows users to choose a sensor, or multiple sensors, that best fit their needs, meaning that customers can select services based on their requirements and budgets.