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Virtual dressing room startup Revery.ai applying computer vision to the fashion industry

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While looking around for areas where there would be less monopoly and more ability to monetize technology, he became interested in fashion. Its virtual dressing room product is now live on many fashion e-commerce platforms, including Zalora-Global Fashion Group, one of the largest fashion companies in Southeast Asia, Li said.

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

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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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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

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Now, The Warehouse is available to the general public, meaning users can download the Genies Studio app to create their own avatars and buy digital fashion items to dress them, Genies CEO and founder Akash Nigam told TechCrunch in an interview. An image of the Genies platform showcasing a fashion collection designed by creator Ian Charms. .

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Avataar raises $45 million to improve consumer shopping experience with life-sized 3D product evaluation

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That’s the reason why the likes of Amazon have historically struggled to move fashion and home decor items online. Avataar helps direct-to-consumer brands and e-commerce marketplaces with shaping their consumer journeys with 3D rendition of products. The six-year-old startup has raised about $55.5 The founding team of Avataar.

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Sneaker fit startup Neatsy.ai gets $1M seed after B2B pivot

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Neasty’s approach relies on 3D scanning technology found in the iPhone X or later (aka, the TruthDepth camera for FaceID) — so (currently) it only works for a subset of iOS users. Neatsy wants to reduce sneaker returns with 3D foot scans. But it’s eyeing expanding its fit recommendations with the seed funding.

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LG announces the first 50 participants in its LG Nova program

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Bigthinx – AI technology focused on fashion retail, wellness and the metaverse with products for body scanning, digital avatars and virtual fashion. ByondXR – Provides retail 3D virtual experiences that are fast, scalable and in line with the latest metaverse technologies. The Metaverse.

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Daily Crunch: Andreessen Horowitz backs Synonym’s development of ‘fermentation farms’

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The sweetest taboo : Haje gets all fanboy about Sugar Lab buying back its company from 3D Systems, to take 3D-printed foods mainstream. Time, time, time, see what’s become of me : The owner of the Shein fashion e-commerce site was fined $1.9