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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

TechCrunch

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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Wikifactory has raised $4.5M for its ‘GitHub for hardware’ to make almost anything remotely

TechCrunch

This allows product developers to review and discuss 3D models in more than 30 file formats in real time. We’re calling it the internet of production.”. The idea is to democratize access to normally expensive product lifecycle management (PLM) software. Online collaboration and distributed production is becoming mainstream.

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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

TechCrunch

With Emperia, brands can put on live events with hosts that walk them through a virtual space, or customize exhibits and displays with 3D models and images of real-world inventory. internet users were expected to shop in VR ahead of the 2022 holiday season. A separate poll of over 2,000 U.S.

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Ready Player Me, a platform to build dynamic cross-game avatars for virtual worlds, raises $56M led by a16z

TechCrunch

Like the internet. That work led to the company aggregating a proprietary database of more than 20,000 face scans, created using the company’s own 3D scanners. It can also work off 3D images. We’re trying to push the world towards that metaverse.”

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Daily Crunch: Plaid unravels a fifth of its workforce after ‘growth did not materialize as quickly as expected’ 

TechCrunch

Avatars are everywhere : Speaking of things in the news a lot lately, WhatsApp is rolling out 3D avatars, Jagmeet reports. My ears are burning : I was just talking to a venture capitalist yesterday about Shein and how fashion is not the most climate or employee friendly. Just in time for the movie.

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Are lifelike digital humans the future of customer experience?

TechCrunch

“We’re really preparing for this next big step from the 2D internet world of today, which I believe will still very much be our on ramp, to the metaverse for the 3D world where digital people will need to be fully animated,” Cross said.

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“La transformación digital ha sido un renacimiento para la industria de la moda”

CIO

Siguiendo este mismo hilo, insiste, “la implementación de tecnologías como la impresión 3D y la producción automatizada no solo aceleran en proceso de producción, sino que permiten una fabricación más sostenible reduciendo el desperdicio de material”.

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