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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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Snap quietly acquired 3D-scanning startup Th3rd last year

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Snap quietly acquired Amsterdam-based 3D-scanning studio Th3rd in the second quarter of last year, at a time when the company was looking to bolster its AR-powered commerce ambitions. In July 2021, it acquired 3D and AR commerce company Vertebrae. The company did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. trillion by 2030.

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Luma raises $43M to build AI that crafts 3D models

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A couple of years ago, Alex Yu and Amit Jain came together to found a company that’d let people capture objects in 3D using their smartphones — no additional equipment required.

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Hexa raises $20.5M to turn images into 3D objects for VR, AR and more

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Hexa , a 3D asset visualization and management platform, today announced that it closed a $20.5 After all, the company was once one of the world’s largest smartphone manufacturers — not exactly entrenched in the 3D modeling space. They also can manage and assess the impact of their 3D content through our platform.”

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Uber branches out into AI data labeling

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Scaled Solutions grew out of the company’s own needs for data annotation, testing, and localization, and is now ready to offer those services to enterprises in retail, automotive and autonomous vehicles, social media, consumer apps, generative AI, manufacturing, and customer support.

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Synthetaic raises $3.5M to train AI with synthetic data

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Founder and CEO Corey Jaskolski’s experience includes work with both National Geographic (where he was recently named Explorer of the Year ) and a 3D media startup. Synthetaic is a startup working to create data — specifically images — that can be used to train artificial intelligence. Sound like an odd match?

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

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But then the 3D model needs to match the direction and color of the lighting, the cast and grain of the film, and more. Final shot, mocap data, mask and 3D environment generated by Wonder Studio. Their company, which has operated mostly in stealth until now, raised a $2.5 “We want artists to create their own.

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