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Holoride’s in-car VR tech is coming to Audi this summer

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Holoride’s partnership with Terranet, a Swedish ADAS software development company, allows for the VR system’s sensors and software stack to capture and interpret the environment quickly and accurately. Terranet’s VoxelFlow system calculates VR movement based on data points received from the car.

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

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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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Datagen raises $50 million Series B to empower computer vision teams

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It has a wide range of applications, but there are four that are accelerating faster than others, Zuk said: AR/VR/metaverse, in-cabin automotive and automotive in general, smart conferencing, and home security. In-cabin automotive is a good example to better understand what Datagen does.

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Lidar startup Aeva to go public via $2.1 billion SPAC merger

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“To my knowledge, Aeva is the only company that is capable of providing such a LiDAR-on-chip technology that meets the high performance requirements of automotive and consumer device applications at such price points. In September, Aeva announced a production partnership with Tier 1 manufacturer ZF to supply automotive grade 4D lidar.

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Here’s what’s happening on Day Two of TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

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Its in-car VR system turns every vehicle into a moving theme park — and it rolls out in Audi cars as early as this summer. Nils Wollny, Holoride’s co-founder and CEO, will talk about where technologies — like VR, blockchain, NFTs and cryptocurrency — fit in the automotive space.

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Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests $2M in optics and imaging startup Spectralics

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It’s arguably part of a wider shift of automotive OEMs distinguishing new cars not by horsepower but by user experiences and technology offerings. While the uptake of AR/VR in cars has faced a number of bottlenecks, automakers are leading the pack in investing in companies developing this tech for in-cabin applications.

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Ultraleap’s mid-air haptics tempts Tencent to join its $82M Series D fundraising

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Commenting, Tom Carter, Ultraleap CEO, said recent chatter about the VR-based “Metaverse” from companies like Facebook, as well as the shift to touchless interfaces brought about by the pandemic, had helped its fund-raising. For Ultraleap, this new era is not constrained to VR headsets. ” Then there’s automotive.

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