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Find trends, advice and value at these special breakout sessions during TC Disrupt 2021

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With the emergence of concepts such as NFT and GameFi, socialization prosperities are bringing new energy to the crypto world. Together Labs is leveraging the power of blockchain technology to create the new metaverse economy where users can buy, sell, invest and shape its future. The Missing Block to Bring Crypto to the Masses.

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10 Key Trends of Digital Transformation in Healthcare in 2022

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Animal testing can be reduced, and human clinical trials can be expedited using AR and VR (Virtual Reality) technology, referred to as “virtual patients” or “organs-on-a-chip.” Blockchain. Just a decade ago, the use of augmented and virtual reality in healthcare was deemed science fiction.

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Metaverse: The time for CIOs to experiment is now

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Right now, the metaverse is essentially an undefined amalgam of technologies and concepts including but not limited to augmented reality (AR), avatars, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, extended reality (ER), mixed reality (MR), NFTs (non-fungible tokens), virtual reality (VR), and Web3. Follow the money.

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Over 500 mobile apps are now using the term ‘metaverse’ to attract new users

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Social-crypto platforms — which were really just MMORPGs with a heavy financial component — were also dubbed metaverses, prompting land rushes for metaverse real estate. The terms “AR” and “VR” were found in 11% and 9% of the “metaverse” apps, respectively. Image Credits: Sensor Tower.

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It’s time to evolve beyond marketing to create meaningful metaverse moments

CIO

I think of it by way of analogy: Not every business needs to have a social media strategy, but businesses that have customers who use social media need to know how to be present, or they lose an opportunity to be relevant. That’s the direct customer experience. What I think is equally interesting is the indirect customer experience.

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Daily Crunch: Electric rail vehicle startup Parallel Systems raises a $49.55M Series A

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Inflection raised a blockchain-focused fund worth just under $41 million, and our own Romain Dillet took a peek. South African mobile games company lands $20M : Meet Carry1st, a social games publisher that just landed eight figures. According to Box CEO Aaron Levie, the move solidifies Redmond’s entry into AR/VR gaming. “If

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Just like IRL, the metaverse requires infrastructure. We don’t have it yet

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A veteran cybersecurity expert, Avi led R&D teams for the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office and was head of R&D at GK8, a blockchain cybersecurity firm. When you make your way through the proverbial crowd in a metaverse, your VR headset has to render every other avatar next to you according to your perspective and spatial location.