TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

On Wednesday, the company announced that it snatched up Active Replica , a Vancouver-based startup developing a “web-based metaverse.” ” According to Mozilla SVP Imo Udom, Active Replica will support Mozilla’s ongoing work with Hubs, the latter’s VR chatroom service and open source project.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

With the latest funding, ManageXR will support its expanding team and go-to-market strategy as the company has experienced rapid growth since becoming available to beta users in November 2019 and officially launching in April 2021. The company will focus more on large enterprises next year, he added. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The company spun out of ETH Zurich in 2016, at which point the robot was already well into development. ANYbotics , the creators of ANYmal , a four-legged autonomous robot platform intended for a variety of industrial uses, has raised a $22.3 million Swiss Franc (~$20 million) round A to continue developing and scaling the business.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2020

NextMind debuted its Dev Kit hardware at CES last year, but the hardware is now actually shipping out , and the startup shared with me the production version to take a test drive. Image Credits: NextMind. Image Credits: NextMind. The sensor itself is lightweight, and can operate for up to eight hours continuously on a single charge.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The company is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland — founded and run by longtime veterans from Nokia cast asunder when that company, once a leading smartphone and mobile maker, went into a tailspin last decade — and its backers in this round include a number of big investors out of the region. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Like many edtech companies, Labster has found itself centered and validated as the pandemic underscores the need for remote work. A16z is very excited about investing in technology companies that have a big impact and potential to become massive global successes’,” CEO and co-founder Michael Bodekaer Jensen said. million students.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

spending billions of dollars on virtual reality tech every fiscal quarter, the wider VR startup ecosystem has been having a tough few years coming down from the highs of 2016, when investors dumped money into the sector expecting Oculus-sized returns only to see most of their investments slowly wilt away. Despite Zuckerberg & Co.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

California-based “XR wellness and digital psychedelics platform” Tripp continues its acquisition path to growth with its acquisition of the world’s largest VR meditation community, EvolVR , following its purchase last year of PsyAssist , a mobile app used by people to keep their psychedelic experiences on track.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It was way back in 2017 that the company that became Ultraleap (Ultrahaptics, as was) demonstrated at TechCrunch Disrupt a technology that pioneered ultrasound to replicate the sense of touch. For Ultraleap, this new era is not constrained to VR headsets. The impressive ‘Star Wars’ demonstration took the crowd by storm.

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Altexsoft

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Meditative readings of the Bible are available on Samsung Gear VR today. Just scroll through a VR experience store. You can swim with dolphins, act out your dreams of being a pirate, immerse yourself and your kids in an educational VR about the night sky. Let’s start with the most reasonable examples of VR implementation.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2021

Urbanbase , a Seoul-based company that develops a 3D spatial data platform for interior planning and design, announced today it has raised $11.1 The company had raised Series A funding of $1.8 Apple also waded into the area of virtual reality, working on developing a high-end VR headset. The company has about 50 B2B customers.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2020

So without any further ado, let’s meet the companies: Aires Medical is a hardware company that has developed a handheld ventilator for COPD patients, who normally need cumbersome medical equipment to get around outside of the house. Alaffia automates the process of auditing health insurance claims.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. As the war began, the company relocated the team of 70 to safer regions in western Ukraine and EU.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Areas where the display materials are likely to make an appearance in coming years include smartphones, tablets, laptops, AR and VR headset makers, televisions and potentially automotive applications. Helander said the platform runs using “classic hardware,” with some compute from third-party quantum companies like D-Wave.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

I mentioned this in the Lex interview, but it is official now: Keen Technologies, my new AGI company, has raised a $20M round, led by @natfriedman and @danielgross , with @patrickc , @tobi , @sequoia , @CapitalFactory , and Jim Keller participating. — John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) August 19, 2022.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The platform, dubbed Prescient, is used for diagnostics, workflow management and triage, taking away the stress of managing software and hardware technology from physicians and hospitals — and allowing them to focus on patient care.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the company has a robust interest in innovation, then, and LG Nova is its relatively new North American Innovation Center. At the consumer electronics show (CES) in Las Vegas, the company announced the first companies that have made it onto its shortlist for working with the electronics giant.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

PortalOne , which is building an immersive gaming platform that describes itself as hybrid in more ways than one — it mixes games with a game show/talk show format, and it’s designed to work across various devices from mobile through to consoles and VR headsets — has picked up $60 million.

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Trigent

OCTOBER 9, 2021

AR/VR in real estate presents the perfect solution to the changing needs of discerning customers. The global AR VR in the real estate market ecosystem 1 is expected to grow at a CAGR of 31.2%, increasing in value from USD 298.6 million in 2018 to USD 1,151.9 million in 2023. million in 2018 to USD 1,151.9 million in 2023.

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Perficient

JANUARY 23, 2023

Virtual Reality Virtual Reality (VR) is an immersive media experience replicating either a real or imagined environment and allowing users to interact with the environment. Unlike the conventional user interface of displaying content on a screen, VR immerses a person to interact in a digital 3D environment.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Bite down on your own teeth twice to pause a track, or three times to skip to the next tune — without making a noise, hand gesture or much visible movement at all, the technology enables you to interact with your music players or AR/VR headsets without needing to nudge any switches.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2023

Most read Jailbreak your Tesla: A group of researchers say that they’ve found a way to hack the hardware underpinning Tesla’s infotainment system, allowing them to get what normally would be paid upgrades — such as heated rear seats — for free. If you haven’t already, sign up here to get WiR in your inbox every Saturday.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

The life insurance company, which has a wellness and gamification focus, was previously valued at $70 million. How many apps do you use at your company? Happeo raised $26 million to create an intranet portal for your company to connect employees with all of the apps, Kyle writes. Talk about your good business models!

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Capgemini

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

To train faster, streamline production, and enhance collaboration, companies need new solutionsand immersive technologies are filling the gap. Augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and extended reality (XR) are already transforming how teams learn, work, and innovate. What is immersive technology and why does it matter?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Risk-on, risk-off : The startup fundraising game is in flux at the moment, with some investors putting capital to work in companies that have yet to fully form, as the public market takes body blows and earnings disappoint. And speaking of the metaverse, Mozilla is shutting its VR browser. Hardware is hard. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Or maybe none of this will matter, because the future is way bigger and the companies are going to get there regardless. I do think this could be a $500 billion-plus company. Alex Wilhelm hears from one startup founder who has taken a bit of an alternative approach to building a SaaS company. There’s so much to be excited about.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 23, 2020

What can be done to put the same kind of tech you get with all that hardware into the hands of a massive audience?” Yet the jury is still out on where all of it would best live and thrive as the space continues to evolve, with more defined business models (and leading companies) only now emerging.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Volvo Cars Tech Fund invested $2 million into o ptics and imaging developer Spectralics , funds it will use to accelerate the development of its optical film that the company says could make cars safer and provide a better user experience. Spectralics founders Ran Bar Yosef, Eran Falk, Yuval Kashtar, Yuval Keinan.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

The company is currently partnering with Tulu, which offers on-demand rentals of home products and other items, such as Unagi scooters or VR headsets, at dormitories, hotels and luxury apartments. Tulu recently closed a $20 million Series A and is set to expand its model. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

A new AI research company is launching out of stealth today with an ambitious goal: to research the fundamentals of human intelligence that machines currently lack. “We have an agreement in place for $100 million — that money is guaranteed through a drawdown setup which allows us to fund the company for the long term.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Whether it’s top VCs, cutting-edge mobility companies, government policy makers, visionary engineers or tech journalists — to score coveted media exposure — you’ll find that and more waiting for you in two action-packed days at TC Mobility. I got to drive the latest and greatest electric scooters, and I rode around in a VR/AR-enhanced car.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

This is the technology behind Snapchat’s filters, impressive on mobile hardware, and it points to the most promising aspect of face-tracking technology: its implications for socializing in the digital sphere. Veeso is building a VR headset that tracks the wearer’s eye and mouth movement.

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CIO

JUNE 8, 2023

As we have seen, even companies that are supposed to be leaders in their fields miss where the future is going. Immersive technologies will continue to grow as hardware becomes less clunky, reducing inconvenience, and software becomes more user-friendly and approachable.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

CEO and founder Yashar Behzadi says that the proceeds will be put toward product R&D, growing the company’s team, and expanding research — particularly in the area of mixed real and synthetic data. “Companies are also struggling with ethical issues related to model bias and consumer privacy in human-centered products.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2022

Whether it’s top VCs, cutting-edge mobility companies, government policy makers, visionary engineers or tech journalists — to score coveted media exposure — you’ll find that and more waiting for you in two action-packed days at TC Mobility. I got to drive the latest and greatest electric scooters, and I rode around in a VR/AR-enhanced car.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

SightCall has some 200 big-name enterprise customers on its books, including the likes of Kraft-Heinz, Allianz, GE Healthcare and Lincoln Motor Company, providing services on a B2B basis as well as for teams that are out in the field working for consumer customers, too. Yet it too is undergoing an evolution supercharged by technology.

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Trigent

AUGUST 20, 2023

In that case, it is essential to understand why companies consider adopting new technologies or digital transformations like Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) to meet customer needs. While AR and VR offer many revolutionary experiences, XR is based on the same technologies. million VR users and 110.1

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