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AI voice, synthetic speech company LOVO gets $4.5M pre-series A funding

TechCrunch

Now a startup that is building voice skins for different companies to use across their services, and for third parties to create and apply as well, is raising some funding to fuel its growth. LOVO’s four core markets are marketing, education, movies and games in entertainment and AR/VR, Lee said.

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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

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Does the average person want to shop for apparel in virtual reality (VR)? But not everyone agrees — particularly those who hope to build a business out of VR retail. ” Emperia’s platform offers tools brands can use to create virtual experiences, including stores in VR. Perhaps so.

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VRAI wants to tackle the energy crisis by bringing VR simulation training to offshore wind sector

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Virtual Reality (VR) has struggled to transition too far beyond gaming circles and specific industry use-cases such as medical training , but with the burgeoning metaverse movement championed by tech heavyweights such as Meta , there has been a renewed hope (and hype) around the promise that virtual worlds bring.

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

TechCrunch

The trials and tribulations that a giant company like Meta (née Facebook) has been facing in overcoming skepticism , creating user interest (let alone revenue) and building quality experiences for its all-in metaverse vision highlights just how much work lies ahead for any company working in mixed reality.

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8 open source companies from YC Demo Day Winter ’22

TechCrunch

Wicked fast VPNs, data organization tools, auto-generated videos to spice up your company’s Instagram stories … Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 open source founders have some interesting ideas up their sleeves. And since they’re open source, some of these companies will let you join in on the fun of collaboration too. Tuva Health.

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Meet the 14 companies launching out of the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator

TechCrunch

Today, a dozen new companies launched out of the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator in New York City. The companies span a handful of different sectors including healthcare, fintech, enterprise and consumer-facing products. WearWorks is a company using haptics to help people communicate information through touch. departments.

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10 Key Trends of Digital Transformation in Healthcare in 2022

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At the heart of this shift are AI (Artificial Intelligence), ML (Machine Learning), IoT, and other cloud-based technologies. The intelligence generated via Machine Learning. In addition, pharmaceutical businesses can generate more effective drugs and improve medical research and experimentation using machine learning.