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

TechCrunch

Virtual reality is about to launch in series production cars this summer, starting with Audi sedans and SUVs. Holoride announced Saturday at the SXSW tech, music and film conference in Austin that its headset-based virtual-reality entertainment system will debut in June in certain Audi models with the latest MIB 3 software.

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Transfr raises $12M Series A to bring virtual reality to manufacturing-plant floors

TechCrunch

To Bharani Rajakumar , the founder of Transfr , the dilemma of displaced workers is the perfect use case for virtual reality technology. Transfr leverages virtual reality to create simulations of manufacturing-plant shop floors or warehouses for training purposes. Transfr started as a mentor-based VR training programming play.

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Power Immersive, Engaging, Impactful Learning Experiences with AR/VR

Trigent

Homeschooling, online degree programs, virtual classrooms have all been progressive steps in the direction of transformative technological innovation. But with Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) coming into the picture, things have changed radically for the education sector. A lot more than a laptop.

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Virtual HQs race to win over a remote-work-fatigued market

TechCrunch

The pre-pandemic past is rife with conferences, running into co-workers and post-work happy hours. Yet, to a growing number of entrepreneurs in the Valley, when one physical door closes, a virtual one opens. The platforms are all racing to prove that the world is ready to be a part of virtual workspaces.

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Thinking of hibernating through the metaverse winter?

CIO

If you’re skeptical about dipping your enterprise’s virtual toes into a metaverse, rightfully so. While some investors and developers pulled back , others kept forging ahead, developing chips for augmented and virtual reality, trialing advertising through augmented reality, and “stockpiling gaming content,” according to CBInsights.

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Microsoft Teams gains animated avatars and AI-powered recaps

TechCrunch

At its Ignite conference this week, Microsoft announced updates heading to Teams, its ever-evolving videoconferencing and workplace collaboration app. Organizations get both scheduled and on-demand appointments, a simplified view of all virtual appointments and pre-appointment chat capabilities to communicate with their customers.

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The Battle For Your Head Is Underway: VR from Oculus, Sony, HTC/Valve competing at GDC2016

CTOvision

GDC2016 is the largest game developer conference in the globe. By all accounts it will be the biggest yet for virtual reality. It has become so huge a sub-conference has been organized called the Virtual Reality Developers Conference ( VRDC ). The Sony PlayStation VR is a console-based VR headset.

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