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Medical simulation platform FundamentalVR raises $20M to help surgeons learn through VR

TechCrunch

FundamentalVR , an immersive simulation platform for medical and health care professions, has raised $20 million in a round of funding to “accelerate skill-transfer and surgical proficiency” through virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) applications. Big impact. FundamentalVR: Ocular gene therapy simulation.

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

TechCrunch

Hardware-wise, the business uses Facebook’s Oculus Quest headset with Oculus for Business, not the generic customer hardware available in stores. Transfr started as a mentor-based VR training programming play. “I Labster, which offers schools VR simulations of science class, had product usage grow 15 times since March.

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Varjo, an early mover in building XR headsets and software for enterprises, taps $40M

TechCrunch

” In a hardware landscape that is dominated by big tech companies — particularly in VR hardware — Varjo is notable for being an independent player, and not one that’s prone to gobbling lots of cash to stay that way: it’s only raised around $150 million since being founded in 2016.

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Labster gets millions from a16z to bring virtual science lab software to the world

TechCrunch

VR is good for learning, but we need to make sure that we understand and provide services and solutions that work with the hardware that institutions already have and are available,” he said, adding that many institutions have been unable to afford headsets for all students.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

After 2 months in an underground shelter they have also used their technology to register evidence of war crimes and provide the ability to immerse oneself into Ukraine to experience it, it’s now developing applications for psychological trauma treatment, VR medical trainin, combat surveillance systems and making the de-mining process safer.

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The 10G Challenge: How Zoom Leverages Technology to Improve Education

CableLabs

We believe that learning will be amplified through virtual reality (VR) worlds, light field holodecks and omnipresent artificial intelligence (AI) assistance in the classrooms of tomorrow. With the right network capacity and visionary thinking, who knows what other technologies will transform the world of education?

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The five EduTech priorities for 2023 and beyond

CIO

Technology is becoming ever-more core to the educational experience, with teachers and students alike relying on rich media, deep data and analytics and cloud delivery to drive better educational outcomes. At the same time, education has a specific set of requirements of IT that differentiate it from other verticals.

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