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

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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. “This makes the solutions highly scalable and affordable.”

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

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Transfr started as a mentor-based VR training programming play. Labster, which offers schools VR simulations of science class, had product usage grow 15 times since March. 7 investors discuss augmented reality and VR startup opportunities in 2020. The company raised money in August to expand to Asia.

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

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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. VR] was in no way as revolutionary as we hopped and thought of.”.

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LG announces the first 50 participants in its LG Nova program

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XRHealth Virtual Clinic – Integrates VR/AR, licensed clinicians and real-time data analytics. ByondXR – Provides retail 3D virtual experiences that are fast, scalable and in line with the latest metaverse technologies. Zeit Medical – AI-powered sensing technology for immediate stroke detection at home. The Metaverse.

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Pioneering next-gen AI-powered networks for connected business and customer centricity

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The networks of today are expected to be scalable, agile, AI-ready, flexible, intelligent and of course secure, and Wi-Fi 7 is acting as a major propellent of modern networking needs of CIOs, he adds. Estimates show that the Wi-Fi 7 Global Market Size will be US$ 24.2 billion by 2030. Switching business in India had a strong 30.4%

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Dutch startup hub Utrecht emerges from Amsterdam’s shadow

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The investment scene is described variously as focusing on software, clean tech, life sciences, biotech, organoids, 3D bioprinting, AI and VR/AR. Another said, “The investor scene focuses on early-stage, scalable tech in healthcare, sustainability and education. We could do with a bit stronger IT education (developers!).

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

Hot: AI and VR/AR With digital transformations moving at full throttle, and a desire to stay innovative, it should come as no surprise that use cases for virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence continue to grow in several verticals.

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