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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. Big impact.

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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. .”

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

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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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Nanome raises $3 million to help scientists get up close with molecular structures in VR

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San Diego-based startup Nanome uses virtual reality to solve that problem. Nanome streamlines this process by bringing researchers to the same virtual reality space to work on molecule development together. But they have plans to use this new funding to expand into pharmaceutical chemistry, synthetic biology, and even education.

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

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billion in assets under management , has poured millions into an edtech startup that sells virtual STEM lab simulations to institutions. Labster lands new cash to bring its virtual reality science lab software to Asia. With platform ambition, Labster is pausing its virtual reality efforts, which requires acquiring headsets at scale. “VR

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Lightspeed’s Mercedes Bent on why the metaverse isn’t overhyped

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But even more than entertainment, Bent is enthusiastic about the potential for the metaverse to have an impact through education. Bent’s vision squares up with some of her non-crypto consumer investments at Lightspeed, such as small-group live education platform Outschool. But what will the metaverse actually look like?

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Transforming the digital economy: Insights from Huawei’s Alex Xu

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Fiber broadband offers high speed, large bandwidth, and low latency, enabling applications such as high-definition video, online gaming, remote work, and online education. There are several key ways they can achieve this, such as higher speeds; fiber broadband can deliver virtually unlimited speeds compared to other technologies.

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