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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

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Like “TrueSelf Scan,” the name of the initial application that’s used to scan a person’s image, the meeting software also will not require a VR headset to use and engage with — users will be “seated” in a room that will be shown on a video screen.

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

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But turn to the enterprise and there appears to be a very lucrative opportunity that’s well into finding traction. of XR products would be enterprise customers, and it has stuck to it. Today, one of the early movers in building solutions for that market is announcing a round of funding to double down on the opportunity.

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Former Salesforce exec Bret Taylor is teaming up with Google AR/VR vet Clay Bavor on mystery startup

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Bavor, who spent almost seven years as the VP of AR and VR at Google as part of an 18 year career with the company, was coy in a LinkedIn post about what is coming next, but he was clear he’s doing it with his pal Taylor. Will it have an AR/VR flavor? It’s impossible to say right now, but the two have something cooking.

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

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With the mission, LOVO allows enterprises and individual content creators to generate voiceover content for using in marketing, e-learning, customer support, movies, games, chatbots and augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). We want to be the platform for all things voice-related,” Lee said. billion by 2028 from $1.94

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Former Yext CEO launches Roam to provide a virtual HQ for distributed teams

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In fact, there are dozens of virtual HQ platforms , some venture-backed and some bootstrapped, mixing gamification and productivity into a service. Other companies are piloting VR and apps such as Oculus for Business or Horizon Workrooms, aiming to boost collaboration with immersive meetings for remote workers.

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LG announces the first 50 participants in its LG Nova program

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– Tech-enabled, virtual respiratory care provider that makes it easy to take the unknown and unmanageable out of respiratory illness and give control back to the patients suffering from it. LifeNome – Award-winning precision (biology-personalized) health enterprise platform powered by genomics and AI. CurieAi, Inc.

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