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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. hub in Gateshead. .

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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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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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ManageXR grabs $4 million seed round to scale XR business 

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The company will focus more on large enterprises next year, he added. . ManageXR built an enterprise device management platform designed for VR and AR devices to serve as the core infrastructure for organizations. We’re solving that problem for businesses at an inflection point in the industry,” Wilson said. .

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Go1 nabs $100M at a $2B+ valuation to upgrade its curated enterprise learning platform

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And to underscore that fact, Go1 — one of the rising stars in the world of enterprise learning, providing education and training to businesses in turn to offer to its employees or users — is announcing a significant round of $100 million, at over a $2 billion valuation, to fuel its growth. It would be quite a different product.”

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4 Use Cases for ServiceNow SecOps – VR, SIR, and TI

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Proactive measures include Vulnerability Response (VR) and Configuration Compliance. Integration between IT and Security teams for SIR/VR improves communication, raises visibility, and reduces resolution time. Reducing SIR or VR time from weeks to hours. Reactive measures include Security Incident Response (SIR).

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