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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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Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization

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Startups that deliver sustainable personalization solutions that also improve business for retailers and brands fall into three categories: AR virtual try-on with shade matching. Advanced virtual fitting rooms with VR/AR for fashion. AR virtual try-on with shade matching.

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Lablaco seeks to help usher in the new era of web3 digitized retail

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Today, SPIN by lablaco, launched its first digitized retail experience called Web3 Fashion: The Origin Story at the famed Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées. The plan is to host a three-week takeover with Crypto.com, showing consumers how digitized fashion could lay the path toward a zero-waste and more sustainable future.

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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. Mindset Medical – Delivers a portfolio of proprietary virtual technologies that advance the full continuum of patient care.

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What’s ahead for AI, VR, NFTs, and more?

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Augmented and virtual reality aren’t new, but Mark Zuckerberg lit a fire under them by talking about the “metaverse,” changing Facebook’s name to Meta, and releasing a pair of smart glasses in collaboration with Ray-Ban. I don’t think they’ll succeed, but Apple is also working on VR/AR products.

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Avataar raises $45 million to improve consumer shopping experience with life-sized 3D product evaluation

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That’s the reason why the likes of Amazon have historically struggled to move fashion and home decor items online. A virtual rendition of a refrigerator allows users to open and close the door, for instance. As long as the product images are in at least 1080p resolution, Aluru said, Avataar can stitch a virtual and 3D version from it.

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Extra Crunch roundup: China’s new data privacy law, fractional farming, debt vs. equity

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Edtech and the creator economy certainly differ in the problems they try to solve: Finding a VR solution to make online STEM classes more realistic is a different nut to crack than streamlining all of a creator’s different monetization strategies into one platform. Advanced virtual fitting rooms with VR/AR for fashion.

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