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Disney-backed Inworld raises new cash for its AI-powered virtual characters

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The brainchild of Ilya Gelfenbeyn, Michael Ermolenko and Kylan Gibbs, the startup’s AI-powered service generates virtual characters primarily for games, but also in broader entertainment and marketing campaigns. “ Inworld is a creative platform for building virtual characters for immersive realities. .

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Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests $2M in optics and imaging startup Spectralics

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Volvo Cars Tech Fund invested $2 million into o ptics and imaging developer Spectralics , funds it will use to accelerate the development of its optical film that the company says could make cars safer and provide a better user experience.

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Keep Technologies wants to turn a cup holder into a security guard for your car

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He had already earned the serial entrepreneur badge with CodeGuard, a website backup startup, and his hardware company Claw Hanging Systems. The Atlanta-based startup, which debuted virtually at the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield, was officially founded in fall 2020. David Moeller wasn’t looking to start another company.

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This startup is bringing precision control for gamers to the humble keyboard

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You wouldn’t drive a car or fly a plane if the only controls you had available were on/off switches for left and right or up and down, and yet that’s pretty much what gamers are stuck with when they control their virtual avatars with their keyboards. And so for those who are buying a notebook, that makes a really big difference.”

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Artificial Intelligence 101: What It Is, Its Evolution and Potential Jobs

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With the advent of big data and advances in hardware during the 2000s, AI began to scale in terms of capability and applicability. Hardware Development and Model Optimization: With the increasing demand for AI, especially generative AI, there is growing pressure on GPU production and cloud infrastructure optimization.

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Radar Trends to Watch: June 2022

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Alice is a modular and extensible open source virtual assistant (think Alexa) that can run completely offline. New research in haptics allows the creation of realistic virtual textures by measuring how people feel things. It is private by default, though it can be configured to use Amazon or Google as backups.

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10G Challenge Winners Leverage Power of Multi-Gigabit Network

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Grand Prize Winner: MediView leverages advanced virtual reality (VR) technology to help patients in rural areas access care from National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers without having to leave their community. Meet the Winners. “We’re all about asking—and answering— What if? What if we could change education?

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