Crunchbase News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

AR/VR still not a hitmaker Apple’s suboptimal foray into mixed reality computing follows a long line of startup flops in the augmented reality, virtual reality and metaverse space. So far this year, roughly $758 million has gone to rounds for startups tied to AR, VR and the metaverse, per Crunchbase data. Can Apple Save It?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Social gaming platform Rec Room has scored some new funding as it aims to bring its once VR-centric world to every major gaming platform out there. The platform has been around for years serving as a social hub and gaming platform for virtual reality users. They’ve raised just shy of $50 million to date.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

The latest funding will be used to intensify R&D for AXIS , a wearable and game-oriented full-body motion capture solution. CEO of Refract Chng told TechCrunch that the solution they found out was to allow players to use their bodies as game controllers. billion gamers through its games and technology, such as the wearable AXIS. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

spending billions of dollars on virtual reality tech every fiscal quarter, the wider VR startup ecosystem has been having a tough few years coming down from the highs of 2016, when investors dumped money into the sector expecting Oculus-sized returns only to see most of their investments slowly wilt away. Despite Zuckerberg & Co.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

On the heels of Roblox hitting it big with its platform for user-created gaming content, another startup has landed a major round of funding to build out its own user-generated platform aimed at immersive experiences. billion valuation. There are some 12 million rooms on the platform already, Rec Room said.

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Perficient

JANUARY 23, 2023

Virtual Reality Virtual Reality (VR) is an immersive media experience replicating either a real or imagined environment and allowing users to interact with the environment. Unlike the conventional user interface of displaying content on a screen, VR immerses a person to interact in a digital 3D environment.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

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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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

Prior to Rooms, Toff spent ten years at Google, off and on, in product marketing and product management, including at YouTube, Area 120, and in VR/AR. Plus, he adds, there’s already too much focus on virtual personas and dressing up avatars and the team wanted wanted to pursue something different. It’s all individual.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

New York-based startup Sketchfab has been acquired by Epic Games , the company behind Fortnite and Unreal Engine. Epic Games isn’t disclosing the terms of the deal. Epic Games also says that all integrations with third-party tools will remain available, including with Unity. It also works with VR headsets.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

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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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Yet, to a growing number of entrepreneurs in the Valley, when one physical door closes, a virtual one opens. With the goal of making remote work more spontaneous, there are dozens of new startups working to create virtual HQs for distributed teams. Companies within the virtual HQ world sit on a spectrum.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Alta , a virtual reality metaverse studio, announced today it has raised a 12.4 The latest funding, which values the startup at $62 million, will be used to further develop proprietary content and IP, expand the team and position the game for new platforms, Tima Anoshechkin , co-founder and CEO of Alta, told TechCrunch. .

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Daffodil Software

AUGUST 1, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, virtual reality (VR) was mainly associated with gaming and entertainment. However, today, VR has become a driving force in the healthcare industry, along with other significant healthcare technology trends.

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IDC

JULY 29, 2020

IDC's latest virtual reality app/game developer survey shows more enterprises are embracing VR training and sims. Explore these results with IDC's Lewis Ward.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

For example, retailers using augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to create more engaging experiences can increase conversion rates by 83.1% Other forms of personalization, such as AI-driven recommendations, can more than quintuple conversion rates 4 and dynamic pricing strategies can increase sales by 2–5%.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2022

When we asked Bent, who once worked for virtual reality technology company Upload, she said she used to think the metaverse had to be tied to VR technology, specifically the head-mounted display screen. But what will the metaverse actually look like? Cryptocurrency, she believes, made that switch possible.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

From AI to Microlearning, VR to remote working strategy , technology will play an ever-bigger role in shaping the leaders of tomorrow. At the same time, immersive technologies like virtual and augmented reality are transforming how executives learn and interact.

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Openxcell

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Technology trends in the gaming industry are growing rapidly due to robust digital transformations. According to Grand View Research, the video game market is expected to reach USD 583.69 It’s all thanks to the newest gaming technologies shaping the future of gaming. billion by 2030. Another example is Twelfth Man.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

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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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

LA-born startup TRIPP doesn’t want the metaverse to be a mere “shopping mall for virtual consumers,” its founder Nanea Reeves told TechCrunch. ” TRIPP’s vision for a mindful metaverse is already a (virtual) reality: Its wellness-centered experience can be accessed through multiple platforms and devices.

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Trigent

APRIL 15, 2021

Homeschooling, online degree programs, virtual classrooms have all been progressive steps in the direction of transformative technological innovation. But with Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) coming into the picture, things have changed radically for the education sector. A lot more than a laptop.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In fact, there are dozens of virtual HQ platforms , some venture-backed and some bootstrapped, mixing gamification and productivity into a service. In August, Kumospace raised $21 million for its platform that leverages lo-fi graphics and game-like mechanics to create a sense of togetherness. It’s not just startups.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

AmazeVR , a virtual reality concert platform that enables users to experience their favorite artists’ VR concerts through content generation tools, announced today it has secured $15 million, which was oversubscribed within three weeks. . Users would join as avatars, hang out with other users, and experience VR concerts together.

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Trigent

AUGUST 20, 2023

In that case, it is essential to understand why companies consider adopting new technologies or digital transformations like Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) to meet customer needs. While AR and VR offer many revolutionary experiences, XR is based on the same technologies. million VR users and 110.1

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Trigent

OCTOBER 9, 2021

AR/VR in real estate presents the perfect solution to the changing needs of discerning customers. The global AR VR in the real estate market ecosystem 1 is expected to grow at a CAGR of 31.2%, increasing in value from USD 298.6 The virtual experience evokes strong emotions giving potential buyers the feel of owning the place.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2022

Virtual reality, Meta style : Meta’s new virtual reality headset technology is going to focus on face-tracking and eye-tracking, features the company calls “social presence,” Ivan writes. If you fail at that, make sure you die in a more interesting way than dehydration so your camp mates at leaast get a good story out of it.

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Mobilunity

JANUARY 13, 2022

Nowadays, more and more companies are in search of a highly qualified AR/VR Unity engineer for their projects, seeing the potential of these technologies. Why Companies Look for AR/VR Unity Engineer. The potential of VR is far from being defined, taking into account that brand-new VR products emerge on the market almost daily.

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Gorilla Logic

JUNE 29, 2021

Let’s explore the frameworks available to create virtual reality environments in the frontend development ecosystem. . VR Uses and Applications. Virtual reality technology has come a long way — from being a figment of the imagination of authors such as Stanley G. VR Headsets on the Market. VR and Frontend Development.

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OTS Solutions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

How to use AR and VR in education industry? Artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to disrupt the education system by allowing academic programs to become personalized through augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). What is Virtual Reality? Virtual Reality and Education. Augmented Reality and Education.

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CTOvision

MARCH 26, 2014

Tuesday, Facebook announced its plans to acquire Oculus VR for $2 billion. If you haven’t heard of it, Oculus VR is a virtual reality startup out of Irvine, CA. to produce “immersive virtual reality technology that’s wearable and affordable.” And now, neither is Oculus VR. By ShannonPerry. Its mission ? –

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CIO

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

If you’re skeptical about dipping your enterprise’s virtual toes into a metaverse, rightfully so. While some investors and developers pulled back , others kept forging ahead, developing chips for augmented and virtual reality, trialing advertising through augmented reality, and “stockpiling gaming content,” according to CBInsights.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A true “metaverse” may not yet exist , but that hasn’t stopped marketers from adopting the buzzword to promote their apps and games on mobile app stores. Gaming platform Roblox was touted as a metaverse frontrunner. Startups began to describe themselves as metaverse companies. Image Credits: Sensor Tower.

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Crunchbase News

JUNE 21, 2024

That was the unsurprising finding from our latest data dive regarding investment in startups innovating around the metaverse, virtual reality and augmented reality. Per Crunchbase data, 1 roughly $464 million this year has gone into seed- through growth-stage funding rounds for companies tied to AR, VR and the metaverse.

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VironIT

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR and VR) is not only for gaming now. What are AR and VR? First of all, let’s define what AR and VR are. It has already found a use in health care, shopping, real estate, education, and is gaining popularity among museums and galleries.

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CIO

AUGUST 29, 2022

Right now, the metaverse is essentially an undefined amalgam of technologies and concepts including but not limited to augmented reality (AR), avatars, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, extended reality (ER), mixed reality (MR), NFTs (non-fungible tokens), virtual reality (VR), and Web3.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said that a North Korean state-backed hacking group known as Lazarus is responsible for the recent theft of $625 million in cryptocurrency from the Ronin Network, an Ethereum-based sidechain made for the popular play-to-earn game Axie Infinity. Image Credits: Alex Trautwig / Getty Images.

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