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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

TechCrunch

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. Perhaps so.

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The first annual VTuber Awards was a win for VR

TechCrunch

On stream, Filian took the stage at the center of a colossal arena, lit with violet spotlights and surrounded by crowds of fans holding lightsticks. The streamer opened the show dressed in a vivd purple skirt, magenta bow tie, and high white boots that matched her jacket — a ritzy version of her avatar’s usual […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Mozilla acquires Active Replica to build on its metaverse vision

TechCrunch

” According to Mozilla SVP Imo Udom, Active Replica will support Mozilla’s ongoing work with Hubs, the latter’s VR chatroom service and open source project. Ervin is a software engineer by trade, having held roles at AR/VR startups Metaio, Liminal AR and Occipital.

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Daily Crunch: Meta’s upcoming VR headset will track eye movements and capture facial expressions

TechCrunch

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. The TechCrunch Top 3. It doesn’t come out until October, so you have roughly two months to pull together the $400 we think it is going to cost.

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MeetKai launches new room-scanning tech and metaverse builder

TechCrunch

Not everyone believes that the metaverse — social, VR-centric worlds — has staying power. After tapping a camera-equipped device to record a few seconds of video, users upload the footage to MeetKai Reality, which renders the captured space in VR. But MeetKai is among the steadfast optimists.

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Extra Crunch roundup: NS1 EC-1, Pakistan’s tech ecosystem, SPACs bonanza

TechCrunch

For the latest entry in a series of longform articles that explore the inner workings of notable startups, we looked at NS1 , an internet infrastructure company best known for its software-defined DNS. Part 1: Origin story : how three engineers decided to rebuild the internet’s core addressing system. Can advertising scale in VR?

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10 Key Trends of Digital Transformation in Healthcare in 2022

OTS Solutions

There has been a tremendous impact on the advancement and accessibility of healthcare technology through Internet of Things (IoT) devices, wearable gadgets, and real-time medical data monitoring. When a group of internet-connected medical devices creates an IoMT, they’re making a new subset of the Internet of Things (IoT).