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Holoride’s in-car VR tech is coming to Audi this summer

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Holoride’s partnership with Terranet, a Swedish ADAS software development company, allows for the VR system’s sensors and software stack to capture and interpret the environment quickly and accurately. Terranet’s VoxelFlow system calculates VR movement based on data points received from the car.

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Virtual HQs race to win over a remote-work-fatigued market

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Walk through Branch’s virtual HQ and there are all the normal details you’d find in an office on Market Street: There are meeting rooms, lunch tables, a literal watercooler and, yes, succulents on your co-worker’s desk. When that didn’t work, they pivoted into apps, VR and full-body robotics. So far, it has raised $1.5

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Loft Dynamics raises $20M to tackle pilot shortage with VR training

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Loft Dynamics , a Swiss startup creating virtual reality (VR) simulation technology for helicopter pilots, has raised $20 million in funding from U.S. H125 VR simulator. Other companies are using VR simulation to tackle similar workforce shortage problems or otherwise enhance existing training programs.

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Here’s what’s happening on Day Two of TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

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Its in-car VR system turns every vehicle into a moving theme park — and it rolls out in Audi cars as early as this summer. Nils Wollny, Holoride’s co-founder and CEO, will talk about where technologies — like VR, blockchain, NFTs and cryptocurrency — fit in the automotive space.

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Audi spinoff holoride collects $12M in Series A led by Terranet AB

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Holoride will use the fresh funds to search for new developers and other talent both as it prepares to expand into global markets like Europe, the United States and Asia, and in advance of its summer 2022 launch for private passenger cars. . I used VR in a car going 90 mph and didn’t get sick. million (~$3.9

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Unagi launches its own more exclusive version of shared micromobility

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“It also functions as a marketing vehicle for our scooter rental subscription service. The company is currently partnering with Tulu, which offers on-demand rentals of home products and other items, such as Unagi scooters or VR headsets, at dormitories, hotels and luxury apartments.

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

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If you don’t have a good story to share, it doesn’t matter how big your marketing budget is. “Paid marketing can be a useful tool in your toolkit to accelerate an already humming flywheel. Advanced virtual fitting rooms with VR/AR for fashion. 5 factors that can make or break a startup’s growth journey.

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