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Hexa raises $20.5M to turn images into 3D objects for VR, AR and more

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But HTC’s focus has increasingly shifted over the years from mobile to VR, and it evidently sees Hexa as aligned with its current — and perhaps even future — lines of business. But he later pivoted the business into a general-purpose tech stack for VR, AR and 3D-model-viewing experiences. So what differentiates Hexa?

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VUZ raises $20 million to scale its immersive social app

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VUZ , a social app that allows users to stream and experience immersive realism in extended reality (XR) and metaverse digital experiences, has raised $20 million in Series B investment. The platform offers over 20,000 hours of content covering entertainment, creators, sports, and XR, VR, and AR experiences virtually anywhere in the world.

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

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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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AmazeVR gets another $15M to forge the future of immersive concerts 

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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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Mozilla acquires Active Replica to build on its metaverse vision

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” 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: To complicate Musk’s attempt to swallow Twitter, board approves ‘poison pill’ strategy

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On our Equity podcast today, which we recorded at our amazing, fully sold-out Early Stage event, Alex and Natasha dug into social fintech. but if you are: Musk said he wanted to buy the social media giant. A propos events – are you coming to our mobility event? Literally, the company did not mention Elon Musk by name.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Clubhouse UX teardown, YC Demo Day favorites, proptech VC survey, more

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Automakers, suppliers and startups see growing market for in-vehicle AR/VR applications. Despite all of the pomp and promises about the potential for AR and VR, there isn’t a clear understanding of market demand for bringing the technology to cars, trucks and passenger vans. Social+ payments: Why fintechs need social features.

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