TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

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. Atias co-launched Hexa with Ran Buchnik and Jonathan Clark first as a virtual dressing room platform aimed at bridging the massive disconnect.

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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 1, 2022

” 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. “We will benefit from their unique experience and ability to create amazing experiences that help organizations use virtual spaces to drive impact. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The funding is coming on the back of very significant growth and scale for Rec Room, amid a wider climate where suddenly a lot more attention is being focused on VR and immersive experiences, and specifically companies that are building content (or vehicles for content) that engage users in those mediums. (To

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Bavor, who spent almost seven years as the VP of AR and VR at Google as part of an 18 year career with the company, was coy in a LinkedIn post about what is coming next, but he was clear he’s doing it with his pal Taylor. Will it have an AR/VR flavor? It’s impossible to say right now, but the two have something cooking.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Alta , a virtual reality metaverse studio, announced today it has raised a 12.4 It first gained traction in mid-2021 when its first VR game launched on the Oculus Quest 2. Alta’s next goal is to expand and build networks of virtual worlds across multiple platforms, incorporating elements of the metaverse, Anoshechkin said.

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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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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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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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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. This summer, Microsoft launched Viva Engage , an in-house social media app for employee engagement. It’s not just startups.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The VR social app has started rolling out for some users on web and mobile in early access, Meta said. After more than a year and a half in development, Meta is bringing Horizon Worlds out of the headset. By expanding to mobile and web, Horizon Worlds can cater to a much larger user base, […]

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

While Facebook, now Meta, never claimed to have already built the metaverse, the word soon began to be used much more casually to describe nearly any immersive online environment where people interact with one another as virtual selves. Startups began to describe themselves as metaverse companies. Image Credits: Sensor Tower.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JANUARY 11, 2022

Now for some slightly less safe predictions, involving the future of social media and cybersecurity. Augmented and virtual reality aren’t new, but Mark Zuckerberg lit a fire under them by talking about the “metaverse,” changing Facebook’s name to Meta, and releasing a pair of smart glasses in collaboration with Ray-Ban.

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OTS Solutions

JUNE 3, 2022

Just a decade ago, the use of augmented and virtual reality in healthcare was deemed science fiction. Animal testing can be reduced, and human clinical trials can be expedited using AR and VR (Virtual Reality) technology, referred to as “virtual patients” or “organs-on-a-chip.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2023

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. Image Credits: MeetKai.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2021

VR training programs. Virtual reality technology is one of the newest additions to the DEI training toolbox to facilitate having those sometimes difficult discussions. Virtual reality scenarios can be used to train a large group of people in a cost-effective way. Achieving full racial equity and inclusion won’t be easy.

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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. A “camera mode” lets you take a photo or a smooth dolly shot, but the end result isn’t one-click publishable to social networks.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Google wakes up from its VR daydream. Tokyo-based virtual reality game developer Thirdverse gets $8.5 Osso VR raises $14 million to bring virtual reality to surgical and medical device training. Vectary was founded in 2014 by Michal Koor (CEO) and Pavol Sovis (CTO), who were both from the design and technology worlds.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

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? If you want to pitch, it’s your last chance to get your applications in.

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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. Follow the money.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

In a demo, Aluru dragged and dropped several products — couches and desks — to his living room from a partner e-commerce marketplace’s app and changed the color and the SKUs without having to reposition the virtual items in the house. A virtual rendition of a refrigerator allows users to open and close the door, for instance.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

What it says it does: Unai is developing a VR headset and virtual world that aims to help people feel connected to one another in the virtual world. Promises include: Unai wants to make VR interactions look, feel and sound like they do in real life. Instant Domains. Founded: 2022. Location: Victoria, Canada. Use wisely.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2022

When you make your way through the proverbial crowd in a metaverse, your VR headset has to render every other avatar next to you according to your perspective and spatial location. The idea of bringing thousands of people together in a virtual space is not exactly new: Online multiplayer games have been doing that for a long time already.

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TechCrunch

JULY 9, 2021

The SPAC parade continued apace this week as Nextdoor announced it would go public via a blank-check company, with the community social network making its pitch based on scale, claiming users in one in three U.S. Can advertising scale in VR? Can advertising scale in VR? Image Credits: jhorrocks / Getty Images. households.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2024

This change is led by virtual interviews as these can be scheduled swiftly and are also easily manageable for companies and candidates. As, more and more sectors in the society embrace the digital change, virtual interviews have turned out to be one way which firms that seek to employ the most suitable candidates can embark on.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

This means that Intenseye can identify health and safety violations, from not wearing a hard hat to ignoring social distancing protocols and everything in between, in real time. Intenseye integrates with existing network-connected cameras within facilities and then uses computer vision to monitor employee health and safety on the job.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

AUGUST 2, 2022

Some people seem to think of it as a kind of real estate , complete with land grabs and the attempt to bring traffic to whatever bit of virtual property they’ve created. Virtual Reality headsets will make these places more immersive, we imagine. Virtual Reality headsets will make these places more immersive, we imagine.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 17, 2024

Technology: Enhancing Customer Experience Technology, such as social media, mobile apps, and AI, has become essential in attracting, retaining, and satisfying customers. Social media has a significant impact on customer engagement by fostering customer relationships.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2023

VR isn’t just for the youngins : Rendever, a big startup in the virtual reality space, acquired Alcove from AARP , showing “VR comes of age,” Ingrid reports. This overview includes basic steps for writing a clear headline, offering visitors social proof that builds credibility, and crafting calls to action that drive results.

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CIO

JUNE 8, 2023

I think of it by way of analogy: Not every business needs to have a social media strategy, but businesses that have customers who use social media need to know how to be present, or they lose an opportunity to be relevant. That’s the direct customer experience. What I think is equally interesting is the indirect customer experience.

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CTOvision

MAY 17, 2016

When we think of virtual reality, it usually relates to video games and general entertainment, but technology is doing more than just giving the masses a chance to live roleplay as a superhero -- it’s helping us with our health. VR has been in action for longer than you’d imagine, with its hands in healthcare even decades ago.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The group, which first launched in mid-2019, has been focused on building consumer-facing apps that would allow the company to test out new social features and gauge people’s reactions. powered developer platform for building virtual characters, Inworld AI , was directed by NPE. One such check has already been written.

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OTS Solutions

JANUARY 11, 2024

With the emergence of AI, ML, DevOps, AR VR cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), data analytics, digital transformation, application modernization, and other digital technologies, IT practice in mental health therapy is undergoing significant changes. billion AI and ML 2032 $22,384.27 million IoT 2028 $293.10

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

——————————————————————————- 3DLOOK A retail tech start-up behind the virtual fitting room YourFit. Numo provides a social to-do list that people with ADHD use to complete daily tasks.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

This is the technology behind Snapchat’s filters, impressive on mobile hardware, and it points to the most promising aspect of face-tracking technology: its implications for socializing in the digital sphere. Veeso is building a VR headset that tracks the wearer’s eye and mouth movement. That is exactly what Veeso is working on.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2022

One of the more interesting ventures to emerge from the space recently is Poly, which lets designers create video game and other virtual assets, including textures for 3D models, using only text prompts. Poly is essentially a stock asset library along the lines of Adobe Stock and Shutterstock but populated exclusively by AI generations.

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