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LG reveals the first shortlisted startups for its LG Nova incubator

TechCrunch

LG Nova announced its first two shortlisted companies as XR Health , which offers VR treatment rooms for telehealth services, and Maya MD , which is a digital AI health assistant that leverages LG’s televisions to encourage customers into active conversations about their health.

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Quality Assurance Approach towards Virtual Reality (VR)

Perficient

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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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

Hot: AI and VR/AR With digital transformations moving at full throttle, and a desire to stay innovative, it should come as no surprise that use cases for virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence continue to grow in several verticals. There are indications the voice market is slowing. IDC is forecasting a 5.1%

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Virtual Reality in Frontend Development: Tips and Trends you Need to Know

Gorilla Logic

VR Uses and Applications. Despite what most people think, virtual reality (VR) is not limited to the gaming industry. VR Headsets on the Market. We are omitting the Sony PlayStation VR headset here, as it is console-exclusive). VIVE Pro 2: Dubbed “HTC Gaming VR headset.”. VR and Frontend Development.

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8 investors and founders highlight Valencia’s potential as a fintech and cybersecurity hub

TechCrunch

The city appears to be strong in areas such as travel, AI, cybersecurity, fintech, agritech, travel tech, biotech, sports tech, and VR. So to find out what the startup scene in Valencia looks like, we spoke with eight local investors, executives and founders. Jordi Díaz Maiquez, CEO, Play&go experience. What are you most excited by?

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Virtual reality in banking. How are we going to visit the bank in the future?

Strategy Driven

Although these technologies are similar, they offer different types of experiences for users: Virtual Reality (VR) is completely computer generated, while Augmented Reality (AR) superimposes selected images over the user’s field of view. No one is surprised by the use of virtual reality in military training, medicine and tourism.

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How to Cope with the Crisis in the Travel Industry

Altexsoft

In fact, the global revenue for the travel and tourism industry is earning around 34.7 Virtual tours of museums , Instagram accounts changing their strategies , AR and VR users are all accommodating travel for “hyper domestic tourism.”. This is a guest article by tech writer Ray Slater Berry. percent less than last year.

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