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

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Yet, to a growing number of entrepreneurs in the Valley, when one physical door closes, a virtual one opens. With the goal of making remote work more spontaneous, there are dozens of new startups working to create virtual HQs for distributed teams. Companies within the virtual HQ world sit on a spectrum.

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

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Virtual reality is about to launch in series production cars this summer, starting with Audi sedans and SUVs. Holoride announced Saturday at the SXSW tech, music and film conference in Austin that its headset-based virtual-reality entertainment system will debut in June in certain Audi models with the latest MIB 3 software.

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

TechCrunch

TechCrunch got to test out its in-car virtual reality system. Our team was surprised, and delighted, to find that holoride had figured out how to quell the motion sickness caused both by being a passenger in a vehicle, and by using a VR headset. I used VR in a car going 90 mph and didn’t get sick.

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

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Edtech and the creator economy certainly differ in the problems they try to solve: Finding a VR solution to make online STEM classes more realistic is a different nut to crack than streamlining all of a creator’s different monetization strategies into one platform. Advanced virtual fitting rooms with VR/AR for fashion.

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Digital twins are primed to revolutionize the infrastructure industry

CIO

Elaborating on some points from my previous post on building innovation ecosystems, here’s a look at how digital twins , which serve as a bridge between the physical and digital domains, rely on historical and real-time data, as well as machine learning models, to provide a virtual representation of physical objects, processes, and systems.

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Founders: Connect with influential movers and shippers at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

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You’ll also have access to our day of virtual content on May 20. You’ll get four passes with full access to the event, both in-person and virtually, the ability to demo on-site on May 18 and 19, and the ability to pitch during the virtual event on May 20. More on that in a moment. Hot tip No. Don’t wait.

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