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Transfr raises $12M Series A to bring virtual reality to manufacturing-plant floors

TechCrunch VR

To Bharani Rajakumar , the founder of Transfr , the dilemma of displaced workers is the perfect use case for virtual reality technology. Transfr leverages virtual reality to create simulations of manufacturing-plant shop floors or warehouses for training purposes. Transfr’s core technology is its software.

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Instagram’s Kevin Systrom Talks Virtual Reality

VRWorld

Kevin Systrom, co-founder and CEO of Instagram recently talked about Virtual Reality and working with Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook in Bloomberg’s Studio 1.0. The name of the project came through Kevin’s love for Bourbon and other spirits, mostly from Kentucky, Alabama and Tennessee. ” concluded Systrom.

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2018 Highlights: Award-winning VR gloves, global customers, and a growing team

HaptX

We were the first VR company to introduce a prototype at Sundance since Oculus unveiled an early version of their Rift in 2012. Later in the year, Destin invited us to show off our new HaptX Gloves Development Kit with other YouTube stars in Huntsville, Alabama at the first-ever ThinkerCon. The software that powers our haptics.

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