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Funding Roundup: Unity Raises $181M, Matterport Acquires Virtual.

AllThingsVR

Funding Roundup: Unity Raises $181M, Matterport Acquires Virtual Walkthrough, ScopeAR Raises $2M, Pixie Raises $18.5M Unity Technologies announced that it has closed a $181 million Series C round of funding led by DFJ Growth. Read more on VentureBeat.

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How Watson, IBM’s Artificial Intelligence, Is Powering Audio-Interactive VR/AR Environments

VRScout

IBM predicts that AI will unlock the next generation of interactivity for XR experiences, describing in the 2021 Unity Technology Trends Report that the maturity of AI will play a key role beyond hand tracking, and into the world of voice. IBM’s key technology in this area is Watson, their AI assistant. A MATTER OF TRUST.

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Metaverse Mozart t-shirts for invisible people

Life at the Feeding Edge

I was reminded of the conversation about the internet, the web, ecommerce, social media and so many other emerging technologies. He said (slightly paraphrased): “It’s Unity with an oculus looking at a t-shirt its Nvidia?” As on my TV showreel page with the opensim conversation, added here from 2011 for completeness.

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Inspirit launches to bring Minecraft creativity to biology class

TechCrunch VR

The core technology is a 3D platform built atop Unity, a game engine used for editing games and creating interactive content. While the tool is not yet technically using virtual reality technology, the first priority is going hardware-agnostic to find product-market fit and get the biggest base of users.

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DreamGlass is an interesting Augmented Reality glass that costs only $399

The Ghost Howls

Unity-based SDK supporting Windows and Android. Its SDK is compatible with Unity, so us developers can use a game engine we already know well to create AR apps. in physiological optics in 2011, I later worked for General Electrics and Meta AR. And Chinese companies are more eager to try new technologies such as AR.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Adding to the Book of Face’s massive plans for mixed reality technology, they have made good on their promise to make a 360 camera open source and available to anyone. Already supporting the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and PSVR – Unity will now support Google Daydream.

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Oculus and Kaleidoscope Announce DevLab VR Art Incubator

VRScout

He is particularly interested in applying new technologies and interactive mechanisms in the conception of narrative works, whether documentary or fiction. Eidolon, his first VR project, was released in 2011. Ben Vance is a creator and collaborator who explores new technology, art and design. Balthazar Auxietre. Daniël Ernst.

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