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A Year in Tech: 2018 Recap

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During the bull run of 2017/18, coins could pump 50% on little more than a tweet of a conference announcement or a trivial code release. The principles of decentralisation and innovation were king and governments, financial services and regulation of any kind the public enemy of this bright new decentralised future.

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This Year’s Women Startup Challenge Is All About VR, AR and AI

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Now in its fourth edition, the Women Startup Challenge is offering a $50,000 grant to a woman-led startup in one of those three areas, along with the chance for finalists pitch to a range of investors at an event in New York in February 2017. Applications to take part opened earlier this week and will close on December 12th.

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Chatting With The Recipient Of The SXSW 2019 ‘Best Interactive Experience’ Award

VRScout

Benzing then moved on to create Hilda , which “ had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2017 and was distributed to Amazon, ” and Diptych , which “ had its world premiere at Lincoln Center’s Dance on Camera (2018), ” as is stated on her personal blog. I wanted to work with all types of wearable technology.

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Embracing Digital Transformation: Real-life Use Cases in Energy & Utilities

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A handful of utilities are piloting and, in a few cases, even deploying wearable technologies, but the greatest share of interest is and has been around augmented reality. I’ve saved New York Power Authority, the largest state-owned public utility in the country, for last due to its impressive digital roadmap. Duke Energy .

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Embracing Digital Transformation: Real-life Use Cases in Energy & Utilities

EnterpriseWear

A handful of utilities are piloting and, in a few cases, even deploying wearable technologies, but the greatest share of interest is and has been around augmented reality. I’ve saved New York Power Authority, the largest state-owned public utility in the country, for last due to its impressive digital roadmap. Duke Energy .

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The VRScout Report – HTC Vive Drops $200, Clash of Clans in AR, & VR Mind Control

VRScout

Although not a new concept, BCIs are getting a lot of attention recently with high-profile entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and Bryan Johnson forming brain-focused companies, and even the 2015 Disney Accelerator included a hardware company making wearable brain devices. INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP.

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Disneyland Goes VR with Star Wars Experience

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While The Void has four centers (Dubai, New York, Salt Lake City and Toronto), Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire will only be available at two Disney locations; Downtown Disney in Disneyworld (Anaheim, California) and Disney Springs at Disney World (Orlando, Florida).

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