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Beyond Sports Uses AI To Turn NHL Players Into Blocky Avatars

VRScout

Beyond Sports is an AI-based visualization company that uses a cool tracking technology along with player positional data to transform them into what they call “Blockies.” ” It looks like a video game, but it’s actually digital content matched over the players in real-time.

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Transfr Secures $12M Series A Financing to Scale Immersive VR Job Training Platform

Road to VR

Transfr’s VR learning technology and assessment tools are also being used by workforce agencies, schools, colleges, and employers across the United States, the company says, including Lockheed Martin, and Mazda Toyota Manufacturing.

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Here’s How VR is Helping Athletes Prepare for Games

VRScout

The next wave of athletic training takes place in a computer simulation, as companies such as STRIVR Labs , EON Sports and Beyond Sports help players prepare for games through VR technology. Virtual reality replaces your senses with ones generated by a computer,” STRIVR co-founder Jeremy Bailenson told NBC Sports. “So

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Top XR Vendors Majoring in Education for 2022

XR Today - Virtual Reality

In recent years, we’ve discovered just how powerful technology can be in delivering information to those who need it most. XR has the potential to be one of the most disruptive new technologies in the educational space. Already, various leading companies have begun implementing HTC VIVE technology into their educational environments.

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Unlocking the Benefits of XR and GenAI

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Nick Roseth, the Founder of Explore Design and Minneapolis VR/AR Association Chapter President, recently spoke to XR Today to discuss emerging technologies in enterprise environments. However, it is early days, and the world is learning about this technology as it emerges.

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Atek Grid has new owners, hiring staff

Hypergrid Business

Atek Grid, formerly owned by the company behind the CloudServe OpenSim hosting company, has been bought by the Tampa-based Florida Web Council, Inc. CloudServe will continue to run the back-end technology for the grid...

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Nreal, Orange to Augment Tour de France ’22

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

and MATSUKO technology. Last year, Verizon invested $80 million into 5G networks in Tampa, Florida, allowing individuals to gain reduced latency connections near the Raymond James Stadium. The digital experience is available between July 1 to 24 for the Tour de France event. 5G-Powered Immersion.

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