TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

After operating in beta for a year, Nooks, a virtual workspace space targeting distributed teams, has attracted thousands of users and millions of dollars in venture capital. This is Kevin Hartz’s second investment in a virtual HQ, with his first in Gather. Virtual HQs race to win over a remote-work-fatigued market.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 23, 2021

Fortunately, virtual and hybrid events can mitigate some of these challenges. Hosting a virtual or hybrid event allows a brand to create a super event that satisfies attendees while focusing on lead retrieval. Read on to learn how hybrid and virtual events can supplement your marketing efforts through advanced lead retrieval.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

The brainchild of Ilya Gelfenbeyn, Michael Ermolenko and Kylan Gibbs, the startup’s AI-powered service generates virtual characters primarily for games, but also in broader entertainment and marketing campaigns. “ Inworld is a creative platform for building virtual characters for immersive realities. .

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Another honoree, HeyGen , launched a streaming avatar that enhances real-time interactions, creating more useful chatbots and tutors. June, the company completed a $60 million funding round led by Benchmark, with participation from Thrive Capital, Bond, Conviction, and a number of individuals, including Dylan Field, CEO of Figma.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 4, 2021

With the events industry focused on hybrid and virtual events instead of more traditional live events, event producers need to pay careful attention to the attendee experience. With an online event, those factors are non-existent and care must be taken to ensure that each virtual attendee has an immersive experience.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

And while crypto investors are buying up avatars and digital swaths of land in hopes that a digital universe will spring up around these projects, it’s unclear which projects — if any — will stand the test of time. .” “We have enough money, we’re going to build out the AR stuff.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Brett Martin, the co-founder and president of Kumospace, believes a core piece to easing the transition is workplace collaboration tools — especially video chat tools that foster a “virtual office” feeling. “ When COVID-19 hit, we scrambled like everyone else to go virtual. Image Credits: Kumospace.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

All over the world startups are piling into the space marked “virtual interaction and collaboration”. Step forward Cosmos Video , which has a virtual venues platform that allows people to work, hang out and socialize together. Cosmos allows users to create virtual venues by combining game mechanics with video chat.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

students Kedan Li, Jeffrey Zhang and Min Jin Chong, is creating what they consider to be the first tool using existing catalog images to process at a scale of over a million garments weekly, something previous versions of virtual dressing rooms had difficulty doing, Li told TechCrunch. co-founders Jeffrey Zhang, Min Jin Chong and Kedan Li.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

After a challenging year for location-based virtual reality startups due to COVID-19, Sandbox VR , a location-based VR startup, is making a comeback with a plan to expand its operations further across the globe. The pandemic broke out right before closing the company’s planned Series B funding in early 2020, Zhao said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

SoWork, a virtual co-working startup, began after Punwani and his co-founders decided to build a machine learning edtech company. So, combining their love for building and gaming, the group put together an internal communication product inspired by virtual worlds. Permanence is the elephant in the room for any virtual HQ.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

While Meta tries to convince users to attend virtual work meetings in its metaverse , ForeVR Games , a VR gaming startup with casual games like bowling, darts and cornhole, is a reminder that virtual reality is supposed to be fun. The new capital brings the company’s total raised to $18.5 Image Credits: ForeVR Games.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2007

The island is a presentation of the Dutch Red Cross and the Dutch Fund for Disability Sports. The 'fun' part of the island is the Stadium for the Dutch Fund for Disability Sports. Both organisations are looking for new ways of fundraising and are looking into the possibilities in Virtual Worlds. " Steve Bridger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2007

Lucy Bernholz has been thinking deeply about virtual worlds and philanthropy over the past few months. see her post about the virtual philanthropy simulator ) She shares some thoughts about what she thinks may happen after June 22, 2007 when The John D. Why do this virtually? and Catherine T. vote with their feet,???

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

Two-dimensional virtual event platforms such as Hopin, Cvent and Zoom have become staples of virtual events, but these are about consuming content rather than “user activation” for brands. It’s now raised $15 million in a new funding round led by Trinity Capital, with Vestech Partners, NYFF, Magma Ventures and WGG also participating.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Facebook has bet its future on virtual reality and the metaverse, rebranding to Meta and spending billions a year to build hardware and software that extends beyond traditional social media. A clubby experience in Horizon Worlds. Image: Meta.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

“We will benefit from their unique experience and ability to create amazing experiences that help organizations use virtual spaces to drive impact. With Active Replica, Ervin and Denis sought to built a platform for virtual events and meetings built on top of Mozilla’s Hubs project.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

There are a number of ways to make money in the metaverse by participating in play-to-earn games, buying virtual real estate, or creating 3D assets on metaverse platforms like Roblox, AltspaceVR and VRChat. The Series A funding brings its total raised to $5.7 The Seoul-based startup recently has raised a $5.2 million (6.5

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A company from the creator of Ello and Kidrobot is announcing a new $20 million funding round to build out an imagined virtual world populated with deranged-yet-cute cartoon influencers. “I’m more interested in connecting the real world, not just doing stuff that’s all virtual,” Budnitz said. Ello, Ello?

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

The voices were good enough that they were rated as human or as good as human by listeners — not something you could really say about the usual virtual assistant suspects when they speak more than a handful of words. There are attendant risks and no realistic business model for it, so that’s off the table for now.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 23, 2021

Fortunately, virtual and hybrid events can mitigate some of these challenges. Hosting a virtual or hybrid event allows a brand to create a super event that satisfies attendees while focusing on lead retrieval. Read on to learn how hybrid and virtual events can supplement your marketing efforts through advanced lead retrieval.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

With the promise of an interconnected virtual world coming into focus and user-crafted gaming content exploding, Infinite Canvas is looking to apply to the metaverse lessons learned in the esports boom. million in pre-seed funds led by Lightshed Venture Partners, the venture firm founded by media analyst Richard Greenfield.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Jio subscribers in India will get exclusive access to a range of features in Krikey, available on Android and iOS, including a 3D avatar, and entry to some game levels and weapons. “Using weapons such as the bow and arrow, chakra, lightning and fire bolts, players can battle through different levels of combat and puzzle games,” Krikey said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Investors in the round include Caruso Ventures, Vision VC Fund, e& capital, investment pillar of e& (formerly known as Etisalat Group), DFDF (Dubai Future District Fund), WIN (Webit Investment Network), SRMG, Elbert Capital, and Yasta Partners, Faith Capital, Panthera Capital. Seven existing investors participated as well. .-

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Spatial, an early player in virtual reality workroom apps, is changing its focus to virtual art galleries showcasing non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. The company announced the news yesterday alongside a $25 million funding round. But over the past year, that’s changed.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

AmazeVR , a virtual reality concert platform that enables users to experience their favorite artists’ VR concerts through content generation tools, announced today it has secured $15 million, which was oversubscribed within three weeks. . Users would join as avatars, hang out with other users, and experience VR concerts together.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Soul Machines , a New Zealand-based company that uses CGI, AI and natural language processing to create lifelike digital people who can interact with humans in real time, has raised $70 million in a Series B1 round, bringing its total funding to $135 million. increase in conversion rate, a 2.3% Image Credits: Soul Machines.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 4, 2021

With the events industry focused on hybrid and virtual events instead of more traditional live events, event producers need to pay careful attention to the attendee experience. With an online event, those factors are non-existent and care must be taken to ensure that each virtual attendee has an immersive experience.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

Synthesis AI , a startup developing a platform that generates synthetic data to train AI systems, today announced that it raised $17 million in a Series A funding round led by 468 Capital with participation from Sorenson Ventures and Strawberry Creek Ventures, Bee Partners, PJC, iRobot Ventures, Boom Capital and Kubera Venture Capital.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The country has historically been capital-starved, but recent investments from the government and foreign investors have significantly increased access to early-stage venture capital funding. Last October, Elevate allocated $20 million to a fund managed by deep tech VC firm Pacific Channel. New Zealanders make really good founders.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Facetime : While Mark Zuckerberg is promising better metaverse avatars, Estonia-based Ready Player Me is delivering. Andreessen Horowitz led the company’s recent $56 million raise into the company that is building dynamic, animated game avatars for virtual worlds, Ingrid writes. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Play-to-earn games like StepN require players to purchase an NFT before they can participate, while other crypto video games offer users pricey upgrades such as virtual avatars and distinctive skins or costumes. “It’s quite remarkable that video games, these virtual worlds, now have fully fledged market economies.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

The highlight of the exhibition will be the official launch of SPIN , a marketplace that allows consumers to buy and rent clothes, artwork and physical spaces using virtual and augmented reality. With SPIN, users can enter the VR version of their favorite store and speak to avatar customer service agents to buy clothes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

In just a few clicks your supporters can donate a tweet or status update to benefit your cause (see The Global Fund ). A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

Nor can users create avatars that can move or interact with others, or engage in chats. Plus, he adds, there’s already too much focus on virtual personas and dressing up avatars and the team wanted wanted to pursue something different. “But for now, it’s all just like just a website or a game you play.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Avatars are everywhere : Speaking of things in the news a lot lately, WhatsApp is rolling out 3D avatars, Jagmeet reports. It was a big day for new funds. Manish writes about India’s Blume Ventures , which more than doubled in size after securing over $250 million for its new fund. Just in time for the movie.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

– Tech-enabled, virtual respiratory care provider that makes it easy to take the unknown and unmanageable out of respiratory illness and give control back to the patients suffering from it. Mindset Medical – Delivers a portfolio of proprietary virtual technologies that advance the full continuum of patient care.

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