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Modulate Raises $30 Million in Series A Funding to Fight Bad Actors in the Metaverse
The startup Modulate has raised $30 million to develop its Artificial Intelligence (AI) voice moderation product ToxMod. ToxMod leverages machine learning to scan voice chats and identify the toxic players…
Metaverse Basketball Game Raises $8 Million
IRL Studios has raised $8 million that will go into the development of its virtual reality basketball app Gym Class VR. In this VR game, you put on a VR…
Consumers To Spend 4 to 5 Hours a Day in the Metaverse in Next 5 Years
The metaverse is gradually permeating our lives and is being embraced by everyone, ranging from comic creators to the healthcare industry. Still, the metaverse is still not regarded as something…
Surplex To Launch Kickstarter Campaign For Full-Body Tracking Shoes
Surplex is set to launch a Kickstarter campaign for its tracking shoe product with 480 pressure sensors that track a wearer’s every move. The virtual reality company Surplex has come…
Welsh Company Building a Mediverse Metaverse Platform for Training Healthcare Professionals
A Welsh company is building a healthcare training metaverse platform dubbed the “Mediverse.” The system is already being used by a number of medical institutions in South Wales. The Mediverse…
Lenovo Presents Its New Standalone VR700 Headset
Lenovo has presented a new standalone virtual reality headset with technical specs which not unlike those of the Quest 2 headset. The new Lenovo headset is powered by the Qualcomm…
US Soldiers Ready Themselves for Battle With VR Combat Goggles
Army’s 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers have been testing a new Integrated Visual Augmentation System that has been designed to assist soldiers in making quick decisions with the help of mixed…
Meta Pausing Within Acquisition Until Jan 2023 Following Antitrust Suit
Meta is pausing its acquisition of Within Unlimited Inc, the studio behind the VR fitness app Supernatural, following an FTC suit that seeks to block the deal over antitrust concerns.…
VR Shooter Shock Troops Coming to Quest 2 This Week
Garage Collective’s new virtual reality shooter Shock Troops is arriving on Quest 2 this week. Shock Troops was first announced in September 2021 and is inspired by classics such as…
Polycam 3D Scans Preserve Ukraine’s Heritage Amidst Atrocious War
The war in Ukraine is grinding on into its fifth month and has been accompanied by the wanton destruction of Ukraine’s heritage and material culture including landmarks, cultural sites, monuments,…