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Osso VR Raised $14 Million for VR Surgical Training
Immersive medical training has been the main entreport for virtual reality deployment in the medical world. There are already leading players like FundamentalVR which is a leader in immersive surgical…
Sideloading Platform SideQuest Takes $650,000 Investment from BoostVC, Palmer Luckey
The sideloading platform SideQuest has raised $650,000 in early investment from BoostVC, The Fund and Oculus founder Palmer Luckey. SideQuest Interface Update The small “pre-seed” funding will go into a…
Mixed Reality Startup Nreal Adds $40 Million in Series B Financing
The Chinese mixed reality startup, Nreal, has just secured $40 million in financing from a group of high-profile investors in a series B funding round which might potentially increase the…
Magic Leap Valuation in Free Fall As Investors Mark Down Stakes
Magic Leap investors are downgrading their worth of their shares in the mixed reality company by as much as 93%, a scenario that makes a takeover more likely prospect. Magic…
HaptX to Partner With Military Contractor ECS to Develop Mixed Reality Military Training Systems
The Florida-based military contractor Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) has been awarded a grant to develop a VR Army Medic Trainer with Advanced Haptics. The Phase II Small Business Innovation…
‘BoxVR’ Developer Studio FitXR Raises $7.5 Million in Series A Venture Round
The studio behind the VR fitness hit BoxVR, FitXR, has raised $ million to be channeled in expanding its operations and in VR fitness offerings. FitXR’s first fundraising at the…
Unlearn.ai Secures $12 Million in Equity Financing for “Digital Twins” Clinical Trials
has announced that it has raised $12 million in equity financing. The company designs software tools used in clinical research. Its “digital twin” approach to clinical trials where digital models…
VR Therapy Pioneer Oxford VR Secures $12.5 Million in Series A Funding
VR pioneer Oxford VR announced that it has secured $ million in a Series A funding round. This landmark investment represents the largest for virtual reality therapy in Europe (including…
XR Startup Spatial Raises $14 Million in Series Funding for New Holographic 3D Workspace App
Both AR and VR are yet to reach the hardware and software “iPhone moment” that will take the technologies to the mainstream mass-market. However, it is not all doom and…
Gleechi VirtualGrasp Hand Tracking Interface Provides Realistic Hand Interactions with Virtual Objects
The Swedish virtual reality software startup Gleechi has unveiled a new hand tracking interface known as VirtualGrasp which automates the programming of hand interactions in virtual reality. The technology enables…