Surgery Training Platform ‘Osso VR’ Secures $66M Series C Financing

Osso VR, the VR surgical training platform, today announced it’s closed a $66 million Series C financing round, something the company says will be used to broaden its VR surgical offering and hire more expert talent. The Series C round was led by Oak HC/FT, which includes participation from Signalfire, GSR Ventures, Tiger Global Management and […]

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High-flying Shooter ‘STRIDE’ Releases on PSVR Today

After a few delays, the high-flying parkour madness of STRIDE (2021) is finally making its way to PSVR today. Created by Joy Way, the studio known for VR games OUTLIER and AGAINST, Stride is all about jumping and shooting your way through increasingly difficult environments. It does this by combining some particularly clever locomotion methods with the sort […]

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Astronauts Complete Spacewalk to Install Station Upgrades

Expedition 66 Flight Engineers Raja Chari of NASA and Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency) concluded their spacewalk at 3:26 p.m. EDT after 6 hours and 54 minutes in preparation for upcoming solar array installation. Maurer and Chari completed their major objective for today to install hoses on a Radiator Beam Valve Module that routes …

Saudi’s Ithra Center Dazzles London with XR Showcase

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, or Ithra Center, offered a stellar night of creative works from talented young professionals in extended reality (XR) in central London on Tuesday. The Center’s Creative Solutions initiative selected a cohort of five impressive immersive works, which debuted on Oculus Quest 2 headsets and featured technologies from […]

Meta Selects Spain as Global Metaverse Capital

Last week, Meta announced that it had chosen Spain to spearhead its Metaverse ambitions and enhance its existing mixed reality (VR) platforms, including Horizon Worlds, Workrooms, and Venues. As part of its European expansion, Meta is developing new high-skilled jobs, supporting local entrepreneurs and tech businesses, as well as investing in digital infrastructures. In a […]

Nreal, Microsoft Support Blind Children with AR

Last week, technology giant Microsoft and smart glasses vendor Nreal partnered to develop an augmented reality (AR) solution to improve social interaction among blind children. The pair are creating research technology that assists low-vision children with locating and identifying others. The partnership resulted in PeopleLens, a head-mounted device (HMD) that sits just above a wearer’s […]

What Is Natural Language Processing (NLP)?

Natural language processing, or NLP, is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based technique that makes machine learning useful for business applications. According to a 2021 McKinsey survey, more than half of businesses use AI for at least one process, and several are in advanced stages of AI implementation. NLP streamlines information exchange between human beings and machines […]

Snapchat Acquires Brain-Reading Tech ‘NextMind’ for the Next Stage of Digital Interaction

NextMind detects brain activity to dictate action without using your hands.

Meta Publishes New ‘State of Small Business’ Report, Examining the Ongoing Impacts of the Pandemic

The latest report shows that the impacts of the pandemic are still worsening in many elements.

Instagram Launches Algorithm-Free Feed Sorting Options to All Users

Will this address all of your Instagram problems and concerns?