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XRHealth offers VR telehealth services for some quarantined coronavirus patients
Virtual reality telehealth startup XRHealth today announced that it’s working with Israel’s Sheba Medical Center to offer VR services to patients exposed to the coronavirus who have been quarantined at the hospital. Infections with the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, continue to rise, with new cases being discovered and disclosed across the world. According ...
Claris Connect launches to give low-code workflow automation to small business
Claris International Inc., a subsidiary of Apple Inc., today announced the launch of a powerful workflow automation platform designed for the real-world software development challenges faced by small and medium-sized businesses. Claris Connect links manual and automatic processes through the cloud both onsite and remotely in order to streamline and automate business processes and development workflows. ...
Talespin raises $15M in funding to give workers VR training opportunities
Talespin LLC, a spatial computing company focused on workforce training using virtual reality, today announced it has raised $15 million in funding led by Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., a provider of enterprise-ready cloud-based learning and talent management. Along with the Series B round, Cornerstone announced a partnership with Talespin that will provide the startup’s extended-reality training ...
Dubai launches first regional ‘Know Your Customer’ blockchain solution for banks
The Dubai International Financial Centre, a special economic jurisdiction within the city of Dubai, and Mashreq Bank today announced the launch of the region’s first distributed ledger blockchain data-sharing platform designed to implement Know Your Customer. That’s the regulatory compliance identity process that supports business and corporate enterprise. This platform is a market-first of its kind ...
Radar launches ‘NodeOps’ platform Deploy for building distributed blockchain apps
Radar Relay Inc., a distributed-ledger blockchain technology startup aimed at reshaping the financial industry, today announced the public launch of a platform designed to permit the rapid prototyping and launch of blockchain nodes on the bitcoin and Ethereum networks. Early access to the platform, called Deploy, began in November with the initial release of the platform ...
Applause, Infosys join forces to bring tangible testing solutions closer to customers
Crowdsourced testing solutions company Applause App Quality Inc. announced today a partnership with Infosys Ltd., a next-generation digital services and consulting firm, to build out end-to-end testing services for clients. Applause provides real-world testing of software applications through crowds of actual people interacting in real-time with the product in order to deliver actionable intelligence about ...
Remote Purdue Global graduates get VR treatment in upcoming commencement pilot
Purdue University Global will hold its commencement ceremonies on Thursday, and more than 400 students are expected to join in-person. But some 75 students who cannot make it to the venue will be taking part in a first-of-its-kind pilot program to allow them to participate virtually. Purdue announced today that it will be the first ...
Snapchat AR brings the art of JMW Turner to life with the launch of new English £20 note
The Bank of England launched a brand new £20 note on Thursday that features integration with the mobile app Snapchat that displays artwork by well-known British artist Joseph Mallord William Turner using augmented reality. The note itself displays a self-portrait of JMW Turner, a 19th-century English Romantic painter known for turbulent landscapes and violent marine ...
Spatial, Nreal, Qualcomm join up to deliver 5G-enabled AR collaboration killer app
A richer way to collaborate using augmented reality over next-generation 5G wireless networks may soon hit the mass market. AR collaboration software developer Spatial Systems Inc., mobile AR headset maker Nreal and wireless chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies Inc., announced today a joint partnership with wireless carrier market leaders to accelerate adoption of AR collaboration. Spatial, Nreal and Qualcomm are also partnering ...
Cere Network and Harmony join to build decentralized customer management service
Cere Network, a distributed ledger blockchain data integration and service company, today announced a partnership with scalable, private blockchain Harmony to develop services for business compliance in the access, storage and secure management of personal identity information. Harmony has pioneered blockchain technology for use for decentralized finance, game collectibles, privacy by design, and decentralized data storage ...