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NexTech rolls out major upgrade to its BetterRealityAR augmented reality tool
NexTech AR Solutions Inc., an industry leader in augmented reality, announced today the release of major upgrades to its BetterRealityAR tool that will vastly improve the visual fidelity and customization of AR creations. The BetterRealityAR tool provides a building solution for AR on the web, without the need for a downloaded client or mobile app. ...
UPS and HerdX team up on blockchain-tracked beef delivery from US to Japan
Package delivery company United Parcel Service Inc. today announced a partnership with HerdX Inc., agritech data company and distributed ledger blockchain platform, to track beef shipments from the U.S. to Japan. With support from the United States Embassy in Japan, executives from the two companies ate dinner last Friday at Ruby Jack’s, a steakhouse in ...
Blockchain-based streaming platform DLive partners with gaming rewards outfit
In an effort to reach out to more video game streamers, DLive, a livestreaming platform that uses distributed ledger blockchain-based technology, has partnered with tokenized gaming rewards outfit Refereum. As part of the partnership announced Thursday, videogame players and enthusiasts will be rewarded for livestreaming games and watching streams on DLive through Refereum’s token system. “Refereum ...
‘Airbnb for compute’: CPUcoin pays users for their idle computer power
CPUcoin, a developer of a sharing economy for cloud computing power, today announced the launch of its system for paying people for their idle processor time. The first CPUcoin-earning Compute Generation Network miner turns these distributed computational resources into a massive distributed, scalable cloud network. The problem, as CPUcoin sees it, is that a vast amount of ...
Applause launches reinvented AI solution to make algorithms act more human
Crowdsourced automated testing company Applause today announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence training solution that will help machine learning algorithms better process human input data. The new scalable, enterprise-ready solution trains machine learning algorithms to learn quickly and tests them to detect and correct bias, thus ensuring that they are processing and responding appropriately. ...
Tradewind Markets launches ‘Origins’ to bring blockchain transparency to precious metals
A financial company enabling digital trades for physical assets, Tradewind Markets Inc., today announced the launch of a platform for provenance management of precious metals such as gold and silver. The objective of the Tradewind Origins platform is to provide a distributed ledger blockchain-based solution that can track the supply chain for precious metals from ...
Adobe Aero launch puts the power of augmented reality in the hands of artists
First previewed last year, Adobe Inc.’s augmented reality app product Adobe Aero lets artists import graphics formats from other programs, such as Dimension’s 3-D models or Photoshop and Illustrator’s 2-D layers, and make them into interactive AR experiences. By design, Aero, released today, is intended to be as intuitive as possible for designers and requires zero ...
Beyond ‘CryptoKitties’: Kadena launches enterprise-scale public blockchain
With an aim to make large-scale blockchain adoption easier, Kadena LLC, the provider of an enterprise-ready distributed ledger blockchain platform, today announced the public launch of its public blockchain and smart-contract wallet. The launch opens up its blockchain for mining and also allows outside third parties to visualize the scalable parallel chain mining infrastructure through Kadena’s Block ...
Medical tech startup FundamentalVR raises $5.6M to develop simulator for surgeons
U.K.-based medical technology company and virtual reality developer, FundamentalVR, today announced it has closed a funding round for $5.6 million led by Downing Ventures. The Series A round was joined by medical institutions including the Mayo Clinic, a leader in the medical industry, and Sana Kliniken, Germany’s third-largest hospital organization. The mission of FundamentalVR is to ...
8th Wall releases cloud-based WebAR authoring and hosting platform
Palo Alto, California-based augmented reality company 8th Wall Inc. early today launched a cloud-based authoring and hosting platform to will bring frictionless AR creation to developers and business users. With the platform, developers will have a unified in-browser solution capable of creating and hosting WebAR experiences. The vision of the platform is to help developers get ...