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Citizens Reserve announces Suku, an ‘industry-agnostic’ blockchain-powered supply chain solution
Startup Citizens Reserve today announced the launch of its Suku platform for a distributed ledger blockchain-powered supply chain solution for enterprise designed to work with any industry. Modern-day supply chains require a great deal of paperwork and employee attention to keep them running smoothly. Minor mistakes in reporting and recording information as raw materials and ...
Jaunt pushes the envelope for AR with real-time processing for 3-D ‘avatars’
Virtual and augmented reality distribution company Jaunt Inc. has been working hard to push the envelope of what AR and VR can do, and on Thursday it announced a new research initiative that brings real-time AR streaming closer to practical use. The company’s current research is into what is called “volumetric capture,” which is the ...
Authenteq launches identity management blockchain Trollteq to combat trolls and harassment
Iceland-based Authenteq Ltd., an identity verification and privacy startup that uses a blockchain distributed ledger platform, today launched an anti-harassment product named Trollteq to combat online “trolls” – a broad category of people who break the social rules of an online community. Trollteq repackages Authenteq’s existing blockchain system with a few extra features designed to ...
TimefireVR announces grand opening of Hypatia, a virtual reality city and playground
Phoenix, Arizona-based TimefireVR Inc. announced today the grand opening of its persistent virtual reality city and playground called Hypatia for VR platforms where users will find themselves immersed in a shared world and surrounded by the bustle of city life and virtual entertainment. Starting today, the VR social application will be free-to-play, meaning it costs nothing ...
Crowdfunding site Indiegogo expands into real estate cryptocurrency with St. Regis Aspen Resort
Crowdfunding giant Indiegogo Inc. announced Thursday that today would be the first day accredited investors could buy shares in a ritzy Colorado hotel St. Regis Aspen Resort with tokens sold on the blockchain. To create these tokens, the resort will create Aspen Coins via the Aspen Digital Inc. token asset offering. For the purposes of investment, ...
Google and Labster team up to bring over 30 science labs into virtual reality
Internet giant Google LLC and education simulation company Labster ApS today launched more than 30 virtual reality laboratories in a partnership that brings simulated science work to Google’s Daydream headset. Many students don’t live very close to a university to do lab work in order to form the fundamentals of science degrees. As a result, they ...
Legaler develops legal aid blockchain infrastructure with $1.5 million funding round
Australian legal communications technology company Legaler Pty Ltd. announced Monday that it has raised $1.5 million in funds in a round led by MasterNode Ventures, joined by Pacific Blue Capital and a number of prominent legal industry figures. The company intends to use the funding to expand its planned distributed ledger blockchain technology infrastructure designed to ...
Chinese retailer JD.com launches e-commerce blockchain platform for business and enterprise
Chinese retail giant JD.com Inc. announced today that the company is launching a new distributed ledger blockchain technology platform aimed at enterprise customers to help them build, host and use their own blockchain applications. The platform, known as the JD Blockchain Open Platform, is designed so that enterprise customers can easily create and adjust smart ...
Verses launches augmented reality blockchain to connect physical and virtual spaces
Los Angeles-based company Verses, maker of a protocol for virtual and augmented reality that allows people to own, monetize and trade digital goods set in physical spaces, announced the startup’s launch of its service today. Verses has also partnered with Blockchain Industries, Inc., Decentra Fund and other parties to launch a private token sale internationally, which has ...
Dexon raises $20 million to develop superspeed blockchain transaction network
The Dexon Foundation, startup and developer of a high-speed, distributed ledger blockchain protocol, announced today it has completed a $20 million private funding round led by IDG Capital to push development of its network. Dexon provides a platform for developing decentralized applications. The software has its back-end code running across a highly distributed platform capable of ...