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Virtual reality headphones startup Ossic closes after four years and $3.2M in crowdfunding
Virtual reality 3-D headphones startup Ossic closed its doors Saturday in spite of raising almost $3.2 million from crowdfunding. After four years of working to develop its product, the company announced that it was unable to keep up with production costs and posted an apology statement on its Kickstarter blog and website. The company behind the ...
Atonomi Network beta launch brings blockchain security to the ‘internet of things’
Seattle-based Atonomi LLC, a unit of “internet of things” security provider Centri Technology Inc., today announced the beta launch of a secure blockchain ledger-based protocol designed for governing IoT device registration, activation, validation and reputation. Security and trust are central to communication within IoT networks, which depend on the ability to interconnect with thousands or millions ...
Amazon Sumerian general release brings VR experiences to life
The creation of virtual reality, augmented reality and 3-D projects just got easier with Amazon Sumerian, a web-based editor for people without sophisticated graphics training that Amazon Web Services Inc. today made generally available. AWS announced Sumerian at its re:Invent conference in November as an upcoming tool for graphics designers and developers to produce professional quality VR, AR and 3-D content ...
Winklevoss bitcoin exchange Gemini now authorized for private cryptocurrency Zcash
The New York Department of Financial Services today announced that it has authorized the Gemini Trust Co. LLC bitcoin exchange, famously founded by entrepreneurs Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, to trade in the cryptocurrency Zcash. This authorization makes Gemini the first regulated exchange in the world to accept the currency. The exchange will also be adding Bitcoin ...
Google’s new Tour Creator tool lets anyone share their world in VR
Google Inc. has revealed its new virtual reality tool Tour Creator, a platform for students to create and share VR tours using 360-degree photos or Street View content to immerse viewers in both familiar and faraway places. The VR creation tool, announced and demonstrated by the company Wednesday during its annual I/O developer conference, combines 360-degree photos ...
Exchange of Exchanges financial blockchain raises $10M from Lion Financial
Switzerland-based EOE Foundation Ltd., an all-in-one “Exchange of Exchanges” blockchain global asset ledger, announced today that the company has raised $10 million led by Lion Financial Group. With this funding round, EOE also announced that it is ready to begin the first phase of the launch of its platform and establish a membership system and ...
With new HoloLens apps, Microsoft aims to bring industry and mixed reality together
Microsoft Corp. announced two applications today for its augmented reality device HoloLens that will connect the workplace with AR. The two new apps were revealed at Build 2018, the Microsoft’s annual developer conference showing off upcoming products. Microsoft Remote Assist will connect the point of view of workers in the field with remote help by layering ...
Google’s first VR Doodle celebrates film director Georges Melies – and its own VR chops
Google Inc. today released its first virtual reality Google Doodle with an adorable short 360-degree video featuring scenes inspired by French film director and illusionist Georges Méliès. Google Doodles are a regular feature that the search giant releases to celebrate holidays, birthdays, big events and people on its otherwise spare main search page. Since they ...
With Sapienz, Facebook makes automated software testing smarter
Software testing before deployment can be a long, winding and tedious process because software development itself is a complex process. At Facebook Inc., where apps are used by hundreds of millions of users a day, testing before release is of utmost importance. To ease this process, Facebook engineers today announced the launch of Sapienz, an intelligent ...
Scientist.com launches blockchain solution to enhance drug research data integrity
Life science industry data marketplace Scientist.com announced Monday the launch of DataSmart, a distributed ledger blockchain solution designed to ensure data and research integrity. During drug research, scientists generate a great deal of data about the effects, safety, efficacy and action of pharmaceuticals and much of this data must be submitted electronically to regulators for ...