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A virtual ‘Fantastic Voyage’: Sharecare’s 3-D human body software You is ‘all about you’
Austin-based digital health company Sharecare Inc. announced today that it is launching its virtual reality software platform dubbed You, providing a way for healthcare providers, educators, students and patients to see their own bodies in a way they never have before. The software platform uses a medically accurate simulation of organ and system functions, as well as diseases ...
Now called Bread, Breadwallet releases a revamped bitcoin wallet app
Switzerland-based bitcoin wallet app developer Breadwallet announced Tuesday that the company has rebranded itself as simply “Bread” as part of a revamp of its iOS application. The revamp brings to market an app built from the ground up, a new user interface, enhanced security and increased privacy protection for users. Bread is a bitcoin wallet ...
Google Daydream users may now surf the entire web in virtual reality
With its most recent release, Google Inc.’s flagship browser Chrome on Android will now allow users who have the Google Daydream virtual reality headset to experience the entire web in three dimensions. The release of Chrome 61, updated on Friday, includes the WebVR platform that can now conveniently bring the web to life in full-blown ...
Mobile augmented reality startup Mira raises $1M for cheaper headsets
Los Angeles-based mobile augmented reality headset developer Mira Labs Inc. announced Wednesday that it has raised $1 million in a seed funding round to pave the way for its Prism AR product. This funding round, led by Greylock Partners, Founders Fund Angel and Macro Ventures, brings Mira’s total funding raised to date to $2.5 million. The ...
Pimax’s 8K VR headset shoots past crowdfunding goal to $680K in 24 hours
Shanghai-based Pimax Technology Co. Ltd. announced the launch of its new high-resolution virtual reality headset Tuesday with the unveiling of a Kickstarter project asking for $200,000. Less than 24 hours later, the project has been fully funded, tripling its original ask to over $680,000 from 1,063 backers. The Pimax 8K headset is designed to greatly ...
IBM open-sources WebSphere Liberty code for building Java cloud-native apps
IBM Corp. today announced the launch of the Open Liberty project, which will see the development process for its WebSphere Liberty Java application server become open-source. All further development of Liberty will be based on the Open Liberty codebase and like any other open-source project, it will accept contributions to the code from developers. “Today IBM ...
Quartz’s iPhone news app gets augmented reality treatment with ARKit
News readers who use Quartz Media LLC’s iPhone app can now experience the news in full, live 3-D right from their phones with an augmented reality update. With this addition, some Quartz news stories will include illustrative 3-D objects with news stories. The app is available for iOS 11 devices and is currently rolling out to ...
Company and regulators form Token Alliance to tame the blockchain ICO industry
The Chamber of Digital Commerce, a blockchain advocacy group, announced today the formation of the Token Alliance, an industry-led initiative to promote and shape the responsible growth of token and digital asset sales. The focus of the new alliance is to bring a measure of responsibility to token crowdsales and initial coin offerings that have become ...
SETL launches blockchain platform for European fund record-keeping
A pan-European fund record-keeping platform launched today, courtesy of London-based blockchain settlement system developer SETL Development Ltd. With the platform, named IZNES, firms will be able to enter new relationships with investors, manage the Know Your Customer processes required by financial regulatory bodies, handle subscriptions and redemptions, settle transactions and manage assets. It represents a collaboration between SETL ...
Atlassian introduces Identity Manager for its cloud team management products
Team productivity management software company Atlassian Inc. said today that over 75 percent of new customers start with a cloud deployment. Seeking to better accommodate these customers, Atlassian today unveiled an identity management system focused on bringing enterprise security and scale to these cloud applications. The Atlassian service for the cloud is called Identity Manager for ...