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Facebook’s new virtual meeting app is ‘great news’ and ‘validating’ for these Seattle entrepreneurs

GeekWire

Facebook today unveiled its vision for the future of work: a virtual reality experience called Horizon Workrooms that uses avatars and VR headsets to replicate in-person collaboration. “It will cause more people to experiment with virtual workspaces and consider using them as a key part of their remote or hybrid teams.”

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Redfin co-founder sues company for alleged patent infringement over 3D home tour technology

GeekWire

Surefield founder David Eraker claims Redfin copied technology that he developed after leaving the company that allows prospective homebuyers to take virtual 3D tours of properties in a lawsuit filed Monday. That complaint concerns image-based rendering technology that makes it possible to move around a property virtually.

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The metaverse: Not dead yet

Computerworld Vertical IT

The metaverse has been described as the next phase of the internet: interconnected and persistent 3D spaces where we will work, play, and, so it seems, purchase virtual real estate. Sales of VR and AR headsets have fallen short of expectations. To read this article in full, please click here

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Microsoft’s best commercial features dogs frolicking in Halo, Minecraft, and Flight Simulator

The Verge

These pups dream of running around in a virtual Minecraft world, playing fetch with grenades for Master Chief in Halo , and even flying high in the Microsoft Flight Simulator skies. “A Microsoft has had some memorable holiday commercials over the years, but this year’s is the best yet because it features dogs.

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Nvidia’s AI-powered scaling makes old games look better without a huge performance hit

The Verge

Nvidia gives an example using 2017’s Prey: Digital Deluxe running on a 1080p monitor: 4x DSR runs at 108 FPS, while 2.25x DLDSR is getting 143 FPS, only two frames per second slower than running at native 1080p. Go to Manage 3D Settings, click the DSR - Factors drop-down, and select one of the DL Scaling options.

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A short history of every time Apple CEO Tim Cook praised augmented reality

The Verge

There’s virtual reality and there’s augmented reality — both of these are incredibly interesting. February 2017: Cook expands his thoughts on AR’s potential , adding a new comparison: AR is a big idea, like the smartphone. We’ve talked to IKEA, and they have 3D images of their furniture line. Cook pronounces it “pokey-mans.”).

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FFA announces third cohort for accelerator program designed to help female and non-binary founders

GeekWire

The Seattle-based organization this year is hosting a virtual version of its eight-week “ Ready Set Raise ” program, which requires each company to have a female or non-binary CEO. It now has 20,000 members since launching in 2017 and graduated two Ready Set Raise cohorts. CEO Laura Wittig, co-founder Liza Moiseeva. Seattle, Wash.