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Microsoft is planning 3D metaverse apps for Xbox and gaming

The Verge

Microsoft just announced its Microsoft Teams metaverse for meetings and video calls, but the company also has plans for gaming and entertainment. In some sense, they’re 2D today, and the question is can you now take that to a full 3D world, and we absolutely plan to do so.”. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Image: Microsoft.

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Microsoft still working on 3D emoji for Windows 11

The Verge

Microsoft appears to still be working on true 3D emoji for Windows after first teasing it last year and then only shipping 2D versions in Windows 11. Nando Costa, a distinguished designer at Microsoft, revealed recently that the company is still working on making Windows 11’s emoji look more 3D. Image: Microsoft.

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Cloud ERP leveraged as 3D printing company grows

IT Toolbox

Carbon, a 3D-printing tech start-up with a novel liquid twist, made do for its first couple of years with a divergent collection of software to keep track of its growing business. And because they wanted applications for HR, financials, supply chain, a service

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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. Surefield’s 3D Home Tour launched in April 2014. Redfin settled the lawsuit before going public.

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Google previews Project Starline, a next-gen 3D video chat booth

The Verge

Google is working on a next-gen video chat booth that makes the person you’re chatting with appear in front of you in 3D. It then stitches those together into a 3D model that’s broadcast in real time to whomever they’re chatting with. Project Starline | Image: Google.

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Windows 11’s new emoji isn’t as 3D as Microsoft promised

The Verge

Microsoft originally promised new 3D emoji for Windows 11 and various other products earlier this year. Now the company has gone for a 2D flat look instead, with the new emoji debuting in Dev Channel builds of Windows 11 this week. Microsoft appears to have changed its mind on going 3D inside Windows 11. “

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How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company

CIO Business Intelligence

How Nvidia got here and where it’s going next sheds light on how the company has achieved that valuation, a story that owes a lot to the rising importance of specialty chips in business—and accelerating interest in the promise of generative AI.

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