A call for increased visual representation and diversity in robotics

Sometimes it’s the obvious things that are overlooked. Why aren’t there pictures of women building robots on the internet? Or if they are there, why can’t we find them when we search? I have spent years decades doing outreach activities, providing STEM opportunities, and doing women in robotics speaker or networking events. So I’ve done […]

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Activ Surgical harnesses AI and machine learning to collaborate with surgeons

With machine learning, Activ Surgical’s autonomous model can annotate a one-hour surgical video 20,000 times faster than humans can. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Poornima Apte

SaaS-based film studio provides avatar ‘actors’ to make instant videos

Korean-based SaaS-based studio uses AI to coordinate the motion of the actors with the script. A director needs only upload the dialog. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Peter Wayner

Meow Wolf, Anthos team for multi-cloud app management in art shows

SADA is helping Meow Wolf with multi-cloud app management for immersive art experiences at its permanent multimedia installations. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Corinna Makris

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Facebook introduces dataset and benchmarks to make AI more ‘egocentric’

Facebook’s latest long-term research project, Ego4D, focuses on developing AI with an ‚egocentric,‘ first-person perspective. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Kyle Wiggers

Nexar and Las Vegas tackle traffic with digital twins

Nexar is partnering with Nevada public road transit authorities to create digital twins based on dashcam video. AR/VR – VentureBeat & George Lawton

89% of tech execs see synthetic data as a key to staying ahead

Technology leaders agree that synthetic data will be an essential enabling technology and key to staying ahead. AR/VR – VentureBeat & VB Staff

Xerox-backed field service startup CareAR raises $10M

CareAR, an AI- and AR-powered field service platform, has raised $10 million from ServiceNow at a $700 million valuation. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Kyle Wiggers

Ansys CTO sees simulation accelerating digital twins development

Underlying a surge in digital twins apps is simulation technology. Here, Ansys CTO Prith Banerjee lifts the hood on a robust new segment. AR/VR – VentureBeat & George Lawton

Buildots boosts digital twin process mining with $30M

Buildots will use the new funds to double the size of its global team, focusing on sales and R&D to expand its digital twin efforts. AR/VR – VentureBeat & George Lawton