TECHNOLOGIES,VIRTUALIZATION
Holoride | January 05, 2023
Holoride, a pioneer in augmented reality in-car entertainment, has announced the launch of Holoride Retrofit. This compact device provides the company's unique platform for any vehicle. The company launched this smart-speaker-sized device to turn any car into a holoride-enabled vehicle. Holoride's redesign marks a new chapter in the company's history. Any vehicle can be a portal to a customizable virtual holoride experience, where each journey is a blueprint for the next adventure.
With the release of this device, which is about the size of a smart speaker, the Munich-based company is starting a new chapter as it works toward its primary goal of transforming every car into a holoride-ready vehicle.
Using the same technology as Audi's 2023 holoride-enabled vehicles, the retrofit system connects to VR headsets via Bluetooth. It provides motion and location data that the holoride software needs to bring its signature 'Elastic
Content'. This library adjusts in real time to vehicle movement, reducing motion sickness.
The latest version combines diverse experiences across a wide range of holoride content library, including titles like Cloudbreakers: Superconductor by Russo Brothers, Leaving Haven, an action game by Schell Games and educational apps like Einstein Brain Trainer and several editions of the Bookful series. The platform offers a web browser and powerful Android screen mirroring features enhanced by holoride's unique reactive technology.
Holoride's Elastic Content SDK powers the Motorverse and processes real-time data to shape in-headset experiences. By embracing Web3 capabilities, the company envisions the next-generation internet as a physical-digital hybrid.
Compact and lightweight, the retrofit mounts to a windscreen with the help of an included suction cup. Its lithium-ion battery lasts for 14 hours in a single charge, and the USB-C to USB-A adapter allows riders to keep devices connected while moving. Up to two headsets at once can be connected to the holoride retrofit, allowing two passengers to enjoy holoride.
The $799 refit pack is available at holoride.com/shop. This includes a holoride retrofit, an HTC VIVE Flow headset, a one-year holoride subscription, and a safety strap. The device is also available in a standalone format for $199.
About Holoride
Based in Munich, Germany, Holoride is a developer of in-car VR systems that mix virtual reality with real-time data from moving cars to create a new media paradigm. Physical indications like acceleration, steering, traffic info, routes, and time combine to minimize motion sickness for VR riders. The experiential potential of holoride's "Motorverse" is amplified by the RIDE token, which was designed to supercharge the social content ecosystem by providing a more personalized and user-authored experience.
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APPLICATIONS
MayaMD | February 14, 2022
MayaMD, one of LG NOVA's Proto Challenge first winners, will offer its AI health assistant via LG Smart TVs, creating an exciting new opportunity in the fast-growing home healthcare market. This partnership between MayaMD and LG Electronics kicked off last month at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and is open to interested healthcare providers.
Multiple studies have shown that home healthcare solutions offer patients and providers more convenient and less costly care options. These findings have become all the more relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced many patients to delay necessary care. This new offering from MayaMD and LG Electronics allows patients and providers the ability to collaborate at a distance without missing a beat.
Initial pilots will integrate MayaMD's state of the art conversational AI health assistant with LG Smart TVs in order to provide care to patients with heart disease. The objective of these pilots will be to measure the impact of this technology on patient engagement and health outcomes. According to the CDC, heart disease is the leading cause of death for adults in the US, accounting for 650,000 deaths annually. Since adults with heart disease tend to be more sedentary, and over 70% of adults spend 3+ hours per day using a smart TV, it makes sense that patient engagement would increase via this new delivery channel.
"There is so much room for growth here, and we welcome healthcare providers that want to take part in this exciting journey. First come, first serve!", says Dr. Vipindas Chengat, cofounder of MayaMD. A recent study in a peer-reviewed medical journal with researchers and medical faculty from the University of Michigan, UCLA, and University of Utah found that MayaMD's AI health assistant performed at par or better than individual clinicians when providing triage advice, illustrating just how powerful AI can be.
We are grateful for the support from LG and encourage providers to reach out to us if interested in participating. This is a phenomenal opportunity,"
Christian Habermann, cofounder & CMO.
About MayaMD
MayaMD creates digital tools powered by AI to deliver relevant health and medical information for patients, insurers and providers.
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PRODUCTS
GameOn | December 03, 2021
GameOn Entertainment Technologies Inc. (CSE: GET) (OTCQB: GMETF), a leading game technology provider to media, sports and entertainment companies, is pleased today to announce a strategic partnership with Polygon ($MATIC) & Polygon Studios to build NFT-Based games on their Ethereum-based scaling platform. The deal will see Polygon Studios provide non-dilutive funding for 50% of GameOn's ongoing product development costs. GameOn's product team is spearheaded by Santi Jaramillo, former Head of Sports at Dapper Labs and creator of NBA Top Shot.
Polygon, a pioneering blockchain that has onboarded millions to the Web3 ecosystem, recently announced Polygon Studios and plans to commit USD$100 million to projects leading the transition to Web3. Investments include DraftKings, DeFine and now GameOn. MATIC, the native cryptocurrency of Polygon, recently outperformed Bitcoin and Ethereum. Blockchain-based game companies such as Forte have surpassed $1 billion valuations.
The Polygon blockchain boasts investors that include Mark Cuban. GameOn continues to deepen its relationship with the lucrative Indian market that is nascent and primed for NFT and blockchain adoption, including a recent expanded partnership with entertainment super app MX Player, and a $6 million investment from its parent company, Times Internet.
The Polygon Studios investment allows GameOn to offer the full stack of capabilities from the creation, minting and selling of NFTs, to the game layers it already deploys for white label customers such as prediction and fantasy games, like the Chibi Dinos partnership. For GameOn shareholders, this collaboration provides an opportunity to participate in the upside of the burgeoning crypto and NFT spaces, while accelerating GameOn's product development in a non-dilutive manner.
Leveraging Polygon's technology, GameOn continues to lean into blockchain and NFTs, bringing innovative gamification to the rapidly growing Web3 and metaverse economies. Through resource-driving partnerships and M&A, we'll continue to double down on being the one-stop shop for gamification, including NFT-based games."
Matt Bailey, GameOn CEO.
"Polygon is dedicated to supporting companies that usher in the future of Web3," said Sandeep Nailwal, Polygon Co-Founder. "GameOn is one of the fastest-growing game technology providers in the blockchain space. We're excited to support their development of NFT-based games on Polygon."
ABOUT GAMEON ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
GameOn (CSE: GET) (OTCQB: GMETF) powers the biggest sports, media and entertainment companies with the most innovative white label game technologies. GameOn provides broadcasters, TV networks, streaming platforms, leagues, tournaments, sportsbooks and NFT projects with white label prediction games, fantasy games and NFT-based games. Since completing the Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs Accelerator powered by Techstars in 2018, GameOn has secured revenue-generating partnerships with global companies including NBCUniversal, Bravo and MX Player.
GameOn has a dynamic and experienced management team led by CEO, Matt Bailey (Brooklyn Nets, Barclays Center), Chief Product Officer, Santiago Jaramillo (Dapper Labs, NBA Top Shot, EA Sports) and VP of Partnerships, Ryan Nowack (Madison Square Garden, New York Knicks, New York Rangers), as well as its Directors, J Moses (Take-Two Interactive), Shafin Tejani (Victory Square Technologies), Liz Schimel (Apple, Comcast, Meredith) and Carey Dillen (YYOGA, FIFA, IOC).
ABOUT POLYGON
Polygon is the first well-structured, easy-to-use platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development. Its core component is Polygon SDK, a modular, flexible framework that supports building and connecting Secured Chains like Optimistic Rollups, zkRollups, Validium, etc, and Standalone Chains like Polygon POS, designed for flexibility and independence. Polygon's scaling solutions have seen widespread adoption with 500+ Dapps, ~567M+ txns, and ~6M+ daily txns. If you're an Ethereum Developer, you're already a Polygon developer! Leverage Polygon's fast and secure txns for your Dapp, get started here.
ABOUT POLYGON STUDIOS
Polygon Studios is the Gaming and NFT arm of Polygon focused on growing the global Blockchain Gaming and NFT Industry and bridging the gap between Web 2 and Web 3 gaming through investment, marketing and developer support. The Polygon Studios ecosystem comprises highly loved games and NFT projects like OpenSea, Upshot, Aavegotchi, Zed Run, Skyweaver by Horizon Games, Decentraland, Megacryptopolis, Neon District, Cometh, and Decentral Games. If you're a game developer, builder or NFT creator looking to join the Polygon Studios ecosystem, get started here.
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