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Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

GeekWire

We are one of many, and we’re excited to add a consumer social company to that mix.” Rec Room initially premiered in June 2016 on the Steam digital storefront, but has since grown to include several other platforms, including iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox and Oculus. Gaming company or social company? GeekWire File Photo).

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Thriving in a Cloud, Big Data, Mobility and Security World

Cloud Musings

3D Printing - Worldwide shipments of 3D printers are expected to grow 98 percent in 2015, followed by a doubling of unit shipments in 2016. 3D printing will reach a tipping point over the next three years as the market for relatively low-cost 3D printing devices continues to grow rapidly and industrial use expands significantly.

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Bringing the National Museum of African American History and Culture to the world

CIO Business Intelligence

A good deal of the traffic has been driven by a QR code deployed across social media channels and other communications outlets to promote awareness of the digital museum’s existence. To date, the Searchable Museum has served more than 1.6 million page views, with more than 65% of that traffic coming from mobile phones, Roberts says.

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Insider’s Guide to the New Holographic Computing

CTOvision

I’ve been blogging for years about a variety of research efforts which additively culminated in today’s announcements: HoloLens, HoloStudio for 3D holographic building, and a series of apps (e.g. I’ve worn it, used it, designed 3D models with it, explored the real surface of Mars, played and laughed and marveled with it.

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‘Tears in my eyes’: Seattle startups sound off on Apple’s Vision Pro headset

GeekWire

“This marks a new era for Apple being the first new product line in almost a decade and the first 3D interface for the company that has many use cases and apps within the Cupertino ecosystem that should distinguish the Vision Pro from the competition such as the Meta Quest,” Wedbush analyst Dan Ives wrote in a research note.

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Tech Moves: Expedia and F5 Networks add board members; Madrona principal departs; and more

GeekWire

Odegard joined the company in 2016 as chief scientific officer. Nick Hughes , CEO of Founders Live, a social network that started as a weekly Seattle startup gathering and turned into a global entrepreneurial community, is stepping down as the local leader in Seattle. Karaivanova helped lead Madrona’s investment. Snohomish, Wash.-based

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Tech Moves: SoundCommerce vet launches startup; Microsoft Federal leader departs; and more

GeekWire

. — After selling her startup OwnTrail, Seattle tech vet Rebekah Bastian joined Seattle 3D printer maker Glowforge as senior vice president of product. Stevenson previously was a manager at social impact startup ScaleWith and founded PeaceAtlas. Roh, who is moving to Hawaii, founded Seattle-based IntuitiveX in 2016.