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South Carolina's Citibot is building a chatbot for local governments
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2018 23:33
GUEST: Entrepreneur Bratton Riley is political royalty in his hometown of Charleston -- he is the son of Joseph P. Riley Jr., the former mayor of the city of Charleston for 40 years, making Joseph one of the longest-serv...
When a big company enters your startup's space, it's a good thing
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2018 21:10
GUEST: Whatever your niche as a startup, don't be afraid when the big players enter your space. Relish it. Their presence will bring you a lot of advantages and drive down your costs.
The 3 next steps in conversational AI
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2018 19:25
GUEST: Conversational AI is a subfield of artificial intelligence focused on producing natural and seamless conversations between humans and computers. We’ve seen several amazing advances on this front in recent years,...
The D20 Beat: The DM's Guild is a fantastic way for D&D to resurrect old settings
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2018 16:15
OPINION: Wizards of the Coast made big news this week with an announcement for two new books: Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica, which is a new guide for a Magic: The Gathering campaign setting; and Wayfinder's Guide to Ebe...
SteamVR's Knuckles controllers are also great for petting cats
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2018 12:34
Last week UploadVR wrote about Modbox developer Lee Vermeulen showcasing Valve's new skeletal input API for SteamVR. Using the original HTC Vive controllers, Vermeulen demonstrated an impressive replication of the user's...
Watch SteamVR 2.0 track 6 HTC Vive Pro headsets at a VR arcade
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2018 04:03
Valve is slowly starting to roll out the foundations for the next version of its SteamVR platform, and developers are already getting to grips with it. VR Arcade operator Tower Tag this week posted the below video. It sh...