{"id":338096,"date":"2017-04-12T03:37:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T19:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1475435"},"modified":"2017-04-12T03:37:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T19:37:34","slug":"virtualitics-raises-4-4-million-to-power-its-excel-for-vr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/virtualitics-raises-4-4-million-to-power-its-excel-for-vr\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtualitics raises $4.4 million to power its Excel for VR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/screen-shot-2017-04-11-at-12-35-27-pm.png?w=738\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>When you have so much data that the real world doesn\u2019t do it justice, why not toss it into virtual reality?<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualitics.com\/\">Virtualitics<\/a> is aiming to bring insight through isolation, visualization and manipulation, giving you a chance to get up-close and personal with your data while wearing a VR headset.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the\u00a0startup announced that it has closed a $4.4 million Series A led by The Venture Reality Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Business productivity use cases in VR are still a bit on the lacking side. While many expect tasks like training and orientation to be aided greatly by virtual reality, the level of fidelity isn\u2019t quite there yet. Many are hoping that telepresence tools will allow deeper levels of collaboration inside environments that can be more easily manipulated.<\/p>\n<p>After loading data sets into the app, users are able to isolate particular data points and make edits in appearance and classification.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube c5\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player c4\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FeR_cxAeVyo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Virtualitics hopes that data visualization proves to be something business customers can use inside VR. The company is launching\u00a0a closed beta later this month with major customers, including Accenture. The company will be charging business customers on a per-device basis.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Michael Amori\u00a0believes that the company\u2019s product will deliver more than just prettier data, he sees the \u201cimmersive visualization\u201d as a key to helping data scientists discover different \u201cdimensions\u201d of the findings that they\u2019re poring through.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you can visualize the landscape of your data more effectively, you\u2019ll be more likely to pick the right algorithms,\u201d Amori told TechCrunch.<\/p>\n<p>Amori says the company will likely finish its closed beta in three to five months, at which point Virtualitics will begin looking to launching on a wider scale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/screen-shot-2017-04-11-at-12-35-27-pm.png?w=680\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/screen-shot-2017-04-11-at-12-35-27-pm.png?w=680 680w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/screen-shot-2017-04-11-at-12-35-27-pm.png?w=1360 1360w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/screen-shot-2017-04-11-at-12-35-27-pm.png?w=150 150w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/screen-shot-2017-04-11-at-12-35-27-pm.png?w=300 300w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/screen-shot-2017-04-11-at-12-35-27-pm.png?w=768 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/>&nbsp;When you have so much data that the real world doesn&#8217;t do it justice, why not toss it into virtual reality? Virtualitics is aiming to bring insight through isolation, visualization and manipulation, giving you a chance to get up-close and personal with your data while wearing a VR headset. The startup announced it has closed a $4.4 million Series A led by The Venture Reality Fund. <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/04\/11\/virtualitics-raises-4-4m-to-power-its-excel-for-vr\/?ncid=rss\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=hpF-EIfbBbE:XlQq41T94nM:2mJPEYqXBVI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=hpF-EIfbBbE:XlQq41T94nM:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=hpF-EIfbBbE:XlQq41T94nM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=hpF-EIfbBbE:XlQq41T94nM:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=hpF-EIfbBbE:XlQq41T94nM:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=hpF-EIfbBbE:XlQq41T94nM:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=hpF-EIfbBbE:XlQq41T94nM:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=hpF-EIfbBbE:XlQq41T94nM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Techcrunch\/~4\/hpF-EIfbBbE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[59,66,26],"class_list":["post-338096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-media","tag-techcrunch","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}