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CryptoKitties
Jacqueline Garavente – Dec 4, 2017
Un-Super-Vised I’ve been beating the drum on digital pets and economies of scale for digital assets for a while at USV. I really thought (and still think!) that would be the killer use case for Augmented Reality. Alas, AR has [...] Read more
Cool AR things
Jacqueline Garavente – Sep 8, 2017
According to the recent wave of announcements, there will likely be over 1 Billion Augmented Reality enabled smartphones in the market over the next year. Holy #$@! I recently mused in a post that, following Apple’s introduction of ARKit, Google would [...] Read more
ARKit: a game-changer for the Metaverse
Jacqueline Garavente – Aug 2, 2017
At USV we’ve had a Google Tango for over a year. When people describe applications for ARKit, say for instance dropping IKEA furniture objects into your home, it seems a lot like what Wayfair has already done with Google Tango. [...] Read more
My Inbox Is Getting Weird
Jacqueline Garavente – Jun 7, 2017
For whatever reason, the amount of strange in my inbox has reached new levels lately. Don’t get me wrong, I love when people get in touch; but, first and foremost, I like to be treated as a human being. Women [...] Read more
Digital Currency for Virtual Worlds
Jacqueline Garavente – Jan 9, 2017
In Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel, Snow Crash, we were introduced to the concept of a Metaverse, the 3d mixed reality heir to the Internet marked by a convergence of the physical and virtual worlds. Technologists have been trying to bring [...] Read more
Hello From a New Analyst
Jacqueline Garavente – Aug 29, 2016
Hi all! My name is Jacqueline Garavente and I’m excited to introduce myself as one of two new analysts joining the investment team here at USV. Prior to this, I worked in the AI sector at IBM Watson and a [...] Read more