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Looped raises $7.7M to expand its interactive live event platform
Live events in the age of Covid-19 have largely been moved into the virtual world: we buy tickets (or simply click on a link), go to a site or app, and watch the action unfold on a screen. Your seat or mine might be just as good as that of any other audience member, but these affairs also leave a lot to be desired. Today, a startup called Looped that’s trying to build a livestreaming event service that is more engaged and interactive is announcing some funding to see how it can fill that gap.
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Why not enlist the help of artificial intelligence to nudge people to mask up?
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Patrons exit Farmer s Fresh Meat, Farmer s Fresh Meat, 8630 Cullen Blvd. after Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo issued an order mandating that businesses in the county must require customers wear masks to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus Monday, June 22, 2020, in Houston. Employees and customers over the age of 10 must wear a mask or face covering, stay 6 feet apart from other customers and staff, and cannot enter a business if they are feeling ill. Seattle software company RealNetworks has developed an app and data platform that aims to promote mask use and address the safety concerns of businesses, governments and other organizations.Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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How do you encourage people to wear a mask while avoiding confrontation? This app could help [The Seattle Times]
Dec. 15 Some of the most extraordinary ideas ignite in the most ordinary moments.
One summer day, RealNetworks founder and CEO Rob Glaser stopped into a Tukwila 7-Eleven with his son for a Slurpee after a game of mini-golf. The only people in the store wearing a mask were the two of them and the clerk.
“Isn’t there a rule?” Glaser asked the clerk. Yes, she said, but there was no way to enforce it.
“If I say anything,” she said of unmasked customers, “they yell.”