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Google puts $1M into 3D design app Rooms after more than 1 million ‘rooms’ created

3D design app Rooms just landed more funding. Launched into beta in 2023, the app from ex-Google employees allows users to build and code interactive 3D

Launched into beta in 2023, the app from ex-Google employees allows users to build and code interactive 3D rooms and mini-games using a library of more than 10,000 items, which can be further edited using the programming language Lua. Creators will even be able choose what sort of tone they should use when characters are speaking, like angry, bored, calm, confident, enthusiastic, happy, excited, and others, according to a demonstration of the feature published by Rooms on YouTube. The startup previously raised $10 million in seed funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Adobe’s Chief Strategy Officer and VP of Design & Emerging Products, Scott Belsky, as well as Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger, among others.

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