2020
Resonai launches Vera Concierge, an AI-powered Augmented Reality digital concierge app for retail outlets and commercial buildings
In Augmented Reality News November 19, 2020 – Resonai, an artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision company, has today announced the launch of Vera Concierge, a mobile application that uses augmented reality (AR) and AI …
2020
Realize Medical releases remote collaboration feature for its ‘Elucis’ VR platform for 3D content creation and sharing
In Virtual Reality News November 18, 2020 – Realize Medical, Inc. has announced the release of its new integrated remote networked collaboration feature in its medical virtual reality (VR) platform, ‘Elucis’. Users in healthcare and …
2020
Health PEI becomes first government agency to introduce Rendever’s Virtual Reality platform for patient care
In Virtual Reality News November 17, 2020 – Rendever, a provider of virtual reality (VR) experiences and solutions for patient care, has today announced that its VR platform has been deployed in hospitals and public …
2020
Virtual Reality collaboration app announces new feature updates, including a VR auditorium environment
In Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality News November 17, 2020 – Virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) collaboration platform, Spatial, has just released some new feature updates for users on Oculus Quest, Microsoft Hololens, and Magic …
2020
Kratos Defense introduces new immersive holodeck-style Mixed Reality training for Aircrews
In Mixed Reality News November 16, 2020 – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a national security solutions provider, has today introduced its Aircrew Combat Mission Training (ACMT) system that utilizes advanced immersive training technology …
2020
FORM announces availability of its FORM Smart Swim Augmented Reality goggles on Apple.com
In Augmented Reality News November 13, 2020 – FORM, creator of the FORM Smart Swim augmented reality (AR) swimming goggles, has announced the immediate availability of its product on Apple.com. The release of the FORM …
2020
PTC’s Vuforia Augmented Reality enterprise suite coming To Magic Leap 1
In Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality News November 12, 2020 – Spatial computing company Magic Leap has today announced that it is expanding its alliance with PTC, a provider of digital solutions for industry and …
2020
KP9 partners with IBM to bring its WorldCAST WebAR content creation platform to more users
In Augmented Reality News November 12, 2020 – KP9 Interactive, a computer vision software development company and provider of augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) software tools for immersive experiences, has this week announced its official …
2020
D-BOX and Ubisoft announce upcoming compatibility of D-BOX’s Haptic technology with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
In Virtual Reality News November 11, 2020 – D-BOX Technologies Inc., a provider of haptic and immersive entertainment experiences, and Ubisoft, a creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, have today announced the …
2020
Nreal announces December launch of Nreal Light consumer Mixed Reality glasses in Japan through partnership with KDDI
In Mixed Reality News November 10, 2020 – Nreal, a developer of ready-to-wear mixed reality (MR) glasses, has today announced the launch of its Nreal Light consumer MR glasses in Japan by partnering with one …
2020
TeamViewer integrates its ‘Pilot’ Augmented Reality solution into latest update of its ‘Tensor’ enterprise platform
In Augmented Reality News November 10, 2020 – TeamViewer, a provider of remote connectivity solutions, has announced a comprehensive update of TeamViewer Tensor, the company’s enterprise remote connectivity software solution. In addition to a recently …
2020
Manus lowers price of its Prime II finger tracking gloves for Mocap and VR to EUR €1,499
In Virtual Reality News November 9, 2020 – Manus, an immersive technology developer specialised in high-fidelity finger tracking for motion capture and virtual reality (VR), has today announced that the starting price of its ‘Prime …
2020
Newcastle University deploys Vuzix M400 Augmented Reality Smart Glasses for research and training
In Augmented Reality News November 6, 2020 – Vuzix Corporation, a supplier of smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) technology and products, has announced that Newcastle University, a UK public research university, has deployed the …
2020
Ryerson University in Toronto to use NexTech’s Augmented Reality solutions for its 2020 fall graduation
In Augmented Reality News November 5, 2020 – NexTech AR Solutions, a provider of augmented reality (AR) for eCommerce, AR learning applications, AR-enhanced video conferencing and virtual events, has announced that Ryerson University, a public …
2020
Vancouver-based companies AMPD and Shocap partner to expand real-time XR experiences for arts and entertainment
In Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality News November 4, 2020 – Vancouver-based AMPD Ventures Inc. has announced that it has partnered with Shocap Entertainment Ltd. to conduct a number of joint projects and R&D initiatives …
2020
HTC Vive announces developers to get 100% revenue share on Viveport for the 2020 holidays
In Virtual Reality News November 3, 2020 – HTC Vive has today announced that Viveport developers will earn 100% net revenue share for their titles on the company’s virtual reality (VR) on-demand platform through the …
2020
Rezzil debuts ‘Rezzil Player 21’ consumer version of its Virtual Reality football training platform
In Virtual Reality News November 3, 2020 – Rezzil, a provider of virtual reality (VR) training and cognitive tools for football (soccer) players has today announced the debut of its home consumer version ‘Rezzil Player …
2020
Holographic telepresence startup PORTL secures USD $3 million in seed funding
In Mixed Reality News November 2, 2020 – Holographic telepresence startup PORTL Inc. announced last week that it has secured a USD $3 million seed round of funding led by venture capitalist investor Tim Draper. …
2020
Valmet deploys Vuzix Augmented Reality Smart Glasses at CMPC industrial pulp and paper plant
In Augmented Reality News October 29, 2020 – Vuzix Corporation, a supplier of smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) technology and products, has this week announced that Valmet, a global developer and supplier of technologies, …
2020
Illumix announces updates to its Five Nights at Freddy’s AR game, including new Mixed Reality modes
In Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality News October 30, 2020 – Illumix, creators of the popular augmented reality (AR) gaming title Five Nights At Freddy’s AR (FNAF), has today announced updates to its FNAF AR …
2020
SimX awarded US Air Force contract to expand its Virtual Reality training platform for military medical simulations
In Virtual Reality News October 29, 2020 – SimX, a provider of virtual reality simulations for healthcare, has today announced an expanded partnership with the US Air Force (USAF) to develop operational medical training systems …
2020
KLM Cityhopper introduces Virtual Reality training for pilots
In Virtual Reality News October 29, 2020 – KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has announced that starting November 5, the company’s regional airline subsidiary KLM Cityhopper will be introducing virtual reality VR training for pilots flying …
2020
Holo-Light announces its ‘ISAR’ in-house XR streaming solution for server-based AR and VR applications
In Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality News October 29, 2020 – Holo-Light, a provider of immersive software and technologies, has announced that it has developed a remote rendering solution to stream entire augmented and virtual …
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2020
Augmented Reality board game creator Tilt Five secures USD $7.5 million in Series A funding
In Augmented Reality News October 28, 2020 – Tilt Five, creator of a tabletop augmented reality (AR) board game that features the use of AR headsets within its games, has today announced that it has …
2020
XR Association releases update to its Developers Guide with focus on accessibility in XR
In Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality News October 28, 2020 – The XR Association (XRA), the trade association representing technology manufacturers that power the augmented, virtual and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR – collectively XR) …
2020
US Army researchers develop Soldier decision-making system that populates immersive XR environments with complex data
In Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality News October 27, 2020 – The US Army has today announced that its researchers have developed a system that populates immersive environments with complex, heterogeneous data, allowing …
2020
Qualcomm unveils its Immersive Home Platform for next-generation Wi-Fi networks able to support latency-sensitive XR applications
In Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality News October 27, 2020 – Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has today unveiled the Qualcomm Immersive Home Platforms, a successor to the company’s mesh networking platforms. Designed to deploy Gigabit-speed …
2020
PhotonLens partners with Shadow Creator to co-design ‘Photons’ Augmented Reality Smart Glasses with dual 6 DoF controllers
In Augmented Reality News October 27, 2020 – Shadow Creator, an augmented reality (AR) hardware company based in Shanghai, has announced an ODM partnership with PhotonLens, an AR smart glasses startup based in the UK. …
2020
Lenovo becomes reseller of Varjo headsets to deliver complete solution for Virtual and Mixed Reality applications
In Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality News October 26, 2020 – Today, Lenovo has announced that it has become a reseller of Varjo’s human-eye resolution virtual and mixed reality (VR/MR) headsets. Lenovo noted that the …
2020
Virtro Entertainment Inc. announces availability of its Virtual Reality job interview simulator
In Virtual Reality News October 26, 2020 – Virtro Entertainment Inc., a provider of competency-based immersive training simulations, has today announced the availability of ‘Be Confident: Job Interview Simulations’, the first product in its ‘Be …
2020
Unity announces plans to release experimental version of Unity OpenXR early next year
In Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality News October 24, 2020 – Unity Technologies, a leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D content, has recently announced that it plans to have early …
2020
Sayduck enters three-year license agreement with Forms+Surfaces to create 3D product models for AR visualization
In Augmented Reality News October 23, 2020 – Bublar Group has announced that its subsidiary Sayduck has expanded its collaboration with one of its oldest customers and entered into a three-year licence agreement with design …
2020
Rendever’s Virtual Reality platform being rolled out across more patient care communities in US
In Virtual Reality News October 23, 2020 – Oakmont Senior Living, a provider of retirement living, has this week announced that it has rolled out Rendever’s virtual reality (VR) platform for seniors at its Oakmont …
2020
Sam Smith and Spotify team up with POWSTER to launch immersive Augmented Reality experience for new single: “Diamonds”
In Augmented Reality News October 22, 2020 – POWSTER, an interactive creative studio/production company for over 150 movie distributors, has today announced in collaboration with Universal Music Group, music industry label Capitol Records UK, and …
2020
League of Legends World Championship to feature immersive Mixed Reality experience through Rokid Vision glasses
In Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality News October 22, 2020 – Rokid, a provider of augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) glasses, has today announced that its technology will be available for fans to use as …
