2023
VoxelSensors raises €5M in seed funding
In General XR News May 23, 2023 – VoxelSensors, a provider of sensors and solutions for 3D perception systems, has recently announced an investment of EUR €5 million led by … continue reading
Sensors
2022
Snap acquires Brain Computer Interface company NextMind to help drive its long-term AR research efforts
In Augmented Reality News March 23, 2022 – Snap Inc., the company behind the popular augmented reality (AR) social app Snapchat, has today announced that it has acquired NextMind, a … continue reading
2022
Beyond Imagination and GelSight announce pilot study into tactile sensing in robots controlled via Virtual Reality
In Virtual Reality News January 28, 2022 – Beyond Imagination, an artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics platform company developing humanoid robots, and GelSight, a developer of tactile intelligence technology, have … continue reading
2021
Facebook Reality Labs continues to focus its efforts on EMG-based neural interfaces to control AR/VR devices
In Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality News July 16, 2021 – Facebook Reality Labs (FRL), Facebook’s Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) research team, is celebrating new results published by its … continue reading
2021
Varjo unveils its ‘Reality Cloud’ platform for capturing and sharing real world surroundings in Virtual Reality
In Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality News June 24, 2021 – Varjo, a provider of industrial-grade virtual/extended reality (VR/XR) hardware and software, has today announced a pioneering new reality with … continue reading
2021
Aston Martin designs immersive XR customer experience powered by Lenovo, NVIDIA and Varjo technologies
In Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality News May 20, 2021 – Car manufacturer Aston Martin is using the latest virtual, augmented and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR – collectively extended … continue reading
2021
Niantic announces ‘Niantic Lightship’ and its accompanying Augmented Reality Developer Kit
In Augmented Reality News May 12, 2021 – Niantic, developer of Pokémon GO, and provider of a ‘planet-scale’ augmented reality (AR) platform, has announced that its ‘Niantic Real World Platform’ … continue reading
2021
Arcturus announces $5 million in seed funding to scale its Volumetric Capture offering
In Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality News May 7, 2021 – Arcturus, a provider of software solutions for post-production and streaming of volumetric videos, has recently announced a USD $5 … continue reading
2021
Arvizio brings drone mapped 3D models & point clouds to life in Augmented Reality
In Augmented Reality News May 4, 2021 – Arvizio, a provider of augmented reality (AR) solutions for real time collaboration and visualization, has today announced the ability to incorporate drone … continue reading
2021
Apple announces version 3.1 of its Clips video creation app and adds new immersive AR Spaces
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/videos/ipadpro-clips/large_2x.mp4 In Augmented Reality News April 27, 2021 – Apple has announced an update to Clips, its video creation app for iPhone and iPad. With the latest version 3.1 users … continue reading
2021
holoride raises €10 million in Series A funding for its automotive XR solution, plans for market launch in summer 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTSwWV7l8b4&ab_channel=holoride In Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality News April 22, 2021 – holoride, a provider of technology that combines navigational and car data with XR, has today announced that it … continue reading
2021
US Army awards Microsoft $22 billion IVAS contract to deliver Augmented Reality technology to US Soldiers
In Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality News April 1, 2021 – The United States Army has recently announced that it has awarded Microsoft Corporation a fixed price production agreement to … continue reading
2021
US Army using Augmented Reality overlays in its research for the detection of roadside explosive hazards
In Augmented Reality News January 23, 2021 – The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Research Laboratory (ARL), has recently announced that it is employing the use of … continue reading
2020
Varjo launches its next generation XR-3 and VR-3 headsets for businesses and enterprise
In Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality News December 1, 2020 – Varjo, a provider of high-performance extended and virtual reality (XR/VR) hardware and software, has today announced the launch of … continue reading
2020
Snapchat launches Lens Studio 3.2, allowing developers to build LiDAR-powered AR Lenses for the iPhone 12 Pro
In Augmented Reality News October 14, 2020 – Snapchat has today announced the launch of Lens Studio 3.2, which now lets augmented reality (AR) creators and developers build LiDAR-powered Lenses … continue reading