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2019

Snap Inc. names Kenny Mitchell as new Chief Marketing Officer

April 26, 2019

April 25, 2019 – Snap Inc. announced yesterday that Kenny Mitchell will join the company as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) beginning in June 2019. In this newly created role, Mitchell … continue reading

Dynabook announces availability of Ubimax Frontline Application Suite for dynaEdge AR Smart Glasses

April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019 – Dynabook Americas, Inc. (formerly Toshiba America Client Solutions, Inc.), has announced the North American availability of the Ubimax Frontline application suite for the dynaEdge AR Smart … continue reading

2019

INDE appoints AccessAR as its business development partner for Canada

April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019 – INDE has appointed AccessAR as its business development partner for Canada, effective April 2019. AccessAR will be looking to develop opportunities for INDE’s core AR product … continue reading

Khronos establishes Exploratory Group for 3D commerce standards and guidelines in AR and VR

April 25, 2019

Snapshot of current distribution of real-time 3D content and opportunities for standards and guidelines to enable scalable deployment of virtual 3D products April 25, 2019 – The Khronos Group, an … continue reading

Childish Gambino’s Augmented Reality app ‘PHAROS AR’ built on Google ARCore

April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019 – Earlier this year, Google partnered with recording artist Childish Gambino to create an AR ‘Playmoji’ version of himself that dances and reacts to users in their … continue reading

Samsung Electronics to Invest KRW 133 Trillion in Logic Chip Businesses by 2030

April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019 – Samsung Electronics has today announced that it will invest KRW 133 trillion by 2030 to strengthen its competitiveness in System LSI and Foundry businesses, which are … continue reading

Trimble launches mobile Augmented Reality tool ‘Trimble PULSE Remote Expert’

April 23, 2019

April 23, 2019 – Trimble has today announced the launch of Trimble PULSE Remote Expert, an augmented reality (AR) tool that is designed to help improve the productivity of field … continue reading

INDE’s interactive AR experience lets NFL fans “meet their idol” at the NFL Draft

April 23, 2019

April 23, 2019 – Pizza Hut and UK based AR company INDE have partnered to offer a photo opportunity for visitors to the NFL Draft with a custom-developed large-screen Augmented … continue reading

UROS to provide RealWear AR devices powered by Qualcomm to 10,000 industrial workers for Kazakhstan digitization project

April 23, 2019

April 23, 2019 – Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., RealWear and UROS, have today jointly announced a digitization project set to begin in Kazakhstan later this year. This project has the mission … continue reading

7-Eleven launches Augmented Reality experience as part of launch of “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” promotions

April 22, 2019

April 22, 2019 – 7-Eleven stores are teasing the theatrical release of the upcoming Pokémon movie, “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu”, through the use of exclusive interactive augmented reality experiences in the … continue reading

Shutterstock launches “View in Room” Augmented Reality app feature

April 20, 2019

April 16, 2019 – Shutterstock, Inc. today announced the launch of its first Augmented Reality feature, available on the Shutterstock customer iOS application. The latest update to the iOS application … continue reading

Manchester City uses Augmented Reality as part of its new stadium tour

April 19, 2019

April 19, 2019 – Manchester City Football Club announce this week the launch of a new stadium tour as the Club celebrates its 125th birthday. The ‘Manchester City Tour’ will … continue reading

BC Tech announces closure of Vancouver’s AR/VR/MR Cube facility

April 18, 2019

April 18, 2019 – BC Tech has announced that it will be closing its Cube facility in Railtown effective 17 May, 2019. The 6,000 square foot location was established as … continue reading

NexTech Signs Augmented Reality e-Commerce Deal with Walther Arms Inc.

April 18, 2019

April 18, 2019 – NexTech AR Solutions has announced that it has entered into an agreement with weapons manufacturer Walther Arms Inc, (known for James Bond’s Walther PPK), to render … continue reading

Vuzix boosts production and expands functionality of its Blade AR Smart Glasses

April 17, 2019

April 17, 2019 – Vuzix has announced several developments for its Vuzix Blade Augmented Reality Smart Glasses. Most notably, production yields and rates have been increasing and the company is … continue reading

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