AR News
Microsoft to Supply US Army More AR Combat Headsets Following Positive Field Test
Microsoft's HoloLens-based headset built on contract for the US Army has passed an important round of field testing by soldiers. The company is now...
Epic Games is “exploring native Unreal Engine support” for Apple Vision Pro
Unity, makers of the popular game engine, announced earlier this week it's getting ready to levy some pretty significant fees on developers, causing many to...
Unicorn AR Startup Magic Leap is Killing Its First Headset Next Year
Magic Leap 1, the AR headset that helped the Plantation, Florida-based startup attract over three billion dollars in funding, will be completely defunct by...
Apple Joins Pixar, NVIDIA, & More to “accelerate next generation of AR experiences” with...
Today, big tech companies including Apple, Pixar, Adobe, Autodesk, and NVIDIA, announced the formation of the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD), which is dedicated to...
Apple Reportedly Has No Plans to Make or Support VR Controllers for Vision Pro
If a recent Bloomberg report from Mark Gurman holds true, not only is Apple not planning to release a motion controller for Vision Pro...
After Reports of Canned AR Glasses, Google’s XR Ambitions May Be Just a Daydream...
Google has reportedly shelved a multi-year project that sought to commercialize an AR headset, known as Project Iris. Provided the report is true, it...
Report: Meta in Talks with Magic Leap for Multiyear AR Headset Tech Deal
A report from the Financial Times maintains Meta is currently in talks with AR headset creator Magic Leap to strike a multiyear deal, which...
Emerging with $61M in Funding, This “AR laptop” Aims to Close the Loop on...
First it was the desktop. Then the laptop. And now, the... spacetop? That's the category that Sightful hopes to carve out with its new...
Report: Apple Mixed Reality Headset Delayed to Late 2023 Amid Decreased Confidence in Market...
Ming-Chi Kuo, a respected supply chain analyst, reports that Apple is tamping down enthusiasm for its upcoming mixed reality headset, which was rumored to...
ZEISS Takes Majority Stake in AR/VR Optics Creator Tooz Technologies
ZEISS, the German optical systems manufacturer, announced it's acquired majority share of the joint venture Tooz Technologies, an AR/VR optics creator founded by Zeiss...
Samsung Files Trademark for ‘Galaxy Glasses’ AR/VR Headset
Samsung announced last month it was partnering with Google and Qualcomm to develop an XR device, something the company said at the time was “not too...
Xiaomi Unveils Wireless AR Glasses Prototype, Powered by Same Chipset as Meta Quest Pro
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi today showed off a prototype AR headset at Mobile World Congress (MWC) that wirelessly connects to the user's smartphone, making...
US Congress Halts Orders of Microsoft AR Combat Goggles Amid Reports of Headaches &...
In 2021, Microsoft won a United States Army defense contract worth up to $22 billion which would support the development of an Integrated Visual...
Magic Leap 2 Gains Certification so Doctors Can Use AR During Surgery
Magic Leap, the storied unicorn developing enterprise AR headsets, announced at CES 2023 that its flagship device Magic Leap 2 earned a certification that...
Meta Acquires 3D Lens Printing Firm Luxexcel to Bolster Future AR Glasses
Meta has acquired the Belgian-Dutch company Luxexcel, a 3D printing firm creating complex glass lenses for use in AR optics.
As first reported by Belgian...