AR News
Nreal Light Developer Kits Now Available for Pre-order, Starting at $1,200
Nreal made quite the splash at CES earlier this year, showing off its Nreal Light AR headset which made some clear strides to look less like a futuristic helmet and more like a regular pair of sunglasses you might...
Oculus Founder’s Defense Company Could Make Software for Battlefield-ready AR Headsets
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey left Facebook in 2017 to found his own defense technology company, Anduril Industries. It's mostly been in the business of creating AI software, autonomous drones, and threat detection systems, however a Business Insider interview reveals that...
Verizon Acquires Jaunt XR’s Augmented Reality Tech
Jaunt, the cinematic VR company that pivoted to AR last year, today announced it has sold its software, technology, and "certain other assets" to American telecom Verizon.
Neither company has disclosed the acquisition price, or if that will include any...
Meta View Acquires Meta IP, Former Qualcomm Exec to Chart “new course” as CEO
Meta View is a newly formed startup that's looking to take up where Meta Company left off, the creators behind the Meta 2 AR headset. Meta View today announced the acquisition of Meta Company assets, and are bringing Jay...
Oculus Job Posts Point to Facebook-built AR Headset on the Horizon
As first reported by PocketGamer, Facebook is advertising a few new posts at its VR subsidiary Oculus, laced with the notion that a Facebook-built AR headset is definitely on the rise.
We knew the company was creating AR headsets behind closed...
Dent Reality Aims to Bring AR Indoor Directions to Malls, Airports & Retail Stores
Navigating indoors is still a pretty old school experience: you look for a map of shops, bathrooms, and accessibility ramps and follow signs to your desired destination, all the while knowing that the super powered computer in your pocket...
Report: Apple AR Headset Could Rely on iPhone for Rendering & Connectivity
Several reports over the past two years have suggested Apple is getting ready to manufacture an AR headset, and possibly ship it sometime in 2020—something that's so far unsubstantiated by the company itself. Now highly respected industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, someone...
AT&T, Ericsson & Intel to Showcase ‘The Power of 5G’ with Batman AR/VR Experience Soon
Mobile World Congress (MWC) is gearing up next week in Barcelona to play host to the latest and greatest in mobile technology, including the presumed Microsoft HoloLens 2. Today AT&T, Ericsson, Intel and Warner Bros. announced that they'll be...
[Update] Meta Founder Confirms Insolvency & Asset Sale to Unnamed Buyer
Meta, the company behind the Meta 2 tethered AR headset, has suffered its fair share of growing pains since its founding in 2012, although a lack of outside investment and a recent patent infringement lawsuit seem to have proven...
Chinese Tech Giant Huawei Aims to Commercialize AR Headset in 1-2 Years
As the world's largest telecom manufacturer, when Chinese tech giant Huawei makes a market prediction, they have plenty of room to speak. Talking in an interview with CNBC, Huawei CEO Richard Yu says the industry at large will begin commercializing...
Insomniac Games Announces ‘Seedling’, Launching on Magic Leap in November
Insomniac Games, the talented game studio behind non-VR games like Spider-Man (2018) and VR games like Edge of Nowhere (2016) and The Unspoken (2016), today announced their first AR game called Seedling, coming to Magic Leap in November.
Without doubt, Insomniac Games...
Magic Leap to Add Two Controller Support, Iris Login, Javascript Support, & More
Today at Leap Con, Magic Leap spoke briefly about its software roadmap for the end of 2018 and into early 2019, indicating some interesting new features on the way to their AR headset.
With the Magic Leap One headset having...
Magic Leap Reveals 16 AR Experiences From Wacom, SketchUp, Wingnut AR, and More
Today at Magic Leap's first creator conference the company has revealed a bevy of AR content built on the headset—some experimental, and some actually launching on the headset soon (or today)—but all up and running on real hardware.
At Leap...
‘Star Wars: Project Porg’ AR “experiment” Announced for Magic Leap
ILMxLab, Lucasfilm's immersive media group, today announced Star Wars: Project Porg, an augmented reality "experiment" built for Magic Leap. In the experience, players will interact with the big-eyed fuzzy creatures introduced in The Last Jedi, with some helpful guidance by C-3PO...


















