AR Industry
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...
Qualcomm Reveals Snapdragon AR2 Processor for Glasses-sized AR Devices
Qualcomm today announced Snapdragon AR2, its "purpose-built headworn augmented reality platform." Differentiating from the company's existing Snapdragon XR2 chips, Qualcomm says the AR2 architecture...
Varjo Raises $40M Series D Funding to Expand Cloud-based XR Platform
Varjo, maker of high-end enterprise XR headsets, this week announced it has raised a $40 million Series D investment to continue building its Varjo...
Meta & Qualcomm Join “Multi-year” XR Chip Partnership to Combat a Common Threat
Two of the biggest names in XR—headset maker Meta and chip maker Qualcomm—today announced a "multi-year broad strategic agreement" to collaborate on "customized virtual...
Magic Leap Commits to OpenXR & WebXR Support Later This Year on ML2
In an ongoing shift away from a somewhat proprietary development environment on its first headset, Magic Leap has committed to bringing OpenXR support to...
Catch Road to VR Co-founder Ben Lang on the Between Realities Podcast
Road to VR co-founder Ben Lang recently joined the crew of the Between Realities podcast.
Bringing more than a decade of experience in the XR...
Reality Labs Chief Scientist Outlines a New Compute Architecture for True AR Glasses
Speaking at the IEDM conference late last year, Meta Reality Labs' Chief Scientist Michael Abrash laid out the company's analysis of how contemporary compute...
Snap Acquires Brain-Computer Interface Startup NextMind
Snap announced it's acquired neurotech startup NextMind, a Paris-based company known for creating a $400 pint-sized brain-computer interface (BCI).
In a blog post, Snap says NextMind...
The Co-founder of One of Gaming’s Most Lauded Studios Believes XR is the Future
Jason Jones is the co-founder of Bungie, the legendary gaming studio behind franchises like Halo and Destiny. In a pre-show interview ahead of today's Destiny...
Oculus Head of Developer Relations Leaves for Niantic as it Ramps up Lightship AR...
Niantic announced today that long-time Oculus employee Dan Morris, Head of Developer Relations, is joining as the company's new Director of Developer Relations as...
DigiLens and Mitsubishi Chemical Ready Low Cost Plastic Waveguide Optics for AR
DigiLens, creators of waveguide optics, today announced a "deeper" partnership with Mitsubishi Chemical to bring a plastic version of its waveguide technology to the...
[Update] Magic Leap Secures $350M Funding to Avoid Previously Announced Layoffs
Magic Leap announced last month that layoffs impacting "every level of the company" were coming alongside a pivot away from its near-term consumer ambitions...
WaveOptics Secures Additional $13M to Expand AR Optics Manufacturing
WaveOptics, a designer and manufacturer of waveguide optics for AR displays, announced it's raised a total of $39 million (£30m) in Series C funding,...
OpenXR 1.0 Released, Microsoft Supports HoloLens 2 & WMR, Oculus Plans Rift & Quest...
OpenXR, a widely supported initiative which aims to streamline AR/VR development across headsets and platforms, has reached its 1.0 release today. It's a major...
Scope AR Secures $9.7M Series A to Develop AR Training & Remote Assistance Tools
Scope AR, the enterprise-focused AR studio, today announced it has successfully closed a $9.7 million Series A funding round to further develop it cross-platform...
