AR Industry
Echoing Apple’s iPhone Launch, Magic Leap Taps AT&T for Exclusive US Distribution
Magic Leap today announced that AT&T, one of the leading cellular carriers in the US, has invested in the...
Adobe’s Project Aero Aims to Help Creators Build AR Content
Adobe recently unveiled a new project that aims to take the company further into the realm of augmented reality....
Google to Announce New Dev Tools at GDC 2018, Keynote to Feature AR/VR
This year's Game Developers Conference (GDC) is nearly upon us, and now that talks for the week-long event are published...
Gree VR Capital Completes First $18M VR/AR Fund, Changes Name to GFR Fund
GREE VR Capital, the investment firm backing startups such as VRChat, TheWaveVR, and Littlstar, today announced the completion of its...
Magic Leap Takes on Funding from Media Company Axel Springer
German media company Axel Springer today announced that it has taken part in a new round of financing of...
Oculus Hiring Spree Suggests Facebook is Accelerating VR/AR Plans
Starting toward the end of 2017, the number of listed job openings at Oculus has nearly tripled, with the...
Investors Poured a Record $2 Billion into VR/AR in 2017, But Early Stage Funding...
In 2017, venture funding of VR/AR companies reached at least $1.9B, ending slightly above 2016. The total number of...
‘Pokémon Go’ Studio Niantic Completes $200M Funding Round
Niantic, the developer behind Pokémon Go and the upcoming Harry Potter AR game, announced they've taken on $200 million in...
Amazon Brings Augmented Reality Product Previews to iOS App
'Try it before you buy it', the old adage goes. Well, an AR preview might not exactly be 'trying...
Nokia and Xiaomi Announce a Long-term Partnership to “Explore” AR and VR
The Finnish and Chinese companies today signed a cross-licensing patent deal ‘focused around the data center’, according to a...
AR Headset Startup CastAR is Reportedly Shutting Down
According to a report from Polygon, augmented reality company CastAR is heading for a shutdown, laying off staff from...
