Niantic, the developer behind Pokémon Go and the upcoming Harry Potter AR game, announced they've taken on $200 million in their Series B investment round. As reported by Tech Crunch, the Series B investment round was lead by Spark Capital in participation with Founders...

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey revealed today at Vision Summit 2016 that the company would be giving away 4 months of Unity Professional Edition for free with the purchase of an Oculus Rift. The move comes as a bid to entice consumers...

AR optics maker WaveOptics has announced a manufacturing partnership with Goertek, one of the VR industry's leading manufacturers. The deal will enable mass production of WaveOptics' waveguides for integration into AR headsets which the companies say could be market-ready at...

Sandbox VR, the location-based VR attraction, announced it's opening 25 new locations as a result of a partnership with Apparel Group, the United Arab Emirates-based fashion and lifestyle company. The partnership is described as a "massive franchise deal" with Apparel...

Stress Level Zero, the developers behind forthcoming HTC Vive / Steam VR title Hover Junkers, have come up with a series of concept titles for the Microsoft Hololens which we'd love to see become a reality. Remember long journeys in...

Lynx, the French XR hardware startup known for crowdfunding the Lynx R-1 mixed reality headset, today announced it's secured $4 million in its Series A round, led by social VR platform Somnium Space. Alongside Somnium Space, participants in the latest funding...

It's hard to find a single event with a bigger audience than the Super Bowl, which has made it one of the hottest pieces of advertising real estate anywhere. Meta went big this year with a 60 second ad...

Ever wondered if Dance Dance Revolution would work in VR? Ever wondered why anyone would even try? Well, developer Corey Drake did it and we wanted to know why and how, so we asked him. Dance Dance Revolution from Konami was,...

Flight simulator company Dogfight Boss, and Varjo, the high-end XR headset creator, announced they've shipped their first mixed reality F-16 simulator to the Ukrainian Air Force to help accelerate pilot training. And there's likely more to come, as the...

Matterport, a company specializing in the capture and digital reconstruction of real-world environments, has announced a $30 million Series C investment round led by Qualcomm Ventures. The company says that the new investment brings its total funding to $56 million....

Valve's Index VR headset is now more than four years old. Despite its age, the headset continued to sell at a surprising rate over the years—but as they say, nothing lasts forever. Valve launched Index with the goal of setting...

Hugo Swart, previous head of Qualcomm's XR division, announced he's joined Google where he'll lead the company's XR Ecosystem Strategy and Technology efforts. Swart shared the news in a LinkedIn update, noting the move happened a few months ago: Happy to share that...

Sony released a peek into the prototyping stages that led to PSVR 2, showing off a number of test units for both the headset and controllers. In an extensive interview on the PS blog, PSVR 2’s Product Manager Yasuo Takahashi...

China-based Play for Dream, the company building a Vision Pro-like standalone MR headset, says it expects to adopt Android XR as its standalone operating system. The Play for Dream MR headset has been called a "Vision Pro knock-off," given its...

Pimax announced Dream Air last December, aiming to take on the emerging segment of compact high-end PC VR headsets, such as Bigscreen Beyond and Shiftall MaganeX Superlight 8K. Initially planned for launch in May, the headset was delayed until Q3...