XR Industry News
The latest news on the XR industry. Covering AR, VR, MR, spatial computing, and the most important companies and platforms in the field.
HTC Scraps Plans to Bring Daydream-based Vive Focus to Western Markets
HTC revealed their new standalone Vive Focus headset today, poised to launch into the Asian market. Earlier this year...
‘Haptic Shape Illusion’ Allows VR Controllers to Simulate Feel of Physically Larger Objects
In a study lead by Eisuke Fujinawa at the University of Tokyo, a team of students created a procedure...
Oculus: EA’s Acquisition of Respawn Entertainment Will Have No Impact on Studio’s VR Title
Titanfall developer Respawn Entertainment has announced plans to join EA, one of the world's largest and most influential videogame...
HTC Announces Multi-million Dollar Vive Art Initiative, Bringing VR to Museums Worldwide
HTC announced a new multi-million dollar VR initiative aiming to support content, creators and institutions that embrace VR not only as an artistic medium...
Report: Apple Could Release an AR Headset as Early as 2020
With the release of iOS 11, hundreds of millions of Apple devices gained the ability to perform basic augmented reality functions,...
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...
Vive is Hanging onto Steam Majority Market Share By a Thread
According to the just-released October figures from Steam’s Hardware & Software Survey, the Oculus Rift has picked up an additional 0.71%, totalling...
Acer Takes Majority Control of StarVR with $5M Capital Injection
Starbreeze and Acer announced a new capitalization plan for StarVR, the upcoming high field of view (FOV) VR headset, that...
Community Fallout from UploadVR’s Harassment Settlement, and Bearing Witness to Testimony
The sexual harassment lawsuit against UploadVR was reported to be settled via Tech Crunch on September 6th, and a...
Magic Leap Raises Another $502 Million, Now Totalling Nearly $2 Billion in Funding
Rumors from back in September of Magic Leap raising a Series D investment were confirmed today as the company revealed...
World’s Largest Cinema Chain, AMC, Leads $30M Investment to Bring VR to Movie Theaters
AMC Theaters, the largest cinema chain worldwide, and largest in the United States, has announced a strategic investment in...
‘Raw Data’ Devs Share Player Metrics & Insights Ahead of October’s v1.0 Launch
Raw Data (2016) launched more than a year ago in Early Access. Following a number of major updates including the...
HTC Leads $4M Series A Investment in Social VR Platform ‘VRChat’
VRChat, one of the earliest social VR apps, announced that they've completed a $4 million Series A investment round lead...
ManoMotion Brings Hand Gesture Input to Apple’s ARKit
ManoMotion, a computer-vision and machine learning company, today announced they're integrated their company's smartphone-based gesture control with Apple’s augmented reality...
Rift Summer Sale Drives Record Gains, Highest Steam Market Share Yet
According to the latest figures from Valve’s Hardware & Software Survey, the Oculus Rift has set a new record...
