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The latest news on the XR industry. Covering AR, VR, MR, spatial computing, and the most important companies and platforms in the field.

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.

Catch VR Games Showcase’s ‘XR Indies & Friends’ Livestream @11AM ET Today Ahead of Meta Connect

The team behind the VR Games Showcase are putting on a new livestreamed games event today focusing on independent developers and studios "both big and small." Just in time for what will certainly be a rush of XR news! Update...

Google Partners with Prominent Eyewear Makers for Upcoming Android XR Smartglasses

Google today announced that it is working with eyewear makers Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to bring the first Android XR smartglasses to market. The move mirrors Meta's early partnership with EssilorLuxottica, the dominant eyewear maker that's behind Meta's Ray-Ban...
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Google Announces New Tools to Develop High-performance Daydream Apps

During the opening presentation at today's Unity Vision Summit, Nathan Martz, Developer Platforms Product Manager at Google, took to the stage to talk about new tools that the company is releasing to help developers create high-performance apps for Daydream, Google's...

Penalty in ZeniMax v. Oculus Reduced to $250M, Motion to Halt Headset Sales Rejected

Bloomberg reported this week that the $500 million penalty levied at Oculus in last year's case brought by ZeniMax has been reduced to $250 million. A motion seeking to prevent sales of Oculus products using code attributed to ZeniMax...

AR Glasses Company CastAR Lands $15 Million Investment Led by Android Co-founder’s Firm

CastAR (formerly Technical Illusions) today announced a $15 million Series A fundraising round to continue development of their augmented reality glasses of the same name. The company previously raised just over $1 million on Kickstarter in late 2013. The CastAR...

Sleeper Hit ‘UG’ Has Become One of Quest’s Most Popular and Top Earning Games in Less...

While a flurry of VR studio cuts and closures in the last 12 months has painted a picture of a deeply struggling landscape for VR developers, modern Quest success stories have largely flown under the radar. The free-to-play title UG,...

Canon Reveal 2.5k Per Eye, 120 Degree FOV ‘VR Viewer’

Here's a name you may not expect to be entering the immersive wearable market, Canon. They just demonstrated a virtual reality viewer (this is not a traditional headset) at Canon Expo in New York, and it packs some interesting...
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Spatial Raises $8 Million Seed Investment for AR/VR Collaboration Platform

After two years in stealth, Spatial today announced an $8 million seed investment to build out its AR/VR collaboration platform. Spatial is building an immersive workspace that allows multiple users to connect through AR and VR headsets, as well as...

Konami Aims to Develop ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ for VR After Successful Prototype Demo

Yu-Gi-Oh! doesn't have an official VR game yet, but after demoing a VR proof-of-concept of the card battler at the franchise's 25th anniversary event in Tokyo, Japan, Konami says we may see more in the future. Last weekend at the...

Google Teases Android Smart Glasses Ahead of I/O Developer Conference Next Week

Google may be getting ready to unveil a pair of smart glasses at its Google I/O developer conference next week, ostensibly hoping to take on Ray-Ban Meta Glasses. In a promo for Google I/O, Android Ecosystem President Sameer Samat showed...

Brilliant Labs Unveils All-day Smart Glasses with Color Display, Pre-orders Launch at $300

Brilliant Labs unveiled Halo, its next-gen smart glasses that pack in a full-color micro OLED display, bone conduction speakers, and real-time voice-based AI assistant—priced at a surprisingly reasonable $300. Weighing in at just over 40 grams, Halo builds on the...

Positron Closes $1.4 Seed Funding to Develop Next Gen of Its VR Motion Chair

Positron, a Los Angeles-based VR technology studio, announced at Sundance that it closed a $1.4 million seed funding deal to further develop the next generation of the company's VR motion chair, Voyager. Funding was provided by Lazar Ventures co-founders Cathleen Ihasz and Nicole...

‘Meta 2’ AR Glasses Available to Pre-order, 1440p with 90 Degree FOV for $949

Meta have today opened up pre-orders for their 'Meta 2' augmented reality development kit glasses today and have revealed the specifications for the units as well as the price. Meta broke out of stealth mode last month when they appeared at...

Meta: 124 Quest Apps Have Earned More Than $1M, 8 Have Earned More Than $20M

At GDC last month, Meta shared the clearest look yet at the number of apps reaching various revenue milestones on the Quest platform. So far, 124 apps have earned $1 million in revenue or more, while 8 have exceeded...

Glue Collaboration Raises $3.85M Financing to Further Develop Business-focused Social VR Platform

Glue Collaboration, a Helsinki-based company developing remote collaboration tools for AR/VR, today announced that it has completed a new seed round of financing, raising a total of €3.5 million (~$3.85 million) to support continued growth of its business-focused social...
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