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Niantic Does a Major Pokémon Go Upgrade with the Visual Positioning System
Through its Visual Positioning System (VPS), Niantic aims to beam its Augmented Reality Experiences onto the real world with high-level precision. Niantic Visual Positioning System Niantic says its VPS location…
Korea’s RECON Labs Raises $4.4 Million for 3D-AR Shopping Visualization
South Korean Augmented Reality startup RECON Labs has raised $ million for a 3D product visualization platform that enables shoppers buying products online to preview products via 3D models before…
Report Explains Apple Mixed Reality Headset Development Challenges
Apple’s quest to build a mixed reality headset began in 2015 but the project has been plagued by a series of challenges that have occasioned the endless delays and consistently…
Qualcomm’s AR Smart Viewer Reference Design: Slimmer and Wireless
Qualcomm has unveiled its new wireless reference design for its Augmented Reality Smart Viewer. This is only a reference design, a prototype that manufacturers can adapt to manufacture commercial headsets…
Patent Suggests Apple AR Glasses Could Be Self-Cleaning
Apple has won a patent for a self-cleaning mechanism for a head-mounted device. Apple’s work on its tech glasses has been going on for years. A newly unearthed patent shows…
Patent Suggests Apple Glass Could Have Vision Correction
Right from the word go, a major issue with VR headsets has been the difficulty of fitting the devices over prescription glasses so that people with vision problems could have…
BBC Series ‘The Green Planet’ Comes to Life in a London AR Exhibition
David Attenborough’s nature documentary The Green Planet came to reality, at least virtually, in a London Augmented Reality exhibition which began on February 11. In the exhibition, visitors encounter a…
Google Quietly Building an AR Headset To Be Released in 2024
Google is quietly developing its own augmented reality headset which has been codenamed Project Iris. The new Google AR headset could take on the Meta and Apple’s upcoming AR/mixed reality…
Apple’s VR/AR Glasses Could Be Delayed Up to 2023 Due to Tech Problems
Apple’s much-anticipated high-end VR/AR headset could be delayed up to 2023 due to problems with the technology. According to a Bloomberg report published yesterday, Apple is considering pushing back the…
Magic Leap 2 Will Cost More Than the Previous Model
Magic Leap One had a rough ride, a flop that almost sunk the company. Now the company faces a Herculean task as it seeks to regain the momentum it lost…