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Magic Leap Clinches $280 Million from NTT DoCoMo in Latest Fundraising Round
Since its founding in 2010, Magic Leap has been something of a fundraising juggernaut raising an extraordinary $ billion in multiple fundraising rounds over the past decade. And investors keep…
HTC Has Released Its First Feature Length Virtual Reality Movie
Vive Studios, HTC’s virtual reality development and publishing arm, has just announced the release of its first ever feature-length virtual reality film 7 Miracles. The new movie will be available…
Major Retailers and Tech Companies Form an Exploratory Group for a Single 3D Commerce Standard
Towards 3D content standardization, interoperability and consistency across VR, AR and other end points OpenXR standard developer Khronos has put together a consortium of 140 companies consisting of some of…
Childish Gambino and Google Have Teamed Up for an Augmented Reality Experience
Immerse yourself into an augmented world of beats and beasts. After his Coachella act where the hip hop artist dropped a few surprises for his fans, Childish Gambino (, Donald…
Labster Has Raised $21 Million in Series B Funding for STEM Education Effort
Denmark-based virtual lab simulations startup Labster has scored $21 million in Series B funding for its virtual laboratory simulations or STEM students. The new funding round was led by Owl…
New Houzz App Enables Users to Test Floor Design Choices in Augmented Reality
The popular home improvement and remodeling app and online portal Houzz has just launched an update to its augmented reality ‘View in My Room 3D tool that will make…
Verizon Partnering With Mixed Reality Company ThirdEye Gen for 5G Mobile Edge Computing
The advent of 5G connectivity and the increased speeds that this will spell out is expected to give the enterprise mixed reality glasses a major shot in the arm. To…
Baobab Studio Unveils the First Trailer for its new ‘Bonfire’ Virtual Reality Movie
The award-winning virtual reality studio, Baobab Studios, will be showcasing the short virtual reality trailer for “Bonfire” at the Tribeca Film Festival this week that will provide viewers with a…
Ford Stylists Around the Globe Can Now Collaborate Using Virtual Reality
Ford designers based in Shanghai and Dearborn can now collaborate with each other digitally by using virtual reality. Ford has auto designers who are spread throughout the world and the…
Shopping for the Best VR Headsets for Your Enterprise Virtual Reality Projects
Global enterprises are increasingly tapping into virtual reality due to the possibility of creating immersive environments that could be put into various corporate users. Virtual reality is being used corporate…