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Location-Based VR Startup ‘The Void’ Sets Up Shop in San Francisco
The mixed reality entertainment attractions franchise ‘The Void’ is coming to San Francisco. The location-based virtual reality startup will open a new franchise that will be located at the Westfield…
Apple Adds VR Content Startup Jaunt Founder to its Growing Team
In a bid to bolster its augmented reality projects, Apple has just made a major hire in the virtual reality space by bringing onboard the serial entrepreneur and founder of…
Shell Launches Augmented Reality Remote Assistance Device
Shell Pioneers AR Remote Assistance for the Oil and Gas Industry Shell has selected a RealWear augmented reality hands-free wearable hat for its new AR remote assistance for field operators.…
NEC’s VR Platform Enables Shoppers to Smell Scents at Online Store
A few years back, the idea of simulating a sense of smell in a virtual reality environment seemed like an almost impossible task, even a totally superfluous idea given that…
Japanese VR Hostess Café Lets You Drink With Anime Girls
One of the most interesting aspects of the Japanese culture is its harmonious blend of the modern and the traditional and of its little quirks and idiosyncrasies. The hostess culture…
Sony Patents VR-Friendly Prescription Glasses Equipped with Eye-Tracking
One of the many obstacles to mass adoption of virtual reality is the problems faced by glass-wearers when putting on the virtual reality headsets. Although some headsets accommodate this better…
Will the Posemoji App Be the Next ‘Pokemon’ Craze?
Fun augmented reality with AI-powered body tracking filters in real time There is a new Apple app in town that has all the makings of a potential Pokemon-esque social media…
Bose AR Showcases Augmented Reality Audio Game
What would a sound systems company be doing with augmented reality glasses? Bose would be unlikeliest of companies to venture into AR smart glasses and AR games but that is…
FeelReal to Crowdfund for its Multisensory VR Mask in April
Sense of smell now becoming a part of the virtual reality experience Virtual reality is just about to acquire a smell and other sensations after FeelReal’s announcement this week of…
Snapchat’s ‘Landmarkers’ AR Feature Brings Famous Landmarks to Life
Snap kicked off its Partner Summit in Los Angeles by announcing a host of new features for its strongest selling point: its augmented reality Lenses. To start with, its Lens…