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Sony Makes a $250 Million Strategic Investment in Epic Games
Sony has a purchased a $250 million stake in Epic Games, taking a minority stake in the company in announcement made last Thursday. Epic Games is the company behind Fortnite,…
Apple’s AR Lenses Have Reportedly Gone into ‘Trial Production’
According to a new The Information report, Foxconn Technology has taken Apple’s “semitransparent” AR lenses into “trial production”. Foxconn Technology is Apple’s partner in iPhone production and Apple’s augmented reality…
Mega Man Franchise Comes to Japanese VR Arcade on July 18
Virtual reality location-based entertainment (LBE) venues have faced a tough time this year. Some of the top players like Ubisoft have been trying to inject some vitality by offering license-free…
HaptX to Partner With Military Contractor ECS to Develop Mixed Reality Military Training Systems
The Florida-based military contractor Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) has been awarded a grant to develop a VR Army Medic Trainer with Advanced Haptics. The Phase II Small Business Innovation…
‘BoxVR’ Developer Studio FitXR Raises $7.5 Million in Series A Venture Round
The studio behind the VR fitness hit BoxVR, FitXR, has raised $ million to be channeled in expanding its operations and in VR fitness offerings. FitXR’s first fundraising at the…
Mixed Reality App Recreates the Historic Battle of Gettysburg
This represents one of the potentially high-impact use-cases for immersive technologies. VR and AR could be used to bring the past to life in a free-viewpoint and interactive experience that…
SteamVR Hardware Survey: Quest Users on SteamVR Continues to Rise
According to the latest SteamVR hardware survey for the month of June, the percentage of Oculus Quest users has continued rise. For the month of June, they grew by from…
Gucci and Snap Partner on an AR ‘Try On’ to Sell Shoes
The earliest smartphone AR use-cases were of the gimmicky kind but the technology quickly made its way into more useful applications in retail. It has come in handy in the…
Check Out the Iron Man VR Launch Trailer
Iron Man VR is set to launch later today and Marvel Studios released a trailer last week that gives us a glimpse into the huge world, deep combat as well…
Resolution Games’ Wonderglade Comes to Quest Next Week
Wonderglade is one of the older mobile virtual reality titles from Resolution Games and it is set to return to Quest next week. Initially, Wonderglade was a Google Daydream-exclusive carnival…