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AR Display Maker DigiLens Raises $50 Million for Affordable AR Displays
California-based display maker DigiLens announced today that it has closed $50 million Series C funding which was led by Universal Display Corporation’s UDC Ventures along with Continental AG, Samsung Ventures,…
Top Five Breakthroughs in VR and AR to Expect in the Next Five Years
Virtual reality and augmented reality represent a next frontier in technological innovation and many of the leading tech giants are investing heavily into these immersive technologies including Google, Facebook, HTC,…
Chinese AR Glasses Marker ‘HiScene’ Has Closed a $17.5 Million in Series B+ Round
Chinese augmented reality glasses maker HiScene has secured $ million in Series B+ round according to a statement on the company’s website. Participating in this funding round included investors such…
Nike’s New AR App Measures Your Feet to Help You Find Sneakers that Fit
Nike is introducing a new augmented reality tool known as Nike Fit to its app which measures the size of your feet to help you find sneakers that will fit.…
Google’s ‘Weird Cuts’ Invites Users to Cut Out Pieces of Reality to Make Collages and Assemblages
The Google Arts and Culture Lab has partnered with the artists Zack Lieberman and Molmol Kuo to help users get artsy in augmented reality. By leveraging augmented reality, the team…
Google’s New AR Feature for Maps Coming to Pixel Phones First
During last year’s I/O developer conference, Google promised to introduce AR in Google Maps and it has finally made good on that promise. The new augmented reality walking directions feature…
Epson Launching New $499 Smart Glasses Powered By Your Phone
Epson has a new pair of augmented reality glasses that can plug into users' phones. The smart glasses, the Moverio VT-30C, are a new version of Epson’s Moverio series and…
Google Adds Augmented Reality to Search Results
Enter search term and get transported into an augmented world! During the I/O developer conference today, Google announced a new search functionality utilizing augmented reality (AR) and Google Lens. The…
Did Microsoft Just Release a Teaser of a New AR Minecraft Game for Mobile?
Microsoft has just released a teaser of what seems to be augmented reality features for the Minecraft game running on a mobile device. It’s a Pokémon-Go-style adaptation of the popular…
More Instagram Camera Effects Coming Soon as Facebook Opens Spark AR Platform to Third-Party Creators
Among the raft of announcements made by Facebook during its F8 developer conference earlier last week was one that was largely ignored in favor of the flashier updates such as…