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This Chinese City is Going Big on Virtual Reality
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) is reporting of a provincial Chinese city that has made a really huge virtual reality play. The city of Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi province,…
Swiss Startup Raises $2.2 Million in Seed Funding to Build Augmented Reality Games
Swiss-based startup RosieReality which specializes in the development of consumer augmented reality experiences has just raised $ million in seed funding which was led by Redalphine. The funding round was…
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…
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…
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…
Zillow Using Virtual Reality to Give Users a More Authentic View of Potential Real Estate Investments
Online real estate listings company Zillow has launched a 3D home viewing tool that allows real estate agents to display more immersive views of the properties that are available for…
Samsung Launches the Quick Measure AR-Based App Which Works Only with the S10 5G
The scope of applications of augmented reality is expanding at an exponential rate. One of the commonest use-cases for AR apps in the recent past has been in measurements. Airlines…
VR Anime ‘Spice & Wolf’ to Debut on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Go on June 3rd
The Japan-based indie studio SpicyTails has just announced that its virtual reality anime Spice & Wolf VR which is based on the anime/manga franchise Spice & Wolf will be launching…