Augmented and virtual reality startup Leap Motion was close to being bought out by Apple, but killed both deals, and may now be teetering on the edge.Read More Source: Leap Motion reportedly screwed up Apple acquisition talks, twice
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Onedome raises $3.3 million for AR experience The Unreal Garden
Onedome has raised $3.3 million in a round of funding for its augmented reality experience, The Unreal Garden.Read More Source: Onedome raises $3.3 million for AR experience The Unreal Garden
HTC Vive joins VirtualLink, a cable standard now backed by all major PC VR players
HTC Vive joins Microsoft, Oculus, and other key VR players in developing a USB-C cable standard that will make future VR gear easier to connect and swap.Read More Source: HTC Vive joins VirtualLink, a cable standard now backed by all major PC VR players
Walmart adds an AR scanner to its iOS app for product comparisons
Walmart is giving augmented reality a shot. The retailer today announced the launch of a new AR scanning tool in its iPhone application which will help customers with product comparisons. However, unlike a typical barcode scanner meant only to compare prices on one item at a time, Walmart’s AR scanner can be panned about across...
Custom eyewear startup King Children raises $2 million
Eyewear can be a statement-making, attention-grabbing fashion accessory — if done right. King Children, a custom eyewear startup emerging from stealth today, aims to give everyone unique, custom designs made for them, by them. Harnessing the power of 3D scanning and printing technology, in addition to augmented reality, King Children aims to create custom frames...
Walmart Turns Its iPhone App’s Barcode Scanner into an Augmented Reality Price Comparison Tool
While many retailers have introduced try-before-you-buy features in their apps, Walmart has gone in another direction by bringing shoppers an augmented reality tool to help them compare products they want to buy. Available exclusively for iOS (app versions 18.20 and ARKit-compatible devices running at least iOS 11.3), shoppers can access the new tool through the...
Magic Leap Conference Videos Dive Deeper into Medical, Audio, & AR Cloud Uses for Magic Leap One
It turns out that attending the L.E.A.P. conference last month may have mostly been best for demoing the Magic Leap One in person, as the company has now uploaded the majority of the insider panels held at the event in Los Angeles. Just a day after releasing an initial set of three panels held at...
Report: Oculus Planning ‘Rift S’ Iterative Upgrade For 2019
TechCrunch is reporting Facebook’s leadership chose not to pursue former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe’s “complete redesign” of the Oculus Rift in favor of a “Rift S” that could arrive in 2019 and would likely feature a tracking system similar to the one on Oculus Quest. The narrative TechCrunch writer Lucas Matney is reporting across two...
HTC Opens Applications For Vive Focus 6DOF Controller Dev Kits
HTC has an early Christmas present for VR developers. The company this week opened applications for developer kits for its newly-announced six degree of freedom (6DOF) controllers for the Vive Focus standalone headset. Viveport President Rikard Steiber launched the applications during a talk at the 2018 XRDC conference. He also confirmed that the new controllers...
Qualcomm’s New Chips Should Enable Better Wireless VR
Qualcomm recently announced the QCA64x1 series of 802.11ay 60 GHz Wi-Fi chipsets, noting “truly immersive wireless virtual and augmented reality experiences” among the list of use cases. 60 GHz offers far superior bandwidth to typical home-use 5 GHz networks, but with the trade-off that it cannot penetrate walls. Typical home WiFi uses relatively low frequency 2.4...