GUEST: Let’s face it: mobile AR has been mostly useless thus far. Can you name a single AR app you use on a daily basis that solves a real problem in your life? Probably not. The skepticism surrounding AR is understandable, as the space has failed to find a breakout success after the Pokemon Go...
Jaunt, which pivoted from making cinematic VR films to providing platform tools for mixed reality, announced that its CEO George Kliavkoff is stepping down as CEO. He will be replaced by Mitzi Reaugh, Jaunt’s former vice president of global business development and strategy, effective October 1. Reaugh has been a leader behind the launch and…Read...
What does artificial intelligence (AI) have to do with a 150-year-old lion statue in London’s Trafalgar Square? Good question. But Google’s never been one to let cognitive dissonance stand in its way. Today in partnership with British designer Es Devlin, the search giant took the wraps off “Please Feed the Lions,” an exhibit…Read More Source:...
WayRay, a Swiss company that aims to enable holographic augmented reality (AR) displays in cars, has raised $80 million in a series C round of funding led by Volkswagen-owned German car company Porsche, with participation from Hyundai, Alibaba, China Merchants Capital, Jvckenwood, and Consortium of Sovereign Wealth Funds (JBIC and partners). Founde…Read More Source: Porsche...
Mozilla announced back in April that it was developing Firefox Reality, a next-generation web browser specifically for standalone VR and AR devices, and now it’s actually here. Firefox Reality 1.0 is available today as a set of free downloads for HTC Viveport, Oculus Go, and Daydream headsets. In addition to offering 2D and immersive web...
Apprentice.io, creator of a conversational augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) platform, has raised $8 million in funding. Pritzker Group Venture Capital led the round, with participation from existing investors Silverton Partners and Hemi Ventures, while the Venture Reality Fund and GFR Fund joined as new investors. To date, th…Read More Source: Apprentice.io raises $8...
GUEST: One of the earliest use cases in both AR and VR was using these new mediums as a canvas for different creations. From Google’s Tilt Brush to paint in 3D space in VR to their “Just a Line” app to draw in 3D space using their AR framework, ARCore. Magic Leap also launched its...
Enhance announced today Tetris Effect is coming to PlayStation 4 on November 9. It will include support for PSVR. Sony has had major triple-A exclusives this year like God of War and Marvel’s Spider-Man. Those titles help drive sales of PlayStation 4, but more niche exclusives like Tetris Effect can also bring more gamers to...
Kingdom Hearts III is going to be one of the first tentpole releases of 2019, coming out January 25. But Sony announced this week that it’s sending out a free gift for all those who love this series, which is a mashup of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy role-playing series and Disney characters like Mickey Mouse...
Tetris is one of the world’s most beloved and addictive video games, bought and downloaded hundreds of millions of times since its 1984 debut. It’s about to make its first appearance in virtual reality, so Tetsuya Mizuguchi and his team at Enhance are doing something that no other game designers have done before. Tetris is...
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