Augmented Reality
CCS: VR and AR device sales to drop in 2018 despite long-term promise
Sales of virtual and augmented reality headsets and glasses will decline year-on-year in 2018 before…
Qualcomm unveils first dedicated VR and AR chipset
Mobile technology giant Qualcomm has unveiled what it describes as the world’s first dedicated ‘extended…
CTA: VR and AR on course for record growth this year
The US-based Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has tipped virtual and augmented reality technology for record…
Ericsson: AR and VR ads to replace physical products
More than half of augmented and virtual reality users think that ads will become so…
Digi-Capital: VR/AR firms raise US$2.5bn this year
Virtual and augmented reality startups have raised US$2.5 billion (€2.09 billion) so far this year,…
We Are TV reaches 100,000 app downloads
We Are TV, the augmented reality TV app founded by former Dailymotion COO Martin Rogard, has…
Apple: AR will ‘change the way we use tech forever’
Apple CEO Tim Cook has highlighted the importance of augmented reality, claiming it will “change…
Microsoft: mixed reality will help spur ‘fourth industrial revolution’
Mixed reality (MR) will be one of the technologies that will help spur a “fourth…
Arts Council England backs new VR and AR content project
Arts Council England and technology innovation centre Digital Catapult have launched a new programme that…
AR firm Magic Leap raises US$502m
Secretive augmented reality (AR) firm, Magic Leap, has raised US$502 million in Series D equity…