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Madefire has launched “motion comics,” or digital comics in a 3D space, on the Magic Leap One Creator Edition augmented reality glasses. Read the full article…
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HackerRank has released the 2019 edition of its annual Developer Skills Report, surveying over 71,000 software developers from more than 100 countries. Read the full article…
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Augmented reality (AR) startup Blippar has found a buyer for its intellectual property (IP) assets, after the company revealed it was going bust. Read the full article…
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Machine learning enables the popular language teaching app to recognize and provide translations for real-world objects, using them in immersive lessons. Read the full article…
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The next two years will be key to establishing 5G as the world’s next wireless communications standard, as smartphones and services roll out globally. Read the full article…
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Snap is giving companies a list of agencies that have created lenses through its Lens Studio app to make it easier for them to experiment with lenses. Read the full article…
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AR platform Mojo Vision launches out of stealth today with $50 million in funding, and it promises to make computing “invisible” in our everyday lives. Read the full article…
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North, the Amazon-backed company formerly known as Thalmic Labs, has opened its first Focals holographic smart glasses store in Brooklyn. Read the full article…
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Google may one day make our virtual avatars more expressive by tracking our eyes thanks to a patent for using cameras to track eyes in VR. Read the full article…
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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 the full article…
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OPINION: I’ve never used a OnePlus phone, but I’ve seen reviews, photos, and plenty of positive testimonials over the years. OnePlus customers are said to be happy and loyal — but by tech industry standards, there apparently aren’t very many of them. Two weeks ago, OnePlus said its latest phone sold a million units worldwide…Read… Read the full article…
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GUEST: For years, the theme park industry has added value to their attractions with mobile games and apps that continue the experience beyond the park’s walls and encourage return visitors. Examples include Club Penguin Island and Disney Magic Kingdom, to the Monstars Solitaire app. However, emerging technologies such as AR and VR enable park desig…Read… Read the full article…
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GUEST: 2016 was a rocky year for the VR/AR industry worldwide as consumer adoption failed to live up to what turned out to be inflated forecasts. China, in particular, seemed to go through a rude awakening with 90 percent of its hardware startups going bust. Yet while we in the West have in general adjusted… Read the full article…
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Though tech companies promise that 5G cellular devices will transform society, many of the technology’s “new” applications sound somewhat familiar. But a just-announced collaboration between Chinese camera phone vendor Oppo and U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm promises something we haven’t seen before: live 3D video calling that leve… Read the full article…
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OPINION: Over the past week, I heard Facebook’s Oculus VR unit talk about using sophisticated tricks to help increase immersion in virtual reality games. From moving screens that let your eyes focus on nearby objects, or locking eyes with someone else in the room, or subtle design cues such as properly reflective mirrors, developers have… Read the full article…
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Lucasfilm has had decades to perfect its storytelling craft in film and TV. However, the same can’t be said for its work in immersive entertainment, which encompasses virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality technologies. But with the help of its experimental ILMxLAB division, the renowned studio is starting to realize just how powerfu…Read More… Read the full article…
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Mozilla is continuing its mission to make the browser a core facet of virtual reality (VR) today with the launch of Hubs, a WebVR experiment from the mixed reality team at Mozilla, which touts this latest app as an “immersive social experience.” You begin by visiting the Hubs portal through any browser, then you choose… Read the full article…
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Twenty-seven venture capital funds and investors are uniting to hold the Global AR Online Pitch Event, a contest aimed at identifying stellar augmented reality startups. The winning contestant will likely receive an investment from the group. Gree’s investment fund, dubbed the GFR Fund, organized the event with Super Ventures and the Venture…Read More Powered by… Read the full article…
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Like flying cars and robot assistants, holograms have spent almost my entire life being “only a few years away” from ubiquity. The hologram rush began when National Geographic featured 3D skulls, eagles, and globes on the covers of its magazines. Naturally, as the sci-fi concept had finally become somewhat tangible, people began to assu…Read More Powered… Read the full article…
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EXCLUSIVE: As part of a six-year effort to highlight the benefits of gigabit networks, the Mozilla Foundation today announced that it has awarded the final 14 prizes from its $1.2 million Gigabit Community Fund. Funded in part by the National Science Foundation, the Gigabit Community Fund launched in 2012 to provide grants to educational organizati…Read More… Read the full article…
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