Augmented Reality (Page 4)

News

Digi-Capital: Combined Asian markets could deliver over half of AR/VR revenue by 2022

"Western companies might need to adopt a 'we try harder' approach to compete at the same level," says investment bank

May 4, 2018 Ivy Taylor

News

Snapchat launches "Snappables" series of AR games

Snap Inc commits to releasing new mini-games on a weekly basis

April 26, 2018 Matthew Handrahan

News

Ubisoft launches second season of start-up incubator program

"Ubisoft is proud of its roots and has not forgotten that its very own adventure began as a start-up," says program sponsor

April 20, 2018 Ivy Taylor

Stub

Vive Pro adds AR functionality

New SDK grants access to the VR device's stereo front-facing cameras

April 17, 2018 Press Release

News

Record-breaking VR/AR start-ups raised over $3.6bn in last 12 months

Video games one of only two sectors to secure more than 10% of investment deals

April 3, 2018 James Batchelor

News

Snap Inc acquires British VR and software startup PlayCanvas

Snapchat capitalises on success of its AR platform as move toward VR looks likely

March 28, 2018 Ivy Taylor

Feature

The decade-long journey of a single mother into the games industry

Kick Alley Soccer: The augmented reality app that was ten years too early

March 27, 2018 Ivy Taylor

News

Weta Workshop opens new specialist mixed reality development studio

New Zealand-based studio is developing own IP for Magic Leap One

March 19, 2018 Ivy Taylor

News

Magic Leap adds another $461 million in funding

Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund leads latest round of investors in augmented reality start-up

March 7, 2018 Brendan Sinclair

News

Augmented and mixed reality revenue to overtake VR by 2021

AR/MR revenue expected to double to $3.2 billion this year

Feb. 26, 2018 Ivy Taylor

News

Google launches ARCore 1.0

Developers can now publish augmented reality games to Play Store, support for China in the works

Feb. 26, 2018 James Batchelor

News

Viacom Next VR/AR studio shuts down

Developer of Smash Party and Transformers: Cade's Junkyard axed as part of larger layoffs at Viacom

Feb. 8, 2018 Brendan Sinclair

News

Niantic acquires AR dev Escher Reality

Pokemon Go studio adds start-up working on mapping and computer vision tech

Feb. 1, 2018 Brendan Sinclair

News

$10m Future Fund seeks innovations in blockchain, esports, AR and more

V2Games' Sam Chandola discusses what his company is looking for when investing in start-ups

Feb. 1, 2018 James Batchelor

News

VR/AR startups drew record investment in 2017 - Report

Digi-Capital says $3 billion haul led by Magic Leap, Improbable, Unity, Niantic; VR investment cooling as mobile AR ramps up

Jan. 5, 2018 Brendan Sinclair

News

Magic Leap One: Creator Edition shipping in 2018

Augmented reality company unveils long-awaited first product, a self-contained wearable platform

Dec. 20, 2017 Brendan Sinclair

News

Ubisoft looking for mobile AR, blockchain start-ups

Publisher puts out the call for entrepreneurs with ideas for new tech to work six-month stints at Station F incubator in Paris

Nov. 30, 2017 Brendan Sinclair

Feature

East meets West: Yosuke Matsuda on growing Square Enix's global empire

The CEO tells GamesIndustry.biz how a blend of Western and Japanese games, plus both AR and VR, will bolster the firm's future

Nov. 27, 2017 James Batchelor

News

Niantic has reportedly raised $200 million

CEO John Hanke has said that series B round will allow long-term bets on the AR market

Nov. 27, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

News

Apple reportedly buys AR startup Vrvana for $30 million

Multiple sources confirm the acquisition of the creator of the Totem mixed reality headset

Nov. 22, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

Feature

Wargaming's symbiotic relationship with education and marketing

Director of special projects Tracy Spaight explores the applications for AR and VR outside of gaming

Nov. 21, 2017 Ivy Taylor

News

Apple readying AR headset for 2020 - Report

iPhone maker working on custom chip and rOS for new headset, using HTC Vive to test projects

Nov. 8, 2017 Brendan Sinclair

Stub

Google launches 3D asset library for VR/AR developers

New library Poly offers thousands of free models built with Tilt Brush and Blocks

Nov. 2, 2017 Press Release

News

New video capture studio Dimension opens doors in London

Facility capable of creating content for virtual and mixed reality, as well as games and film

Oct. 25, 2017 James Batchelor

Stub

Unreal Engine adds ARKit and ARCore support

Version 4.18 of Epic's toolset enables developers to build augmented reality games for both iOS and Android

Oct. 25, 2017 James Batchelor