Distance Technologies has raised $2.7 million.
Distance Technologies has raised $2.7 million.
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Distance Technologies raises $2.7M for glasses-free extended reality apps

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Distance Technologies has emerged from stealth as a pioneering developer of glasses-free eXtended Reality (XR) apps designed for the automotive, aerospace, and defense markets.

The aim is to empower users with contextual AI. Already showing a sneak peek of its first commercial product, the Distance Technologies prototype transforms virtually any transparent surface into a window for extended reality. The tech comes from the creators of the Varjo XR headsets.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.