Facebook reveals holographic optics for thin and light VR headsets
Today’s virtual reality headsets are universally big — closer to goggles than glasses, and even then, larger and heavier than modern ski goggles. While...
Beat Saber AR concept envisions little lightsaber fingers
We’ve seen a lot of funny and intriguing concepts for projects from Daniel Beauchamp, aka @pushmatrix on Twitter, but his latest reimagines for AR...
Immersal maps Helsinki in city-scale AR using crowdsourcing mobile app
Last year, U.K.-based Scape showed off a city-scale AR mapping solution that promised to let mobile devices tap into 3D maps and persistent, cloud-stored digital...
Digi-Capital: Over $4.1 billion invested in AR and VR in 2019
Digi-Capital’s AR/VR Analytics Platform tracked $4.1 billion in AR/VR investment in 2019, the third-highest virtual reality investment and augmented reality investment year on record...
Nreal Light AR glasses add Clay AIR hand tracking, hint at 5G gaming
As Nreal moves closer to the consumer launch of its Light AR glasses, it’s continuing to bolster the wearable’s software capabilities with features that...
HTC teases Vive Proton ‘display headset’ concept for 5G smartphones
Now that its Vive and Vive Cosmos families have been firmly established as PC-tethered virtual reality headsets, HTC is tentatively looking toward a future...
HTC debuts Vive Cosmos Elite, Play, and XR models, plus new faceplates
Despite its unique modular design, HTC’s $699 Vive Cosmos VR headset had a rocky rollout last year, in equal parts because of its premium...
Microsoft: VR is big on Windows, but Xbox would need ‘a bunch of work’
Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality initiative may have brought multiple VR headsets and a substantial quantity of VR software to the PC platform, but the...
Apple’s AR glasses deserve an Apple Watch-style ‘early access’ launch
When Apple revealed this week that its wearables segment “is now the size of a Fortune 150 company,” making over $20 billion in 2019 and...
Nintendo is exploring ways to use AR
We might see new Nintendo AR experiences in the near future, perhaps either on the company’s Switch handheld (maybe something like its VR Labo...