Niantic sets up $10 million third-party developer fund and names first dev contest winner
Niantic has scored hundreds of millions of players and billions of dollars in revenue from games like Pokémon Go. And now it is using...
An Apple-Valve AR headset deal makes sense given iOS 13’s StarBoard
Apple rumors are perennially popular for two major reasons: First, the company’s actual announcements are so few and far between that only “what’s next?” speculation...
Illumix goes free-to-play with Five Nights at Freddy’s AR: Special Delivery
Illumix said that Five Nights at Freddy’s AR: Special Delivery, the next installment in the popular horror series, will be the first free-to-play game...
Tilt Five picks up CastAR’s augmented reality technology and starts new Kickstarter
Tilt Five is picking up where CastAR, the augmented reality startup that shutdown in 2017, left off. And now Tilt Five, run by CastAR...
Money is on 5G and mobile as the future of the gaming industry (VB Live)
Presented by TreasureData The gaming industry is at a turning point. Learn how advances in mobile gaming, the integration of AR in real-world environments,...
Facebook will bring AR ads to the News Feed fall 2019
Would you interact with a digital ad featuring polls, games, augmented reality (AR), or some Frankensteinian combination of the three? Facebook seems to think...
Facebook’s Portal TV lets you watch shows during video calls
The Portal team at Facebook is today introducing its latest generation of devices for WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger video calls, augmented reality experiences, and...
Niantic unveils Hexathlon global event for Ingress AR game
Niantic has revealed the details of a real-world global gameplay experience for its pioneering augmented reality game, Ingress, with NIA Field Tests. The NIA...
WaveOptics closes $39 million investment to scale AR display technology
WaveOptics, a company that develops core optical components for augmented reality (AR) displays, has closed its “oversubscribed” series C round of funding at $39...
Facebook wants Portal to be the king of video calls, but there’s still work to do
In its race to catch up with Google Assistant and Alexa, Facebook is attempting to make its in-call experiences a major distinction. Doing things...