Hololight raises $12M for XR streaming software
Hololight, a software maker focused on AR and VR enterprise solutions, has raised $12 million in funding to expedite the development of its XR...
Microsoft starts shipping Hololens 2 for $3,500
Microsoft unveiled Hololens 2, its second-generation augmented reality headset, earlier this year at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Seattle company’s been taking preorders...
AR/VR’s $80 billion-plus market could split before it consolidates
Some in the AR/VR industry see it converging into a singularity of spatial computing in one magical device, but mobile AR, smartglasses and VR...
Epic Games shows moon landing in HoloLens 2 (updated)
Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 is an augmented reality headset that is targeted at enterprises that can use huge data sets. So Epic Games used its...
Why Epic Games called an open platform truce with Microsoft
A couple of years ago, Microsoft and Epic Games executives were mad at each other. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney called out Microsoft because...
Microsoft: Consumer AR’s path is ‘measured in years’
Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 reveal event last week made one thing clear: This is a device for the enterprise. If the multiple demos from business partners...
Tim Sweeney’s 2 minutes onstage at HoloLens 2 event says a lot about AR openness
One of the bigger surprises at Microsoft’s introduction of HoloLens 2 was the short appearance by Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, a veteran critic...
Microsoft unveils the $3,500 HoloLens 2 AR headset built for comfort and immersion
Microsoft has officially unveiled the second incarnation of its HoloLens mixed reality headset. Presenting to a packed auditorium at MWC 2019 in Barcelona, Microsoft...
Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 will reportedly use Qualcomm XR1 and cost less
Microsoft will reportedly use Qualcomm's affordable new Snapdragon XR1 platform for HoloLens 2, a decision that could radically improve the headset's price and appeal to mainstream users.