While proponents swore 2018 would be the year AR moved mainstream, by year’s end it seems…
Author: Lucas Matney
Twitter rolls out ‘sparkle button’ to let users hide the algorithmic feed
Twitter is giving users the ability to easily switch between seeing the latest tweets first and…
Discord announces 90/10 revenue split for self-published titles on upcoming games store
After gaming chat app startup Discord announced in August that they were building out a games…
Facebook restructures Building 8, separating projects into Reality Labs and Portal groups
Facebook is restructuring its experimental hardware efforts and giving its moonshot projects a home within its…
Niantic reportedly raising $200M at $3.9B valuation
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Facebook open sources PyText NLP framework
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IMAX pulls the plug on its dream of VR arcades
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Facebook settles OculusVR lawsuit with ZeniMax
Nearly five years after announcing its acquisition of OculusVR, Facebook is finally ready to put the…
VRgineers looks to set a new gold standard with their $5,800 VR headset
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WaveOptics nabs $26M as it sets its sights on lower-cost AR hardware
At the heart of the lightweight augmented reality glasses that you’ve been promised is a display…