Augmented Reality
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Games will need a radical rethink to work in AR | This Week in Business
Having games that interact with real-world environments is a significant technical hurdle, but perhaps a bigger design challenge
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Apple's AR headset suffers from a lack of vision | Opinion
The Vision Pro can improve on the tech and design of HoloLens and Magic Leap all it wants, but it still shares the same fuzzy idea about what it's actually for
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Niantic and Capcom launching Monster Hunter Now in September
"I strongly believe we have a hit on our hands," Niantic's Kei Kawai tells GamesIndustry.biz
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Niantic acquires former Magic Leap developers NZXR
New Zealand studio will help design multiplayer AR experiences for Pokémon Go firm
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"The next frontier for AR": Why Niantic is sharing its tech with Lightship
The Pokémon Go developer on how to finally move augmented reality beyond a novelty in mobile gaming
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How to place virtual objects in the real world convincingly
The team behind Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs shares its secrets for making augmented reality feel more like reality
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Niantic raises $300m at a $9bn valuation for "real-world metaverse"
Pokémon Go developer aims at creating "ever-evolving AR map of the world"
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Niantic begins licensing its AR tech
Pokémon Go company launches Lightship AR dev kit as Niantic Ventures established to invest $20m in AR metaverse companies
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Oculus' John Carmack skeptical about efforts to build the metaverse
Veteran developer calls it "a honeypot trap for architecture astronauts" during Facebook Connect keynote address
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Magic Leap raises $500m, unveils Magic Leap 2
Company valued at $2 billion, second generation of AR headset expected in 2022
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Niantic acquires 3D mobile scanning app Scaniverse
Acquisition will further enable Niantic developers and users to create a 3D map of the world using smartphones
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Microsoft's HoloLens military contract now worth up to $22bn
Company enters production phase on augmented reality headsets for US soldiers
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The AR hype is building - but success may be years away | Opinion
Rumours of AR product launches from Apple, Niantic and Snap are fuelling belief that a tech revolution is on the way, but enormous problems remain to be solved
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What has Square Enix Montreal been doing for the last five years?
As it teases a new Hitman Sniper game and a Space Invaders AR project, head of studio Patrick Naud talks about shifting the studio to free-to-play, what's changed, and what's the same
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Unity acquires 3D content creator RestAR
Tel Aviv company's tech allows users to render 3D models of physical objects by scanning with a mobile device
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SuperData revises yearly and long-term XR predictions for the third time this year
Firm expects the Oculus Quest 2 to sell at least 3 million units in 2021
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Overcoming AR's limitations with Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
Velan Studios president Guha Bala on reinventing Nintendo's best-selling racing franchise for augmented reality
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Niantic teams with telecoms for 5G AR showpieces
Pokémon Go developer's "Planet-Scale AR Alliance" to create experiences with persistent AR content, other advances
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Facebook renames its AR/VR studio collective to Facebook Reality Labs
Update: Oculus Studios will retain its name, and Oculus branding remains
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Moss dev Polyarc secures $9m investment to branch into augmented reality
Series B funding round led by Hiro Capital
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SuperData raises XR forecast for 2020 to $6.9 billion
But it's lowering its long-term projections for the second time this year
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Magic Leap's lawsuit against competitor Nreal thrown out of court
"From the beginning we've firmly stated that Magic Leap's claims against Nreal are meritless," says Nreal founder
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Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz to step down
Abovitz will continue as CEO until a replacement is found, and remain on the board after the transition
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