Kaleidoco, an augmented reality and Web3 company, has raised a new round of $7.1 million in funding from the blockchain gaming community. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Mark Zuckerberg shows vision for user-created metaverse with Crayta tools
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that user-generated content tools will help bridge 2D gaming experiences on Facebook to the metaverse. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Sony unveils a number of PSVR 2 titles coming soon
Sony unveiled PSVR 2 titles at its State of Play event today. They include The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners — Chapter 2: Retribution. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Tripp raises $11.2M to build the mindful metaverse
Tripp has raised $11.2 million in funding to help it continue to create meditation apps that power the „mindful metaverse.“ AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Unity CEO John Riccitiello: The metaverse will have millions of destinations
Unity CEO John Riccitiello said there will be millions of destinations in the metaverse over time, much like there are millions of websites. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Augmented World Expo announces $100K XR Prize Challenge to fight climate change
Ari Inbar, cofounder of the Augmented World Expo , announced that his firm will stage an XR Prize Challenge to fight for climate change. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Helpshift launches free plan for metaverse customer support
Helpshift, a maker of customer support services, has launched its first free plan for metaverse customer support. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
MeetinVR unveils 2.0 update for virtual collaboration software
MeetinVR announced today that it is launching the next generation of its metaverse collaboration solution for businesses and education. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Varjo launches Reality Cloud platform so you can virtually visit a real place via ‘teleportation’
jo has launched its Varjo Reality Cloud platform, which enables someone to visit a place in virtual reality from a remote location. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Meta’s Reality Labs loses $2.96B on $695M in revenues in Q1 VR results
Meta’s first-quarter results showed us VR losses are widening even as its VR hardware and software sales grow. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi