Ryff raises $11.7M for its real-time brand integration

Ryff has raised $11.7 million for its business of inserting brand advertisements into commercials, live broadcasts, and streams in real time. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi

Frequent run-ins with Indian government complicates tech giants’ plans

(Reuters) — Another spat between India’s government and U.S. big tech has exacerbated disillusion among firms which have spent billions to build hubs in their largest growth market, to the extent some are rethinking expansion plans, people close to the matter said. The government on Saturday said Twitter had not indicated compliance with new rules […]

AR/VR – VentureBeat & Reuters

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Mergers and acquisitions: Behind game industry deals during a pandemic

Games saw more than 1,500 deals worth $43 billion during 2020, making it the industry darling. What’s in store in 2021? AR/VR – VentureBeat & Amanda Farough

Snap drops 11% as user growth disappoints in Q2 2020

Snap said a bump in user growth at the start of coronavirus-led lockdowns petered out sooner than expected, and it forecast fewer current-quarter users. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Reuters

Digi-Capital: Over $4.1 billion invested in AR and VR in 2019

GUEST: Digi-Capital’s AR/VR Analytics Platform tracked $4.1 billion in AR/VR investment in 2019, the third-highest virtual reality investment and augmented reality investment year on record after 2017 and 2018. However, investment dropped significantly in Q4 2019 compared to the previous quarter in terms of both deal volume (i.e., the number of deals) and deal value (i.e., […]

AR/VR – VentureBeat & Tim Merel