XR Industry News – Seite 29 – spatialcomputing.info

‘Pokémon Go’ Maker Niantic Sells Off Gaming Division, Doubling Down on Geospatial AI & AR Tech

Niantic, the company behind hit mobile game Pokémon Go (2016), announced the sale of its gaming division to Scopely for $3.85 billion, confirming a previous Bloomberg report. Furthermore, the company now says it’s focusing on advancing its AI-powered geospatial technology and AR tech. As a part of the deal, the Saudi Arabia-owned mobile game developer Scopely is taking […]

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12. März 2025

AWE Expands Focus to Welcome XR Game Developers & Publishers to Major Industry Event

AWE USA 2025 has announced a new Gaming Hub program that expands the event’s focus and programming to include XR game development and publishing. As far as industry events go, AWE USA has become our must-attend XR event of the year. This year it’s being held June 10–12 in Long Beach, CA. FYI, the last chance […]

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11. März 2025

VR Games Showcase Starts at 12PM ET with 30+ Mins of VR Game Trailers & Updates on Quest, PSVR 2, & PC VR

The next show from friends at VR Games Showcase is here, with more than 30 minutes of trailers and info on upcoming VR games and updates for Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR. Catch the action right here at 12PM ET. Watch the full VR Games Showcase stream below, starting at 12PM ET (your timezone […]

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Pimax Shares Development Updates on Dream Air and Crystal Super Headsets

Pimax has two PC VR headsets in development: the ultralight Dream Air and the wide field-of-view Crystal Super. The company recently offered an update on the development progress of both headsets, including an update on the shipping timeline of Crystal Super. Pimax Dream Air Update Pimax Dream Air is the company’s first effort to build […]

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6. März 2025

Early Versions of Meta’s Orion AR Glasses Envisioned a Neck-worn Compute Unit

Meta revealed its Orion prototype last year to show the progress it has made toward compact AR glasses. Today the company talked more about the prototyping process, especially regarding the ‘compute puck’ that offloads much of the heavy processing into a device that goes in the user’s pocket. One of the major reasons that today’s […]

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4. März 2025

Online Dating Company Announces $20M Annual Fund to Accelerate “virtual intimacy” Startups

Social Discovery Group, the company behind Dating.com and DateMyAge.com, announced it’s launched a venture studio that aims to “transform virtual intimacy into the new normal” by backing early-stage startups in AI-powered communication, XR advancements, and social discovery platforms. Called SDG Lab, the group has pledged an annual investment of $20 million by providing a “straightforward” […]

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3. März 2025

Play for Dream Expects to Adopt Android XR for Standalone OS and Bring New Focus to US Market

China-based Play for Dream, the company building a Vision Pro-like standalone MR headset, says it expects to adopt Android XR as its standalone operating system. The Play for Dream MR headset has been called a “Vision Pro knock-off,” given its close aesthetic similarity to Apple’s headset. But people who have tried it say it’s more […]

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28. Februar 2025

Meta Reveals Next Generation Aria Smart Glasses for Research and Experimentation

Meta today revealed its next-gen smart glasses, Aria Gen 2, which the company intends to release to third-party researchers working on machine perception systems, AI and robotics. The company revealed its first iteration of Project Aria back in 2020, showing off a sensor-rich pair of glasses which the company used internally to train its machine perception […]

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27. Februar 2025

MIT Reality Hack Has Become a Focal Point for US East Coast XR Devs & Entrepreneurs

While the XR industry’s major hubs are concentrated on the West Coast of the US, the MIT Reality Hack hackathon has become a focal point for XR developers and entrepreneurs on the East Coast of the US. Now in its eight year, the event has expanded with new opportunities for industry discussion and networking thanks to […]

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26. Februar 2025

HTC Launches Browser-based 3D & VR Platform ‘VIVERSE Worlds’, Aims to Be ‘YouTube of 3D Content’

HTC today launched VIVERSE Worlds, a 3D content platform that can be embedded on “any website for any device,” positioning it as a lighter, more flexible way of hosting and browsing 3D content across the web. Unlike HTC’s existing Viverse metaverse platform—or Meta’s Horizon Worlds, for that matter—the key differentiator is Viverse Worlds focuses on 3D content distribution. […]

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