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Facebook poaches Google’s AR/VR engineering lead to take over Portal team
Facebook is bringing on the engineering lead for Google’s entire AR/VR team to tackle Portal hardware. Ryan Cairns comes aboard…
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China’s Nreal raises $15M to shrink augmented headsets to size of sunglasses
A former Magic Leap engineer believes the problem with most consumer-facing augmented headsets on the market is their bulky size.…
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After $130M+ in funding, AR startup Blippar collapses
While proponents swore 2018 would be the year AR moved mainstream, by year’s end it seems the biggest trend has…
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The rise and fall of augmented reality ‘unicorn’ Blippar
The story of once-hyped augmented reality (AR) startup Blippar has come to an end. The London-based company announced yesterday that…
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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 AR/VR research division. The…
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Niantic reportedly raising $200M at $3.9B valuation
Pokémon GO creator Niantic is raising a $200 million Series C at a valuation of $3.9 billion, according to a…
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China’s JD.com teams up with Intel to develop ‘smart’ retail experiences
Months after it landed a major $550 million investment from Google, China’s JD.com — the country’s second highest-profile investor behind…
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Magic Leap loses two women from top executive positions
Magic Leap’s executive team is pretty heavy on the dudes these days. The augmented reality startup’s two female C-suite executives,…
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