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AR Business, Investments & Executive Moves

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Jun 26, 2019

When I first found out about Nreal, back in the spring of 2018, the most interesting thing about the company's story was the founder's background. Chi Xu, the CEO and founder of Nreal, previously work ...

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Jun 18, 2019

In a legal brief entered on Monday, Florida-based startup Magic Leap has filed suit against the founder of Nreal, a former employee of Magic Leap, claiming that the company's Nreal Light smartglasses ...

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May 30, 2019

The long and somewhat tumultuous journey of Leap Motion has come to an end, thanks to another startup.While most of the augmented reality industry was knee-deep in technical discussions about the futu ...

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May 28, 2019

Almost half a year after we broke the story about the demise of Meta Company, there's good news for fans of the augmented reality startup — a rebirth is at hand.As we reported months ago, a new owner, ...

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May 21, 2019

Despite the recent gut punch of staff layoffs, Canada-based smartglasses startup North and its Focals are likely to be in the game for a while longer.On Sunday, a Canadian newspaper published a report ...

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May 16, 2019

Just months after we previewed the augmented reality, volumetric video conferencing powers of Mimesys, the company has undergone a major change — it's now a part of Magic Leap.On Thursday, Magic Leap ...

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May 15, 2019

Smartglasses are the future of augmented reality, and Samsung is betting on waveguide maker DigiLens to emerge as a leader in the growing AR wearable industry.On Tuesday, the company closed a $50 mill ...

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Apr 26, 2019

Magic Leap's business strategy for bringing augmented reality to the mainstream has become even clearer via its latest funding round.On Friday, the company announced that it has secured $280 million i ...

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Apr 18, 2019

What does mainstream augmented reality look like? I'm not talking about the stuff you see in concept videos and science fiction films. No. What does it really look like?If you ask anyone working withi ...

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Apr 17, 2019

The last time we heard from Meta, the makers of the Meta 2 augmented reality headset, things looked pretty bleak. Now, as several new facts have come to light, we have confirmation regarding the belea ...