2019
Scope AR secures USD $9.7 million in Series A funding
March 22, 2019 – Scope AR has announced that it has secured a USD $9.7 million round of Series A funding. The round was led by Romulus Capital, with follow-on … continue reading
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2019
Mechdyne announces Virtual Reality CAVE using Direct View LED
March 22, 2019 – Mechdyne’s Innovation Team has announced the offering of immersive virtual reality (VR) CAVE systems built with Direct View LED display technology. The new product brings the … continue reading
2019
Pimax announces release of ‘Brainwarp’ technology at NVIDIA GTC 2019
March 21, 2019 – Pimax has announced at the NVIDIA 2019 GPU Technology Conference (GTC) this week that it is officially making available its new Brainwarp version 1.0. Brainwarp 1.0 … continue reading
2019
Pimax announces three new ‘ruggedized’ VR headset models at GTC 2019
March 21, 2019 – Pimax has announced a business-focused ‘ruggedized’ version of its latest 8K Series of virtual reality headsets and brought samples of the new edition to GTC 2019 … continue reading
2019
Arvizio launches Revit model optimization tools for its MR Studio platform
March 19, 2019 – Arvizio has announced the availability of Revit 3D model optimization tools for its MR Studio mixed reality software platform. Revit and other large-scale structural models are … continue reading
2019
MajorMega chooses VIVE Pro for its Hyperdeck VR simulation
March 14, 2019 – In a blog post published by HTC VIVE yesterday, it was announced that the four player virtual reality Simulator, Hyperdeck, has chosen the VIVE Pro as … continue reading
2019
Augmented Reality headset company Firefly Dimension among Automate’s 2019 Launch Pad Startup Competition finalists
March 13, 2019 – Automate Show has today announced seven finalists in the Automate Launch Pad Startup Competition. Co-produced with MassRobotics, the competition gives innovative young companies in robotics, machine … continue reading
2019
VIVE X company, Mindesk, secures $900k for its VR CAD collaboration platform
March 12, 2019 – Following the graduation from VIVE X, HTC VIVE’s global VR/AR accelerator, Mindesk has moved its HQ to San Francisco and will continue to develop VR software … continue reading
2019
University of Alberta research study utilising HoloLens for ‘X-ray vision’
March 11, 2019 – A recently published University of Alberta study is looking at utilising Microsoft HoloLens technology to reunite patients with their X-ray images. Greg Kawchuk, a professor in … continue reading
2019
Imagination Park partners with SUNY Orange to implement AR campaign across campus
March 8, 2019 – Imagination Park Technologies Inc. has announced that Orange County Community College (SUNY Orange), will implement a student recruitment augmented reality campaign. Imagination Park will enable SUNY … continue reading
2019
WorldViz Partners with University of British Columbia on VR balance research
March 6, 2019 – WorldViz has today announced a new partnership with the The Origins of Balance Deficits and Falls (OBDAF) Research Cluster of University of British Columbia (UBC) in … continue reading
2019
Colliers International partners with The Layer Group for its property tech platform centered around AR
In Augmented Reality News March 6, 2019 – Global commercial real estate services firm Colliers International Group Inc. has announced the launch of ‘Neighborhood Curated by Colliers’, a platform that … continue reading
2019
HTC VIVE Partners with the American Museum of Natural History on new interactive VR T. rex exhibit
March 5, 2019 – VIVE Arts has today announced it is collaborating with the American Museum of Natural History on their new ‘T. rex: The Ultimate Predator’ exhibit. The exhibition, … continue reading
2019
WanderbUS to bring VR tours of German landmarks to US
March 5, 2019 – The German Federal Foreign Office (FFO), the Goethe-Institut, and the Federation of German Industry (BDI), announce the launch of WanderbUS, an immersive traveling exhibit bringing German … continue reading
2019
VR among future growth drivers of global semiconductor industry according to SIA
March 4, 2019 – The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), which works to represent the US semiconductor industry, today announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors had fallen year-on-year by 5.7 percent … continue reading