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A Portal Between Digital and Physical Worlds? It’s Close to Reality

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Development of mirror worlds is accelerating during COVID-19 as Hollywood increases its virtual production, says Magnopus co-founder and CEO Ben...

The 5 Biggest Virtual And Augmented Reality Trends In 2020 Everyone...

Forbes reports: "2019 was a growth year for virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR)– known collectively as extended reality (XR). The presence of these breakthrough...

Facebook Announces Horizon, a VR Massive-Multiplayer World

TechCrunch reports: "Facebook today announced it’s building its own Ready Player One Oasis. Facebook Horizon is a virtual reality sandbox universe where you can...

Samsung, Google, And Qualcomm Team Up To Build A New Mixed-Reality...

CNET reports: "Samsung is the latest tech giant leaning into virtual and augmented reality. The smartphone maker says it'll work with Google and Qualcomm...

Snapchat Launches First ‘Local Lens’ Collaborative AR Experience in London

Social Media Today reports: "After announcing its coming 'Local Lenses' at its Partner Summit back in June, Snapchat's first activation of this type is...

Dark Slope thinking bigger with warehouse-scale VR

gamesindustry.biz reports: "Virtual reality is something of a niche market at the moment. Location-based VR is something of a niche within that niche, but...

Pinewood Atlanta Studios Introduces Virtual Production Capabilities

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Pinewood Atlanta Studios is introducing an LED-equipped stage for virtual production, in partnership with MBSi, the innovation arm of MBS...

This Week In XR: Walmart Goes Tik Tok As Apple, Facebook...

Forbes reports on the latest with Facebook's Horizon, Unity's IPO, Fortnite, Apple, and more. Read more

Meaningful Meet ups: Is VR The Future Of Social Connection?

Forbes reports: "With an estimated 3.5 billion users globally, social media has revolutionized how we connect with each other. Through the likes of Snapchat, Facebook,...

Ultrahaptics acquires AR/VR pioneer Leap Motion for only $30 million

VentureBeat reports: "Leap Motion publicly established itself as a pioneer in VR hand-tracking controls and DIY augmented reality gear, but reportedly didn’t generate much revenue —...