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Read More »Starbreeze acquires AR/VR toys-to-life company ePawn
The latest purchase of Swedish games firm Starbreeze is France’s ePawn, a company focused on virtual reality, augmented reality and toys-to-life. Starbreeze announced it has paid out €4.5m (3.8m) in total; €4m (3.3m) in shares, and another €1.5m (1.3m) in cash. For that figure, Starbreeze is also getting seven registered …
Read More »Newly-formed VR Venture Capital Alliance to invest $10bn in VR/AR devs
Collaboration between 30 major players in space, including HTC and Unity, will accept pitches six times a year
Read More »Unity opens call for Unite LA speakers
Experts in 2D, 3D, VR and AR invited to share their advice at engine’s flagship show
Read More »One third of Valve is now developing VR and AR projects
More than 100 staff at PC giant Valve are working on augmented and virtual reality. That’s according to a Reddit AMA (ask me anything) – as reported by Kotaku – with Valve employee Alan Yates, who said that one third of the company is dedicated to its AR and VR …
Read More »A third of Valve’s staff are working on VR – and it’s looking for more
‘I can't imagine working on something of more significance right now,’ says firm’s Alan Yates on importance of headsets such as the Vive
Read More »A force awakens: Magic Leap and Lucasfilm launch collaborative mixed reality lab
‘Semi-secret’ research outlet will work on experiences themed around Star Wars for tech firm’s AR tech
Read More »New ZapWorks tools available to AR and VR developers
Specialises in creating short-form content, based on tech used by Rovio and Warner Bros
Read More »Facebook acquires VR audio firm Two Big Ears, releases Spatial Workstation for free
Suite of tools for authoring 3D and 360-degree sound rebranded as Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation
Read More »Katamari Damacy working on Google’s Project Tango AR game
Keita Takahashi, the developer behind cult PlayStation title Katamari Damacy, is working on an augmented reality title. Takahashi is working alongside the rest of his team at studio Funomena on a new game built around Google’s augmented reality technology Project Tango. It’s called Woorld (with two ‘o’s) and is said …
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