Facebook Likely to Become ‘Metaverse Company’ in Next 5 Years
The immediate reason for Facebook to make such big investments in AR and VR technologies is to help the company control its own hardware platform.
Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality News
The latest news stories about Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) – expert coverage, tech insights and popular topics related to the sphere 
Discord Acquires Ubiquity6, Takes Over Backyard and Other Apps
After raising approximately $38 million from investors, augmented reality (AR) startup Ubiquity6 has been acquired by gaming chat app Discord.
What Was Announced at Apple WWDC 2021
Apple has introduced a slew of pathbreaking features across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS. Besides, it has presented enhanced privacy options, new Apple Maps 3D Data, and the iCloud+ feature for power users.
Apple WWDC 2021 Keynote Today: Here Is What to Expect
As the MacBook Pro is more likely to be announced, users can expect to land a gadget with the new Apple-designed processors that would “greatly outpace the performance and capabilities of the current M1 chips”.
Explore Art from Your Home: NFT STARS Launches First AR-driven NFT Exhibition
By Andy Watson
NFT STARS has partnered with many outstanding digital art creators whose works are worthy of both attention and money. The value of their tokens is very likely to rise over time.
MSFT Stock Up 1.7% as Microsoft Wins $21.9B Contract with US Army to Deliver AR Headsets
According to the US Army announcement, Microsoft will deliver over 120,000 devices based on its HoloLens augmented reality headsets.
Mars House Creator: We All Will Be ‘Living in Augmented Reality Lifestyle’ Soon
The Mars House creator believes NFTs will play a more central role in aiding the development of augmented and virtual realities.
SNAP Stock Down 0.67%, Snap Acquires Ariel AI to Improve AR Features
Experts believe that Snap acquired Ariel because the AI company is “focused on on-drive 3D mesh building in a snappy and battery efficient way with a use case in AR.”
Microsoft to Shut Down Minecraft Earth amid Coronavirus Pandemic
The team noted that anyone who has ever made any purchase in Minecraft Earth would get a free copy of the Minecraft Bedrock version.
David Guetta Partners with Social VR Platform Sensorium Galaxy
By Daria Rud
According to Sensorium Galaxy, all Guetta’s performances will be hosted at the PRISM world. This a hub for music events developed in partnership with Yann Pissenem, CEO and Founder of The Night League as well as creator of the world-leading nightclubs Hï Ibiza and Ushuaïa Ibiza.
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Virtual Reality News
One of the new intriguing trends in the gaming industry is the VR (Virtual Reality) technology. VR allows users and gamers to experience an extraordinary graphical 3-D (three dimensional) recreation of their surroundings. VR’s success has motivated several tech companies to venture into the gaming industry as top companies dabble into the technology.
In 2016, gaming fans across the globe were thrilled by the introduction of Virtual Reality Headsets, this led to much better user experience and significantly revolutionized the gaming industry.
A better user interface in VR games sparked the interest of users as the demand for the technology increased in a few months.
Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality is a shared simulation of the real-world experience of an environment, AR brings real life experience to the users in such a way that they cannot distinguish between real life experience and virtually augmented experience.
Its diligently connected term, Augmented Reality, gained a lot of hype at its introduction as many tech enthusiasts reeled in amazement of its limitless potential. AR currently has more use cases than VR and is steadily describing the next stage of how people might interact with each other in the near future.
Since its inception, Augment Reality has been majorly adopted and used in the advertisement and entertainment space. One of the products that signified the innovation was Google’s AR Glasses which was released to help autistic children get more comfortable in social gatherings.
Although AR is still in its early years, there is no doubt in its broad potential to give rise to better ingenious innovations in the future.
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