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.
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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.
Facebook Unveils More Compact, Standalone and Enhanced Oculus Quest 2 Virtual Reality Headset
The Oculus Quest 2 features a more ergonomic design over its predecessor with all the standalone features. Facebook has seen good demand for its VR headsets during the pandemic period and has ramped up production for its latest offering.
Alphabet (GOOGL) Stock Jumps 1.49% as Google Acquires North to Live Up Its AR Ambitions
By Daria Rud
With North, Google hopes to make a more prominent contribution to an AR space. Following the news, Google parent Alphabet’s stock closed with a 1.49% rise.
Facebook (FB) Stock Down 0.58% in Pre-market as Company Cancels Oculus Go VR Headset
Facebook (FB) stock price rose slightly yesterday but was down in the pre-market today. But further growth is expected.
Apple’s WWDC 2020: AR App, iOS 14, Launch of MacOS Big Sur and Other Developments
By Daria Rud
There is a lot in new developments for the tech giant to be proud of. Let us take a look at the key announcements that Apple made during the WWDC 2020.
Bitcoin ATM ‘Vandalization’ Calls for Increased Crypto Education via Entertaining Tech like VR and AI
By Andrey Sergeenkov
Blockchain and crypto will soon become common across traditional and modern industries. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Virtual Reality (VR) can become a good way to make the process of their adoption easier.
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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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