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Xbox studios boss says AR VR market too small to pursue News Jun 19th, 2023

Xbox studios boss says AR VR market too small to pursue

Microsoft titles need to sell ten million units to be considered a success

Microsoft lands $21.9bn HoloLens contract with US military News Apr 1st, 2021

Microsoft lands $21.9bn HoloLens contract with US military

Firm will produce over 120,000 headsets for the country's army

SuperData: PC VR game revenue will be up 119% year-on-year News Oct 29th, 2020

SuperData: PC VR game revenue will be up 119% year-on-year

Driven by titles like Half-Life: Alyx

Facebook says Oculus brand isn't going anywhere News Sep 1st, 2020

Facebook says Oculus brand isn't going anywhere

Follows confusing announcement from the social media giant

Oculus has been rebranded as Facebook Reality Labs News Aug 26th, 2020

Oculus has been rebranded as Facebook Reality Labs

"Together, AR and VR will change how we work, interact, and play, with novel use cases we haven’t even begun to imagine"

Moss studio Polyarc lands $9m in funding for AR development News Jul 30th, 2020

Moss studio Polyarc lands $9m in funding for AR development

Hiro Capital leads the company's Series B round

SuperData: XR to generate $6.9bn in 2020 News Jul 28th, 2020

SuperData: XR to generate $6.9bn in 2020

That's $600m more than previously predicted, but well below the $7.7bn it had originally forecast

SuperData cuts XR spending by $1.4bn for 2020 News Apr 28th, 2020

SuperData cuts XR spending by $1.4bn for 2020

Firm reckons $6.3bn will be spent this year

Digi-Capital: $4.1bn was invested in AR and VR in 2019 News Mar 13th, 2020

Digi-Capital: $4.1bn was invested in AR and VR in 2019

Bulk of this was seed funding

AR firm Magic Leap reportedly makes layoffs as it reveals new headset News Dec 11th, 2019

AR firm Magic Leap reportedly makes layoffs as it reveals new headset

Company says that The Information's story is "a bunch of bullshit"

Report: Apple wants to launch an AR and VR headset by 2020 News Nov 13th, 2019

Report: Apple wants to launch an AR and VR headset by 2020

Lightweight augmented reality glasses to launch in 2023

Report: Valve and Apple teaming up on AR device News Nov 5th, 2019

Report: Valve and Apple teaming up on AR device

Follows iPhone maker filing patent for MR headset earlier this year

EA, Zynga and Kabam vet Verdu heading up Facebook AR and VR efforts after Barra steps down Job News May 10th, 2019

EA, Zynga and Kabam vet Verdu heading up Facebook AR and VR efforts after Barra steps down

Former AR and VR content boss Rubin moves to new role

Microsoft reveals HoloLens 2, Epic's Tim Sweeney pledges long-term Unreal Engine support News Feb 25th, 2019

Microsoft reveals HoloLens 2, Epic's Tim Sweeney pledges long-term Unreal Engine support

Tech still aimed at the enterprise crowd with $3,500 price tag

Facebook reportedly looked into buying engine firm Unity News Feb 15th, 2019

Facebook reportedly looked into buying engine firm Unity

Wants to be a key player in the next major computing platform after mobile

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