VR Treadmill Company Virtuix Raised Another $3M in Crowd Investments, Now at $200M Valuation

VR treadmill company Virtuix launched a crowd-based investment campaign late last year to further scale Omni One, its consumer-focused VR locomotion device. Now, the campaign’s second phase (Series B-2) has…

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Snap Inc. & Niantic’s New Partnership Could be a Big Moment for City-scale AR Positioning and Experiences

Snap Inc., the company behind the Snapchat social app and Spectacles AR glasses, has teamed up with Niantic Spatial to bring accurate geospatial capabilities to the Snapchat and Spectacles platforms.…

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Meta Reveals Oakley Smart Glasses, Promising Better Video Capture & Longer Battery Life at $400

Meta today revealed its next smart glasses built in collaboration with EssilorLuxottica— Oakley Meta Glasses. As a part of the extended collaboration, Meta and EssilorLuxottica today unveiled Oakley Meta HSTN (pronounced…

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VRMMO ‘Eldramoor: Haven in the Mist’ to Launch Kickstarter Next Week

Eldramoor: Haven in the Mist is slated to launch a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign next week, aiming to revive the fun of recently shuttered VR MMO Orbus VR. Coming June 24th, the Eldramoor Kickstarter is hoping…

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Japan’s TDK Acquires Smart Glasses Maker SoftEye to Advance Wearable AI Tech

TDK, the Japan-based electronic component and software company, announced it’s acquired SoftEye, the US-based smart glasses hardware and software maker. TDK calls the acquisition of SoftEye a “key milestone in…

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Europe must bet bigger on young founders, tech leaders urge at TNW Conference

Europe must take bigger bets on young founders to build tomorrow’s tech giants, industry leaders urged today. Speaking at TNW Conference, investors and CEOs called for stronger support for entrepreneurial…

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What We Know So Far About Anduril’s ‘Eagle Eye’ Military XR Headset and Founder’s Reunion With Meta

Palmer Luckey’s military tech company Anduril recently announced a partnership with Meta to build “the world’s best AR and VR systems for the US military.” In two recent public conversations, Luckey…

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