VR Headset Sales for 2019 Are Already Impressive By Nathaniel Mott IDC said that shipments of VR and AR headsets rose 27.2% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2019.
Hot Wheels Will Never Be the Same, Thanks to NFC By Scharon Harding Each Hot Wheels id car is equipped with an NFC tag. It tracks car data like miles driven and sends it to a companion app, where kids can also play games.
Nreal Light MR Headset Ships This Year for $499 By Nathaniel Mott Nreal announced that it's releasing the Nreal Light Consumer Kit "later this year" and rolling out the Nreal Light Developer Kit starting in September 2019.
Minecraft Earth Brings the Game to Mobile AR By Nathaniel Mott Microsoft and Mojang celebrated Minecraft’s 10th anniversary with Minecraft Earth, a mobile AR game that lets players build on top of real-world surroundings.
Microsoft Teases Minecraft AR Game at Build 2019 By Andrew E. Freedman Microsoft teased an AR Minecraft game at the end of its Build 2019 keynote.
GJS Geio Battle Robot Review: AR for a Sticky Price By Scharon Harding The Geio robot has its own companion app boasting many games, including ones with object recognition for power-ups and a camera for first-person shooter views.
Streamlabs and Twitch Launch AR Face Masks Extension for Streamers By Nathaniel Mott Streamlabs and Twitch partnered up to make augmented reality Face Masks easier for streamers to implement and viewers to activate.
Apple Could Start Mass Production of its AR Glasses by 2020 - Report By Nathaniel Mott Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said Apple plans to start mass production on its augmented reality glasses between the last quarter of 2019 and the second quarter of 2020.
Apple AR Navigation Could Come to iPhones, Smart Glasses By Nathaniel Mott The USPTO has granted Apple a patent related to a "method for representing points of interest in a view of a real environment on a mobile device."
Microsoft Responds to HoloLens Military Training Concerns (Update) By Nathaniel Mott Microsoft employees demanded the cancellation of a U.S. Army contract through which the HoloLens augmented reality headset would be used to train soldiers.
Qualcomm, LG Uplus Partner With Nreal Light to Bring 5G to Mixed Reality By Scharon Harding MR sunglasses nreal light announced compatibility with LG's new 5G smartphone and 5G devices running the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 platform.
Microsoft Announces $3,500 HoloLens 2 By Kevin Carbotte Microsoft today revealed the HoloLens 2 for $3,500.
New App Lets You Watch, Taunt AR-Clad Friends You Race in Space By Scharon Harding Hyperspeed, a free mobile gaming app for iOS and Android launched today. The game lets you wear an AR mask and speak to and hear opponents as you race spaceships on a cosmic racetrack.
Microsoft Patents Hint at Wider FOV, Other Improvements to HoloLens 2 By Nathaniel Mott Two new Microsoft patents describe various improvements to augmented reality headsets that bear more than a passing resemblance to the HoloLens.
Lego Unites AR, Physical Play and Ghost Hunting With New Hidden Side Line By Scharon Harding Today, Lego announced Hidden Side, a line of playsets coming this summer about a haunted school children must exorcise using both AR and their actual hands.
Google Maps With AR Rolls Out to Some Testers By Nathaniel Mott Google is rolling out the augmented reality feature in Google Maps that it teased in May 2018--but only to the service's most devoted "Local Guides."
Apple Met With AR Companies at CES 2019 (Report) By Nathaniel Mott Apple employees reportedly met with several waveguide tech-makers at CES 2019.
Lego AR Playgrounds Hands-On: Great AR, Mediocre Gameplay By Avram Piltch Lego's AR-powered Ninjago game offers impressive special effects, but it gets frustrating after a few minutes.
Battle Robot GEIO Is Ruthless Against AR Foes By Scharon Harding Robots, virtual violence and augmented reality (AR)—we’re having all the fun these days. GEIO, a battle robot from China's GJS Robot, is getting souped up with AR.
