December 5, 2019 No Comments 5g, arkansas, Augmented Reality, cars, ford fiesta, hawaii, mixed reality, Qualcomm, TC, video streaming services, virtual reality, XR
Qualcomm launches the XR2 platform for 5G-connected AR and VR devices At its Snapdragon Boondoggle Summit in sunny Maui, Hawaii, Qualcomm today announced the launch of its XR2 platform, which it describes as the âworldâs first 5G-supported extended reality (XR) platform.â The companyâs older XR1 platform, which already powers a number of […]
November 30, 2019 No Comments africa, Airbnb, alex wilhelm, China, crystal stream capital, economy, Facebook, Finance, financial technology, First Round Capital, goldman, GSR Ventures, Hillhouse Capital, IDG Capital, Lori Systems, money, netease, Nigeria, Omni, online marketplace, Opay, PalmPay, reporter, saber, sequoia china, Spotify, Startup company, Startups, startups weekly, TechCrunch, Thanksgiving, Transsion, Uber, unicorn, VC, Venture Capital, Verizon Media, virtual reality, Weekend Fund, west africa
Startups Weekly: Chinese investors double down on African startups Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the weekâs noteworthy startups and venture capital news. Before I jump into todayâs topic, letâs catch up a bit. Last week, I wrote about Airbnbâs issues. Before that, I noted […]
November 18, 2019 No Comments Gaming, half life, TC, Valve, virtual reality
Valve confirms itâs making a âflagshipâ Half-Life VR game After what feels like years of rumors, itâs official: Valve is making a virtual reality Half-Life game. Official word of the new title comes via Valveâs (brand new, but verified) Twitter account, where the company is promising more details later this week: Tweets […]
November 14, 2019 No Comments artificial general intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Facebook, john carmack, Oculus, Personnel, strong AI, TC, virtual reality
John Carmack steps down at Oculus to pursue AI passion project âbefore I get too oldâ Legendary coder John Carmack is leaving Facebookâs Oculus after 6 years to focus on a personal project â no less than the creation of Artificial General Intelligence, or âStrong AI.â Heâll remain attached to the company […]
November 11, 2019 No Comments Artificial Intelligence, biotech, Cambridge Enterprise, cambridge university, deep tech, Europe, Imperial College London, machine learning, minimum viable product, MIT, Octopus Ventures, oxford university, Queens University, Science, stanford, TC, United Kingdom, Venture Capital, virtual reality
A chat about UK deep tech and spin-out success with Octopus Ventures New research commissioned by UK VC firm Octopus Ventures has put a spotlight on which of the countryâs higher education institutions are doing the most to support spin outs. The report compiles a ranking of universities, foregrounding those with a […]
November 4, 2019 No Comments Automotive, automotive industry, BMW, driver, ford, gadgets, gesture, RAM, Tesla, Touchscreens, virtual reality, volvo
BMWâs magical gesture control finally makes sense as touchscreens take over cars BMW has been equipping its cars with in-air gesture control for several years and I never paid attention to it. It seemed redundant. Why wave your hand in the air when thereâs dials, buttons, and touchscreens to do the same? […]
October 22, 2019 No Comments TC, virtual reality
Sandbox VR raises millions more in celebrity party round How funding rounds are classified these days has much more to do with positioning than any VC definitions, but itâs still true that nothing has quite the pizazz as the âstrategic investmentâ celebrity party round. Sandbox VR, a location-based virtual reality startup that […]
October 18, 2019 No Comments ar/vr, Augmented Reality, Entertainment, Facebook, gadgets, Goldman Sachs, Magic Leap, Microsoft, niantic, Oculus, Venture Capital, virtual reality, Wearables
VR/AR startup valuations reach billion (on paper) Despite early-stage virtual reality market and augmented reality market valuations softening in a transitional period, total global AR/VR startup valuations are now at $45 billion globally â include non-pure play AR/VR startups discussed below, and that amount exceeds $67 billion. More than $8 billion has […]
October 10, 2019 No Comments Articles, Audi, Automotive, contents, digital media, holoride, new media, TC, Transportation, universal pictures, virtual reality
Holoride makes its in-car VR available to the public for the first time Audi spin-out Holoride is launching to the general public for the first time, though a collaboration with Ford and Universal Pictures . The young company is focused on a unique twist on virtual reality: In-car VR, to be experienced […]
October 4, 2019 No Comments 5g, Apple, AT&T, Augmented Reality, Chanel, cher wang, China, deutsche telekom, Disrupt, Disrupt SF 2019, Ericsson, Exodus, Facebook, google, Hardware, HTC, huawei, Internet of Things, Louis-Vuitton, Mobile, mobile devices, Nokia, smartphones, sprint, T-Mobile, telecommunications, Verizon, virtual reality, Yves Maitre
HTCâs new CEO discusses the phonemakerâs future On September 17, HTC announced that cofounder Cher Wang would be stepping down as CEO. In her place, Yves Maitre stepped into the role of Chief Executive, after more than a decade at French telecom giant, Orange. Itâs a tough job at an even tougher […]
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