Ubiquity6, an AR platform that strives to create new ways for “people to interact and imagine in the spaces they care about,” raised $27 million in Series B funding led by Benchmark and Index Ventures. Additionally, the company previewed the rollout of its first public
Dreamscape Immersive completed $30 million in Series B financing, led by AMC, with participation from Nickelodeon, Bold Capital Partners, 21st Century Fox, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, Majid Al Futtaim Holdings, and VRSense Solutions. Dreamscape Immersive uses VR technology to create “a new
Gaming and VR technology company Niantic announced it secured $200 million in Series B financing, led by Spark Capital, with participation from Founders Fund, Meritech Capital Partners, Javelin Venture Partners, WSJ Joshua Fund, and NetEase. According to the company, Niantic is building an augmented reality platform
CY Vision closed $7 million in Series A financing, led by Vestel Ventures. Intel Capital also participated in the round. With offices in Mountain View, California, and Istanbul, CY Vision is on a mission to making VR and AR safe, comfortable and enjoyable for all.
Brain Power Autism System is is a wearable, computerized “life coach” with game-like apps that empower children and adults on the autism spectrum to teach themselves social and cognitive “life skills” crucial to happy self-sufficiency. This four-part system includes Google Glass, autism related apps based
Byond Immersive Suite allows brands and agencies to create, upload, and publish Augmented and Virtual Reality content in minutes with no coding skills required. Users can also create mini-games and contest campaigns, and optimize the content for different platform-specific capabilities. According to the makers, their
As part of its ongoing collaboration with global drone leader DJI, Epson, providers of the Moverio® augmented reality (AR) smart eyewear platform, announced what it plans to be the world's first glasses-based augmented reality drone flight simulator app, developed by Y Media Labs exclusively for
Poly by Google is a library of free 3D objects for augmented and virtual reality apps, including animals and creatures, architecture, food and drink, people and characters, places and scenes, nature, technology, transport, and art.
Mirra is a 3D design tool and platform as a service developed for the creation and distribution of interactive immersive experiences that include virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality. Creators can use Mirra’s environments, components, and drag-and-drop functionality to build and view right in
Halloween is right around the corner, which means it's pumpkin carving time again. Hey Pumpkin! is an iPhone design app that allows users to carve their Jack-o'-lanterns with augmented reality to get the perfect pumpkin without hours of hair pulling. Hey Pumpkin! was made by