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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

The term “augmented reality” wasn’t officially coined until 1990, but the 80s also saw important breakthroughs in the space. In the 90s, virtual reality was the future of entertainment, gaming, socialization and work. Magic Leap officially announced its One headset after years of speculation and rumors.

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The World of Mobile VR After Pokemon Go

VRWorld

Perhaps it is only just that Google’s April Fools joke named “Pokemon Challenge” became the most popular, or one of most popular games on the market – the Pokemon Go , This Augmented Reality (AR), or Mixed Reality (MR or MxR, as named by Magic Leap ) which criss-crosses the technologies as merely the start of things to come.

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The Right Time to Invest in VR, with MetaVRse’s Alan Smithson and Alex Colgan

XR for Business Podcast

We're going to be talking about the investment landscape of virtual and augmented reality as it pertains to investment in startups, companies going public. Over the last few years, there has been an enormous amount of capital invested into virtual and augmented reality startups, in the hundreds of millions, billions of dollars.

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The Right Time to Invest in VR, with MetaVRse’s Alan Smithson and Alex Colgan

XR for Business Podcast

We're going to be talking about the investment landscape of virtual and augmented reality as it pertains to investment in startups, companies going public. Over the last few years, there has been an enormous amount of capital invested into virtual and augmented reality startups, in the hundreds of millions, billions of dollars.

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The Right Time to Invest in VR, with MetaVRse’s Alan Smithson and Alex Colgan

XR for Business Podcast

We're going to be talking about the investment landscape of virtual and augmented reality as it pertains to investment in startups, companies going public. Over the last few years, there has been an enormous amount of capital invested into virtual and augmented reality startups, in the hundreds of millions, billions of dollars.

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