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Magic Leap One first impressions review: it’s not a leap, but a step

The Ghost Howls

I thought it would have taken me a lot before I would be able to try the Magic Leap One , but luckily this has not been the case. But while we were great on the technical side, we weren’t good at doing business and marketing (I only started my blog in summer 2016 ), so in 2017 we closed the curtain on our crazy adventure.

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Insomniac Games Announces ‘Seedling’, Launching on Magic Leap in November

Road to VR

Insomniac Games, the talented game studio behind non-VR games like Spider-Man (2018) and VR games like Edge of Nowhere (2016) and The Unspoken (2016), today announced their first AR game called Seedling , coming to Magic Leap in November.

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GDC 2018 ‘Day 1’ Roundup – Vive Pro Pricing, Magic Leap SDK, Nvidia RTX, and More

Road to VR

Vive Pro date and price, Magic Leap announcements, Nvidia’s real-time ray-tracing, and Budget Cuts resurfaces. Magic Leap announcements. image courtesy Magic Leap. Magic Leap has launched the SDK for the device’s Lumin OS , with support for Unity and Unreal engines. Image courtesy HTC.

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2016’s Record Breaking VR/AR Venture Funding Totals $1.8 Billion

Road to VR

With 2015 breaking previous records, industry observers entered 2016 wondering if VR/AR funding would be able to keep pace. In 2016, venture funding of VR/AR companies reached $1.8 While total venture funding for VR/AR showed major gains in 2016, VR/AR still only holds 1% of total venture funding. Dollars and Deals.

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Upcoming Angry Birds PSVR Game Will Include Couch Co-Op

VRScout

In the upcoming sequel to 2016’s The Angry Birds Movie , The Angry Birds Movie 2: Under Pressure , the beloved franchise heads in a bold new direction when a terrifying new foe threatens to destroy both the Bird and Piggy Islands, forcing both sides to come together in order to save their respective civilizations. Image Credit: Sony.

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10 Recent VR and AR Investments You Should Know About

VRScout

Despite the fact that a mere 6% of Americans will own a VR headset in 2016, future-looking venture capital firms have invested $500M in the VR/AR industry in Q3 of 2016 , with an average investment of $9.3M. Santa Monica-based First Contact Entertainment. The funding comes from an assortment of angels and early stage investors.

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Report Predicts AR and VR Headsets Shipments to Approach 100 Million by 2021

Road to VR

2016 saw the arrival of 3 major consumer virtual reality headsets, the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR. At the same time, despite the general focus on VR’s entertainment prospects, IDC sees the technology’s wider appeal to other verticals as key to its growth predictions. billion in 2016 to $18.6

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