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Apple Reportedly Could Have Over 1,000 Engineers Working on AR in Israel

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According to UBS analyst Steven Milunovich , Apple could have over 1,000 engineers working on Augmented Reality technology in Israel, mostly at its major R&D centre in Herzliya. SEE ALSO Apple's New Patents Mark More Territory in AR Hardware and Software.

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Varjo Raises $54M Financing to Support Its Retina-Quality VR/AR Headsets for Enterprise

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The company says it will use the funds to accelerate the global expansion and development of its XR hardware and software products. Varjo, the Helsinki, Finland-based creators of high pixel density VR/AR headsets for enterprise, today announced it’s closed a $54 million Series C funding round.

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DecaGear CEO Shares Details on Company Background, Future Plans

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On his own background, Kuntzman said he’s originally from Israel where he worked as a software developer, later founding an online ad business that he eventually sold to another Israeli ad company. Along the way, with a small team of engineers only we decided to work on a new VR hardware targeted to multiplayer gaming.”

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Varjo Expands Roadmap With Funding Announcement

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While Toikkanen didn’t have much to say about his new role with the company, he had plenty to say about their direction going forward, including new markets and partnerships, as well as hardware and software updates. See Also: Lenovo Updates XR Software and Hardware Package for a Memorable School Year. “We Meet the Investors.

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Intel Continues to Rehire Veterans: At Some Point They’ll Run Out

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News on the wire today is that Intel has rehired 28-year veteran Shlomit Weiss into the position of Senior VP and Co-General Manager of Intel’s Design Engineering Group (DEG), a position recently vacated by Uri Frank who left to head up Google’s SoC development.

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Sixense Still Won’t Say When Kickstarter Backers Can Expect Their Rewards

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The purpose of the campaign was to raise money for the STEM System : a third-party hardware solution capable of providing positional tracking and hand controllers to virtual reality headsets. ” Rubin steered me around his booth showing use cases for the STEM hardware. ” Tagged with: GDC , sixense , stem.

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Multi-Media Artist Tripp Derrick Barnes Talks About Creating VR Experiences

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I was a part of this charity to help build homes in Israel,” explained Barnes. Barnes was unfamiliar with VR and lacked the hardware and software but he was interested in the project. So, he kept his eye out for his own hardware. While the companies are waiting for customers to buy more games and hardware.