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Which Startups Are Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs?

ARPost

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. As of November 2020, they’re hiring for both New York and San Francisco positions. The New York Times (Research & Development).

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Report: Meta is Considering Physical Stores to Sell Its Vision of the Metaverse

Road to VR

A New York Times report maintains that Meta has been planning its own retail stores that aim to eventually span the world. The report cites people with knowledge of the project in addition to internal company documents shared with The New York Times.

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Big XR News from Meta, Apple, Immersive Tech Week, Xreal, and Microsoft

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

As 2024 approaches, industry leaders, firms, and vendors promote hardware scaling and software development to accelerate device adoption. Furthermore, while speaking about Xreal’s hardware, Jon Li stated the company’s goal is to make augmented reality accessible to everyone at an affordable price.

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Super Mario Bros Recreated As Life Size HoloLens Experience

VRScout

What do you get when you combine everyone’s favorite mustached cartoon plumber with one of the hottest pieces of hardware currently on the market? Arguably the coolest mixed reality experience developed on the Microsoft HoloLens headset so far, that’s what. Well, because he’s awesome.

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Spatial Beats: Facebook, Rec Room & Looking Glass

AR Insider

This week, we look at Looking Glass’ latest hardware, New avatars at Rec Room and lots of new funding. The new new game studio pulled in an astonishing $113M Series C to produce what the company calls “massive interactive live events,” or MILEs. Two New Harry Potter VR Experiences Coming to New York Store.

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Big XR News from AWE 2023, Siemens, Microsoft, Meta, and Nokia

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Microsoft, Siemens Industrial Copilot Debuts This week, a partnership between Microsoft and Siemens led to the debut of Siemens Industrial Copilot , an AI assistant that aims to improve human-machine collaboration in manufacturing. Siemens Teamcenter for Microsoft Teams will debut at the start of December 2023 for general availability.

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Snap Partner Summit 2023 Details Changes Coming to Snapchat and Beyond

ARPost

That includes the experiences that come out of those partnerships, as well as the hardware and software updates that drive them. For example, Snap lenses can now be used in Microsoft Teams and in the NFL app. Snap’s annual Partner Summit is the company’s opportunity to showcase its working relationship with other brands.