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Chinese Company Tecno Reveals Pocket Go, Augmented Reality Gaming Handheld
The PC Gaming handheld market has gained a lot of traction in recent years though the majority of these devices have stuck to a standard screen as a way of displaying the game, however Chinese company Tecno Mobile have decided to opt for AR glasses as the way of using…
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Lenovo Unveils its AR ThinkReality A3 Smart Glasses
Following a formal announcement at CES 2021, Lenovo has today introduced the ThinkReality A3 lightweight smart glasses. One of the most advanced and versatile enterprise smart glasses to come to market, the ThinkReality A3 is part of a comprehensive digital solution offering to deliver intelligent transformation in business and bring…
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Magic Leap Announces They’re Looking for a New CEO
Around a month ago, the future of Magic Leap seemed more than a little uncertain as the company confirmed not only staff lay-offs but also a major restructuring process. While it wasn’t cited as a specific reason, it didn’t exactly take a business genius to figure out that this was…
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Magic Leap Raises Another $350m in Investment
It’s been around a year now since Magic Leap debuted their Creator Edition AR (augmented reality) headsets and so far, it’s been anything but a success. In fact, as of December (the last time confirmed sales figures were revealed) they had only managed to sell around 6,000 units. Despite huge…
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Magic Leap Confirms Major Restructuring as Cash Runs Thin!
Magic Leap first launched its consumer-level AR (augmented reality) headsets to the market in mid-2018 and, so far, sales have been more than a little disappointing. How badly is it doing? Well, while we don’t have any up-to-date figures, we do know that as of December 2019, total sales were…
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Magic Leap One Creator Edition Has Only Sold 6,000 Units
Around 6-months ago, the Magic Leap One Creator Edition augmented reality headset finally went on sale. Selling for around £2300, it was clearly pretty expensive. It did, however, offer some very impressive features in what was (at least potentially) one of the most exciting AR headsets around. So, what were…
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Microsoft Confirm HoloLens 2 Release Date
While the Microsoft HoloLens hasn’t exactly been setting the world on fire since its initial release, it has been known for some time that the company was working on a new updated version that would include a significant number of improvements. One of the main key questions, however, has been…
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Analyst Predicts Apple AR Will Arrive In 2020
Apple AR To Arrive In 2020? At the moment, both VR and AR represent some of the most heavily invested sectors in the technology world. There are very few companies or corporations on the Nasdaq 100 that are not, in some way, looking into the technology. In a report via…
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Microsoft Reveal HoloLens 2 With a Hefty Price Tag
Microsoft Reveal HoloLens 2 Microsoft is currently one of the biggest companies investing in AR (augmented reality) technology. With the release of their HoloLens, we got to see the potential of what it had to offer combining the ‘real world’ with artificially inserted aspects via the headset display. While it’s development…
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Microsoft Workers Demand Army HoloLens Contract Is Dropped
Microsoft Workers Unhappy Over Army Contract Various military forces around the world have expressed a very strong interest in VR or AR technology. This is largely for implementation either in training or actually on the battlefield. This is, however, ethically a rather difficult situation as the technology companies that create…
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Apple Reportedly Launching a Cheaper iPad Mini in Spring
Long Overdue iPad Mini Update Apple has not released a new iPad Mini tablet since 2015. However, according to sources close to Bloomberg, the company is planning to launch a new one soon. It will have a faster processor, retain the lightning Port and a new home screen as part…
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Vuzix Blade Smart AR Glasses are Now Available for $999
Finally Available for Purchase New York-based Vuzix has finally begun taking orders for their Blade Augmented Reality glasses. The device unveiled at last year’s Consumer Electronics Show delivers enhanced functionality for on-the-go, hands-free, mobile computing requirements. It is physically chunkier in comparison to something like Google’s Glass. In fact, it…
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Apple iPhone 11 Features Suggest Long-Range 3D Camera
Apple iPhone 11 There are more than a few rumours to suggest that Apple will release their iPhone 11 (or XI if you prefer the Rocky-style of writing) at some point in 2019. This isn’t, however, confirmed with many suggesting that Apple may hold off on its release until 2020.…
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UK Based AR Development Company BlippAR Goes Under!
BlippAR Goes Into Administration One of the biggest arms of tech development at the moment is the implemented of AR (or augmented reality) devices. This is, for those of you unaware of the tech, similar but different to virtual reality. While virtual reality is set in an entirely graphically-based environment,…
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Microsoft Lands $480m Hololens Contract From US Army
Microsoft Lands Hololens Contract From US Army Over the last year, we’ve seen rather a lot of news surrounding augmented reality headsets. Of these, perhaps the two most notable examples are the Magic Leap and Microsoft’s Hololens. While it might anger some people though, it’s very nieve to think that…
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