This week's big news, AR, Google is recruiting ar operating system team, headed by the former Meta operating system director Mark Lucovsky; Meta will reward Reality Labs for vulnerability finders; OPPO released its third AR glasses: Air Glass; Meta launched a mobile filter creation tool Spark AR Go.
In terms of VR, Meta announced the avatar Avatars SDK to support Unity; Meta held its first Quest Day fan celebration on Christmas Eve; the FTC investigated Meta's acquisition of Within; Bill Gates: Online meetings will shift from 2D to 3D; Simula One, a Linux system VR all-in-one, will be crowdfunded; arpara AIO landed on Kickstarter crowdfunding.
In terms of financing and acquisitions, Nike acquired virtual sneaker design company RTFKT; open source brain-computer interface technology company OpenBCI received new financing to develop brain-computer technology for use in gaming and health; Spatial received $25 million in new financing to accelerate transformation; AR/VR headset management provider ManagerXR announced a $4 million seed round; and AR company Jadu announced a $7 million seed round Singapore-based AR startup Affyn announced $7 million in new funding to develop the LBS AR game Affyn.
AR | Google recruits for the AR OS team
According to Google, it is hiring an "AR operating system" team focused on building software for an "innovative AR device." The team is led by Mark Lucovsky, who previously worked at Meta and was responsible for the internal Android system.
AR| Meta will reward Reality Labs for vulnerability discoverers
Meta announced that it would reward third-party discoveries of vulnerabilities related to Reality Labs, in line with previous bug bounty rules during Facebook's time.
AR | OPPO released Air Glass glasses
OPPO released its third AR glasses this week: OPPO Air Glass, which focuses on monocular integrated design, Micro LED single green + optical waveguide collocation, the total amount is less than 30g. At the same time, the glasses are local and the frame are magnetic design, which can be combined with myopic lenses.
AR | Spectacles AR glasses experience
Recently, Snap officially showed the Spectacles AR glasses to foreign media, and the foreign media The Verge said: The overall design of the Spectacles AR glasses is good enough, better than other one-piece AR glasses that have been experienced before. With Spectacles, you can quickly switch between a variety of AR applications, whether it's an AR multiplayer or AR art exhibition experience.
AR| Meta offers AR courses for Indian students
Meta announced a partnership with CBSE India to provide courses on digital security, cyber health and AR for 10 million students and 1 million educators over the next three years. To date, more than 14,000 Indian teachers have applied for AR skills training courses.
AR | Spark AR Go, a Meta filter authoring tool
Meta released a mobile AR authoring tool this week: Spark AR Go, which has begun accepting beta closed test applications. The feature is that, like Douyin and other supporting video editing apps, Spark AR Go has greatly lowered the threshold for AR filter development.
AR| Snap: 65% of videos use AR filters
Snap recently said that 65% of spotlight videos within the platform use AR filters, and Snap has awarded more than 12,000 creators $250 million.
AR | Apple Space Audio Patent
The USPTO announced a patent for an Apple AR/VR headset that supports both two-channel and spatial audio, pointing to a scheme to predict two-channel audio based on head tracking information, which can help improve the experience of VR RPG games, horror movies, and other content.
AR | Apple's 3D motion capture and avatar solutions
UsPTO announced apple 3D avatar related patents, featuring support for gestures and eye tracking, which can be applied to motion capture studios, animated film production, AR/VR and other scenes.
AR | Apple AR/VR Headset Eye Tracking Patent
The USPTO published a patent related to Apple AR/VR eye tracking, which calculates eye features such as eyeball shape, position and gaze direction through information such as visual field position, pupil shape, pupil diameter, and pupil center.
AR | Geenee released a full-body tracking SDK
AR solutions company Geenee has released a WebAR-based full-body tracking SDK to optimize the web-based 3D AR try-on and avatar experiences.
VR | Linux system VR all-in-one Simula One
SimulaVR unveiled an all-in-one VR machine running Linux desktops: Simula One, and launched crowdfunding on Kickstarter next January.
VR | Meta unveiled avatar Avatars SDK
The upgraded Meta Avatars system began to support the Unity engine, which means that in addition to Quest VR games, other platform applications such as App Lab VR games and SteamVR games developed based on Unity can also access the latest Meta avatar system.
VR | Meta's first Quest Day fan celebration
With the Christmas shopping season approaching, Meta held a fan celebration Quest Day, which focused on a limited edition of 500 Quest 2s, as well as some VR game-related peripherals, which were fun and the marketing ideas were great.
VR | FTC investigating Meta's acquisition of Within
According to foreign media reports, the FTC announced the extension of Meta's acquisition of VR studio Withhin and expanded antitrust investigations into the deal. It also announced that the transaction amounted to $400 million, surpassing the size of Meta's previous acquisitions of some VR game companies.
VR | Bill Gates: Online meetings will shift from 2D to 3D
Bill Gates recently released a summary of 2021, "Reasons to Remain Optimistic After a Difficult Year", in which the fourth part talks about the future of digitalization, Gates predicts that in the next 2-3 years, online conferences will be transformed from 2D images to 3D images dominated by "avatars";
VR| arpara AIO landed on Kickstarter
arpara this week announced the landing of VR all-in-ones on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, featuring snapdragon XR2 chips, highlighted by two Micro OLED screens with resolutions up to 5K.
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VR | McDonald's held a pop-up event at Patchial
McDonald's partnered with video creator OnlineTV to host an OfflineTV VR pop-up event in the virtual conference app Spatial, where fans can participate for free on BOTH and non-VR platforms.
VR | After the Fall's first day of revenue of $1.4 million
VR game studio Vertigo Games announced that its zombie-themed multiplayer FPS VR game "After the Fall" reached $1.4 million on the first day of its launch, equivalent to the revenue of another VR game "Arizona Sunshine" for Vertigo Games in the first month.
VR | Meta released the Gesture Tracking demo
Meta announced quest gesture recognition support for the Unreal engine and released the gesture interaction demo: Quest Hand Tracking Showcase, which is tested by Unreal developers and has now launched app Lab.
VR | VR Simulation Applications "Nuclear Biscuit"
Princetonco unveiled an interactive VR application that simulates the U.S. president managing a nuclear arsenal: The Nuclear Biscuit, which takes about 15 minutes to simulate the emergency response to a nuclear attack on the White House.
Acquisition | Nike acquires virtual sneaker company RTFKT
Nike this week announced the acquisition of virtual sneaker design firm RTFKT, the size of which was not disclosed. Founded in 2020, RTFKT mainly focuses on sneaker digital products, avatar emoticons, etc.
Financing | OpenBCI received new financing
OpenBCI, an open-source brain-computer interface technology company, has secured new funding on an undisclosed scale. Investors in this round include Bitkraft Ventures, re. Mind and Riot Games co-founder Marc Merrill's family office NaHCO3, OpenBCI plans to use this round of funding to develop brain-computer interface technology for games, health and other fields, as well as expand the team and commercialize new AR/VR brain-computer interface Galea.
Financing | Spatial received $25 million in new financing
Spatial, an AR/VR cross-platform virtual conferencing app, has raised $25 million in new funding to accelerate the transformation into a 3D NFT creators trading platform. To date, Spatial has raised $50 million.
Raising | ManageXR was raised in a $4 million seed round
AR/VR headset management provider ManagerXR announced a $4 million seed round led by Rally Ventures to expand the team and drive a go-to-market strategy.
Raising | Jadu received a $7 million seed round
AR company Jadu announced a $7 million seed round led by General Catalyst to develop 3D hoverboard accessories based on AR and NFT technologies, as well as the release of Mirarrorverse, a world-scale AR gaming platform in 2022.
Financing | Affyn singapore raised $7 million in new financing
Singapore-based AR startup Affyn announced a $7 million new round of funding from Vespertine Capital, Herd Ventures and Avalon Wealth Club, which will be used to develop the LBS AR game Affyn.