AR/VR investments declined during 2019
Each year seems to be the year for virtual and augmented reality, but analyst firm Digi-Capital is now reporting investments have declined below the levels reported in 2017 and 2018.
Each year seems to be the year for virtual and augmented reality, but analyst firm Digi-Capital is now reporting investments have declined below the levels reported in 2017 and 2018.
A new ad campaign by Chinese operator China Telecom promotes the enhanced snitching capabilities that 5G will bring.
Facebook has reportedly hired ex-Microsoft employee Mark Lucovsky to oversee the development of its own operating system to reduce the dependence on Google’s Android.
Verizon has announced a tie-up with Snap to deliver augmented reality (AR) features and experiences in the 5G labs.
Some surgeries were performed in Spain with real-time assistance from Japan thanks to the low latency of 5G.
Verizon has announced the acquisition of Jaunt XR, adding augmented and virtual reality smarts to its media division.
Every couple of years there seems to be a massive resurgence for the promise of virtual reality before it is cast to the shadows. This year, interactive content took the limelight from VR.
Struggling Taiwanese device maker HTC has finally found a full-time CEO by tapping into the European telecoms scene.
Hello Kitty is the latest product of a by-gone era to be given a digital face-lift as developer Bublar promises the launch of another location-based, augmented reality (AR) smartphone game.
The latest data from the Global mobile Suppliers Association show the number of 5G devices being launched worldwide is accelerating rapidly.
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is up-and-running, but its dash from the starting line is no-where near as fast as Niantic’s gold standard, Pokemon Go.
Augmented Reality is a technology which has promised a lot but hasn’t delivered to date. Niantic will be hoping the hype converts into gain with the launch of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.
Google is taking another crack at the growing augmented reality segment with the launch of Glass Enterprise Edition 2.
The operator will switch on 5G service for consumers on Friday and has plenty of goodies for consumers to fill the bandwidth with.
The sandwiches are stale, the beer is over-priced and the queue for a taxi is a depressing sight, it can only mean one thing; we’re heading back out to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress.
In its preview of MWC 2019, analyst firm Ovum has forecast that revenues for both radio kit and augmented reality mobile apps will increase significantly in the next few years.
Cisco forecasts that 5G connections will go from nothing in 2017 to 3.4% of the global total in 2022. Over the same period annual mobile data traffic will reach 930 exabytes, a seven-fold growth.
Challenger brands need to try harder to get noticed, but this approach can sometimes backfire, as Three UK found out this week.
Premium audio brand Bose has become the latest business to attempt to cash in on the promised, but yet to be realised, riches of the augmented and virtual reality world.
Holographic calls have become the hot 5G use-case so Huawei teamed up with Beeline to do one in Russia.
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