Wise and Schwartz left their positions at Owlchemy Labs in June 2018, shortly after the Austin-based studio was acquired by Google. The two VR mad scientists flew back east to raise the capital they would need to establish a new kind of XR studio.
Wang says the time is right to hand the reins over after helping HTC transform into a 5G- and XR-ready company.
The VR subscription service has made its way to several platforms.
Nate Mitchell has left, marking the end of an era, as all the original Oculus leaders are no longer at the company.
Generational appeal and constant support from Niantic have helped keep Pokémon GO near the top of the download charts. The game could hit $3B in revenue this year, Sensor Tower tells us.
Known for its tabletop-to-digital conversion of Terraforming Mars, Onitama, and the upcoming Mansions of Madness: Mother’s embrace, Lucky Hammers has been forced to close its doors and lay off nearly 70 staff members.
Niantic’s highly anticipated AR game Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is now live on iOS and Android. While the game is performing well in terms of revenue and downloads, its success lingers behind Pokémon Go due to AR’s increasingly mainstream success.
It may be an uphill battle for the VR company, but the suit against Nreal is important to show potential investors that Magic Leap is willing to fight for its intellectual property.
The Pokémon Go developer is renaming Sensible Object to Niantic London, which will work on existing and new Niantic franchises.
The device’s initial success not suggests a promising start for a standalone VR headset, although it remains unclear if the product will usher in the next step forward for mainstream VR.
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