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.
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Ana Valens
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.
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Sam Desatoff
The Pokémon Go developer is renaming Sensible Object to Niantic London, which will work on existing and new Niantic franchises.
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Joseph Knoop
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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Ana Valens
In a panel at Casual Connect London, Alex Schwartz, Callum Underwood, and Steve Tagger all weighed in on the evolving VR business.
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James Brightman
Funding will help expand more location-based VR venues, with more to come in Japan and U.S.
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Johnny Cullen
Microsoft is taking its best-selling franchise to augmented reality on iOS and Android starting 'late summer,' potentially expanding an already enormous Minecraft player-base across all platforms.
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Amanda Farough
The VR and AR studio is in a period of 'hyper innovation and growth,' according to CEO Tommy Palm.
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Sam Desatoff
Tigerton CEO Sam Kennedy is participating in a VR panel at Casual Connect London, and his new game, Jupiter & Mars, utilizes the issue of climate change as a compelling piece of the narrative.
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James Brightman
Microsoft's mixed reality device works without wires and promises a more ergonomic experience than its predecessor. Though there's still no word on exactly when users outside the developer program can purchase them, the kits are available for pre-order and due out this year.
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Sarah LeBoeuf
