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Twitter’s director of AR/VR leaves the company

TheheadofTwitter’sAR/VRteamannouncedtodayviaatweetthatheisleavingthesocialmediasiteafter18months.AlessandroSabatellijoinedTwitterinJuneof2016afterleavingavirtua

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Facebook nabs Google’s AR product director

FacebookhasstolenawayGoogle’sdirectorofProductforARNikhilChandhok,whowillbejoiningFBtoleadproductmanagementoftheCamerateamworkingonaugmentedreality.Chandhokwork

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AR and VR technologies blend in Mixed Reality at Taipei Game Show

VRorAR?Well,thatwasthequestionattheTaiwanGameShowinTaipei,heldonJan.25and26.Forthosewhoneedtocatchuponallthistechlingo,virtualreality(VR)immersesyouinadigitalwo

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Google's AR ambitions push VR to the back seat

WhenGoogleannounceditsDaydreamViewheadsetlastyear,itwasasignthatthesearchgiantwasreadytotakeVRtothemasses.It'sdabbledinVRbeforewithCardboard,buttheViewwasamuchm

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Are consumers ready to give AR a try?

Youmighthavegottenatasteofaugmentedreality(AR),theblendingofthevirtualandphysicalworlds,asyouchasedon-screenmonstersatreal-worldlandmarksinlastyear’sgamingsensa

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8th Wall wants to put awesome AR experiences on more smartphones

Whilemanyaugmentedrealitystartupsarefocusedonthefuturethatalways-onsmartglassescanbringtotheworld,ARcouldalsobringoneofthebiggestshiftstohowweoperateourmobilede

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Facebook camera to optimize interactive experience with Meitu

Chinese technology company Meitu confirmed on Wednesday that it will participate in Facebook’s AR Studio beta program as the US giant's first Asia-based partner, to work on three Augmented Reality (AR) camera effects for Facebook camera.

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JD.com going into VR battle with Alibaba

China's second-largest B2C online platform JD.com Inc is gearing up to use virtual reality technology on its online shopping platform in a bid to catch up with its archrival Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

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Pokemon Go is set to turn the world on to the wonders of augmented reality

​Virtual reality is still waiting for its breakthrough moment, but augmented reality went mainstream last weekend with the launch of Pokemon Go – and it might be coming to Hong Kong soon