Augmented Reality

Gene and Andrew discuss the timing of Apple’s mixed reality headset and lean on pattern recognition to predict when the product is launched.

There’s a long shot Apple previews a mixed reality (MR) headset at WWDC next week. Whether or not it’s previewed doesn’t change the high probability that Apple will eventually launch an MR and AR headset. Today, AR/MR headset adoption is so…

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place June 7-11. The event is a time for the company to preview its software updates to developers, alongside the occasional hardware update. Below we’ve outlined what we expect Apple to announce…

When we started Loup four years ago, AR was an enabling technology we believed would be transformational over the next decade. It’s made progress since then, with enterprise AR use cases beginning to materialize, along with continued commitment and investment…

Gene and Andrew talk about Apple’s VR ambitions following a recent media report highlighting a headset is in development.

Greg Swan heads digital at Fallon Worldwide and joins Gene to talk about his bet on the future of augmented reality advertising.

It’s been a long road for Augmented Reality (AR). In the summer of 2017, Tim Cook predicted that AR “is one of those huge things that we’ll look back at and marvel.” For the casual observer, AR has fallen short of that target.…

From movie theaters in the 1930s to living room TVs in the ’50s; from desktop computers in the ’80s to mobile phones in our pockets today, screens have moved increasingly closer to our eyes. In that time span, the average…

Earlier today, Unity began trading post its IPO. We sent the following memo to our limited partners to detail our excitement about Unity’s prospects over the long term. Unity may be the next great creative software company. As the company…

Facebook held its annual, rebranded Facebook Connect event today, announcing the next generation Oculus Quest 2 VR headset and highlighting the company’s 10-year AR and VR roadmap. The bottom line: AR and VR will evolve to become the next-generation computing…

Gaming is an undeniable long-term growth opportunity. Games like Fortnite have become a growing part of pop culture, game streamers are taking young audiences away from mainstream and YouTube content, and esports has emerged as an exciting way for gaming…

Shares of Facebook are down 7% in the after-market based on Mar-19 revenue guidance slightly below consensus along with the company cautioning that privacy changes may have an impact on monetization this year. Facebook’s dominance in reach and engagement is…