AR Experiences

SpaceCatch: Transforming AR Gaming with Crypto Earnings

SpaceCatch is making waves in the gaming world with its innovative approach to Augmented Reality (AR) gaming. Despite being officially announced only a few months ago, SpaceCatch has already garnered an impressive following of over 100,000 enthusiasts eager to explore its unique gaming universe.
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Niantic Labs’ Visual Positioning System To Integrate With Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces In 2023

Niantic Labs recently announced that their revolutionary Lightship Visual Positioning System (VPS)will become compatible with Qualcomm’s XR developer platform, Snapdragon Spaces, in 2023.
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Apple Will Reportedly Begin Mass Producing XR Headsets By March 2023

Apple is one of the biggest names and innovators in wearable tech, so it’s not surprising that they started developing augmented, virtual, and mixed reality headsets.
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Web-based XR Spatial Analytics Platform Metalitix™ Announces Beta

Described as ‘the analytics platform purpose-built for the Metaverse’, Metalitix™ is a suite of data collection and visualization tools for XR and 3D experiences, packaged up into one of the most advanced Spatial Analytics tools ever built.
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Snap And Amazon Join Forces To Offer AR Shopping For Eyewear

Using AR Shopping, retailers can upload their products on Snapchat as Lenses for users to “try on” - virtually, of course - before they buy them. The new feature has already found enormous success.
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Monday Night Football Brings Fans An AR Experience With Gillette Ad

On October 24th, 2022, fans watching Monday Night Football were treated to an augmented reality event promoting a product, the first of its kind.
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Niantic Launches Lightship Maps for Web for 8th Wall Platform

Niantic announces their Lightship Maps for Web integration with 8th Wall. The new service from Niantic integrated into the 8th Wall platform allows developers to easily add customizable maps to their projects.
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Lightship VPS for Web brings the Real-world Metaverse to the browser

In major Web-based XR news, Niantic has brought its visual positioning system (VPS) to the 8th Wall platform with Lightship VPS for Web.
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NICEverse Augmented Reality Campaign Results Are Out Of This World

Aircards creates the NICEverse, a highly innovative WebXR gaming platform for NICE, a leading global software company. Created as an employee engagement platform, the NICEverse enabled NICE employees to login securely and compete in a variety of Web-based Mixed Reality mini-game experiences, competing to win an amazing family trip to Disneyland.
Augmented Reality News Outlet

Augmented Reality news,
projects and insight.

ar.rocks is an online technology publication, covering the most important, interesting and inspiring Augmented Reality news, expert insights and projects. We keep our ear to the ground and report on the latest innovations in the XR and AR spaces. Our team of XR/AR enthusiasts, developers and designers contribute to a wide variety of articles, ranging from Augmented Reality experiences and AR-related event coverage to industry insider insights and the latest AR news. The Augmented Reality industry is growing at an exponential rate, so you can count on the team here at ar.rocks to keep you up-to-date on all of the important AR news that affects the industry. We are always open to collaboration and the sharing of expert knowledge. If you have an important press release or news tip that you'd like to share, feel free to reach out and our team will do our best to cover it for you.

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Augmented Reality News & Insights Hub

We pride ourselves on being a fast moving, agile and proactive team of writers and content creators. The team's passion for Augmented Reality shines through in their work. Want to learn more? Here's a casual Q&A.

What makes ar.rocks different?

We like to think our personality makes us different. Augmented Reality is, above all, a damn fun industry to be involved in. We're here to boost the eco-system, report on the important stories and heck.. have some fun doing it.

Where are you based?

We're a global team. Digital nomads, if you will.

I have a cool Augmented Reality news story, can you report on it?

Awesome! Send it over. Our brilliant Chief Editor, Emily, will be happy to take a look!

Do you only report on Augmented Reality news?

Mainly - yes. Augmented Reality has such a rich and active community of companies, creators and enthusiasts that we rarely have time to talk about anything other than AR.

How do I get into the AR industry?

You can visit the ar.rocks Jobs Board which features the latest job openings for the AR industry. Take a look around and see if anything looks like a good fit.

Where can I learn more about Augmented Reality?

Great question. We have a great selection of resources available. You should start with our Ultimate Augmented Reality glossary, in which you can dive deep into all of the industry/technical terms you might be unsure about.

Feel free to contact us if you have further questions or if you have tips for a newsworthy story.
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