An internal report has shown that Facebook employs nearly 10,000 people in its departments working on augmented reality and virtual reality devices. That number illustrates that the Reality Labs division accounts for almost a fifth of the people working at Facebook worldwide.

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Smart Glasses supplier Vuzix Corporation, has recently announced a partnership with rooom AG, a technology start-up company based in Germany which offers app based solutions for 3D and AR for customers in healthcare, education, manufacturing and more.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant increase in virtual interactions and so, to continue providing the best service, Facebook is expanding its AI-based augmented reality (AR) initiative. 

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It is rumoured that Apple are planning to develop Augmented Reality (AR) contact lenses, although it is clearly a somewhat distant product considering Apple’s AR wearables are still to be released.

Oakland University has recently announced that it is collaborating with the College for Creative Studies as well as a group of regional industry partners to found an Augmented Reality Center (ARC) which will be based at the Oakland University’s School of Engineering and Computer Science.

Chip developers Qualcomm have released a new reference design for augmented reality glasses, an AR ‘Smart Viewer’ which can tether to a smartphone or PC via a USB-C.