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Niantic opens up the real-world metaverse with the Lightship AR platform
Augmented reality company Niantic Inc. today announced the general availability of the first set of AR tools from the Niantic Lightship platform, which will enable developers from around the world to build the real-world metaverse. Niantic also announced the formation of Niantic Ventures to invest in and partner with companies that will build the future ...
Solana, Lightspeed and FTX announce $100M investment focused on blockchain gaming
Solana Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and cryptocurrency exchange FTX today announced a new $100 million investment initiative focused on investing in blockchain gaming studios, tech and projects. The intersection of gaming and blockchain technology has permitted developers to allow gamers to own their own virtual items using nonfungible tokens, which are a type of cryptographic ...
Niantic will shut down its ‘Wizard’s Unite’ AR game next year
Niantic Inc., developer of the extremely popular “Pokemon Go” augmented reality game, announced Tuesday that its “Harry Potter: Wizard’s Unite” AR game would be shutting down on Jan. 31, 2022. The company announced in a blog post and FAQ that it would be pulling the game from the App Store, Google Play and the Galaxy Store ...
Microsoft introduces Loop to empower collaborative remote work
Microsoft Corp. today unveiled Loop, a new collaborative “flexible canvas” app added to Microsoft 365 that allows remote teams to synchronize their work across applications. Built on Microsoft’s Fluid Framework, Loop enables teams to synchronize their work across multiple applications into one pane and remain in contact easily without the need to context switch. They ...
The Linux Foundation announces new initiatives for AI, IoT and cloud computing
The Linux Foundation, a nonprofit technology consortium that enables innovation through open-source software, today announced the launch of two new initiatives: the NextArch Foundation and Project OpenBytes. The NextArch Foundation will serve as a neutral home for open-source developers and contributors to build next-generation architecture and support compatibility between an increasing array of microservices. These ...
Facebook rebrands itself Meta and outlines its vision for the metaverse
Facebook Inc. has officially rebranded itself to Meta, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced today during the company’s annual Connect conference. In line with the new brand, the company is putting a lot more focus on virtual reality and augmented reality with its new attention toward the metaverse, a shared set of immersive virtual environments which ...
Blockchain infrastructure startup QuickNode raises $35M
Blockchain infrastructure platform QuickNode Inc. today announced it has raised $35 million in new funding led by Tiger Global. The Series A round also included participation from Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six, Soma Capital, Arrington XRP Capital, Crossbeam Ventures and entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano. QuickNode provides developers the tools and infrastructure necessary to quickly build distributed apps ...
With Android 12L, Dev Summit focuses on building apps across devices
Google LLC’s Android Dev Summit 2021 today is all about enabling developers to build better apps across devices. To begin, the Android team is expanding its collection of development tools by bringing Material You — which launched with Android 12 – to Jetpack Compose. And Jetpack itself is getting jam-packed with new features that developers have been ...
CircleCI launches Test Insights to improve testing performance for DevOps
Circle Internet Services Inc., a continuous integration and delivery platform for DevOps teams, today announced the launch of Test Insights, a new feature that extends the platform’s Insights dashboard that allows teams to meaningfully react to test performance. Test Insights provides greater visibility into the testing process to allow teams to rapidly identify and recover ...
Coefficient nabs $6.7M to bring real-time data to spreadsheets
Coefficient, a no-code solution that allows businesses to connect real-time data with spreadsheets, today announced it has raised $6.7 million in seed funding led by Foundation Capital. S28 Capital also participated in the round alongside many other angel investors, including Eric Yuan, chief executive of Zoom, and Kedar Doshi, executive vice president of Salesforce Einstein ...