Ahead of a planned enterprise release later this year, Magic Leap has provided a group of healthcare companies with early access to its second-generation augmented reality headset.
Coinbase goes fishing for OpensSea’s catch
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week was one of our strongest shows yet, with a wide diversity of news items that were genuinely fun (and complicated) to chew through. And even though we started off kind of grumpy, we laughed through […]
Seven years after raising $542M at a $2B valuation, Magic Leap raises $500M at a $2B valuation
Magic Leap has had one hell of a journey, and to their credit, it seems investors are still addicted to giving them money. The augmented reality startup announced today that they have raised $500 million at a $2 billion valuation from existing investors. The round echoes the terms of an October 2014 raise where Magic […]
China roundup: Meng Wanzhou’s release and Huawei’s future
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. On Friday, Huawei’s chief financial executive Meng Wanzhou was released from house arrest in Vancouver after reaching a breakthrough deal with the U.S. Justice Department. Chinese […]
「ポケモン GO」の誕生から5年、見えてきた「リアルワールド・メタヴァース」の姿
ARゲーム「ポケモン GO」のリリースから、2021年7月で5年が経った。世界的な熱狂を経て人気が落ち着いたポケモン GOだが、開発元のナイアンティックはその先に何を思い描いているのか──。『WIRED』US版エディター・アット・ラージ（編集主幹）のスティーヴン・レヴィが、ナイアンティックCEOのジョン・ハンケが目指す「リアルワールド・メタヴァース」について彼への取材に基づいて考察する。
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