Our new Augmented/Virtual Reality Report 2017 base case is that Mobile AR could become the primary driver of a $108 billion VR/AR market by 2021 (underperform $94 billion, outperform $122 billion) with AR taking the lion’s share of $83 billion and VR $25 billion.What went right (and wrong) last yearLet’s start with less than happy times. Facebook (Oculus Rift) and HTC (Vive) had growing pains...

Fraugster, a German and Israeli startup that has developed Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to help eliminate payment fraud, has raised $5 million in funding.Earlybird led the round, alongside existing investors Speedinvest, Seedcamp and an unnamed large Swiss family office. The new capital will be used to add to Fraugster’s headcount as it expands internationally.Founded in 2014 by Max...

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Remi is a smart alarm clock that trains your child how to sleep better. Made by Paris-based startup UrbanHello, Remi’s mission is be a friendly companion for a child that tells your child when it is OK to wake up.The National Sleep Foundation found in a study that two-thirds of children under 10 have trouble sleeping. That can lead to problems such as poor growth, lack of attention, difficulti...

Highly visible LED water bottle made of polyethylene with micro-LED for high efficiency and low energy consumption. The result is maximum security. Ideal for training units in which the rider's visibility increases and so the risk of accidents will be reduced. The bottle has 3 modes which are selected via a convenient button: high visibility, energy saving and flashing mode. The micro-LEDs prov...

Automation is happening, and it will bring substantial benefits to businesses and economies worldwide, but it won’t arrive overnight. A new McKinsey Global Institute report finds realizing automation’s full potential requires people and technology to work hand in hand.Recent developments in robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning have put us on the cusp of a new automation age...

Google is uniquely positioned to launch an Uber-killer. The company is a major player in Internet-related services and products marketplace, and the company has also developed self-driving car technology.The self-driving technology is expected to change the taxi business by replacing the drivers in near future. Uber is also betting on self-driving cars. They are collaborating with Carnegie Mell...

A while ago I got an idea: how awesome would it be to use 4D ultrasound to scan my unborn baby and make a VR experience of that. So I talked my girlfriend over even though the idea felt a bit weird and almost scary.How to make it happen? I searched for similar cases online, but couldn't find any. All I could find was some examples of using ultrasound images for a 3D print of your unborn baby. S...

A lot of people have hearing issues that make it difficult for them to hear others while surrounded by a noisy environment, yet prescription hearing aids may be too expensive and an overkill solution. IQBuds from Nuheara, a company with offices in San Francisco, CA and Perth, Australia, is a new solution unveiled at CES in Las Vegas this week, that accentuate sounds you want to hear while drown...