- Magic Leap acquires Israeli security firm NorthBit Link
VRやARが次のプラットフォームになると確信している理由のひとつにMagic Leapがあります。創業数年ながら14億ドル超を調達、評価額は45億ドルともうどうやったらどうなるのかわからないレベルの域に達しており「さすがにこれだけ頭のいい人たちが評価してるんだからなんかあるんだろう」的なワクワク感があります。
そのMagic LeapがAndroidOSの侵入に成功したというイスラエルのスタートアップを買収しました。もちろんチーム強化であるのは明白です。こうやってどんどん優秀な技術者を取り入れていくのでしょうね。最終的に仕上がるミックスド・リアリティの対応デバイスが楽しみです。
調達関連
- Finland’s Wolt raises $12.4M for ordering food online Link
- ClassDojo raises $21 million for app to make parent-teacher meetings obsolete Link
- Oracle just bought a 20-person company for $50 million (ORCL) Link
- Beekeeper, the mobile-first communications platform for blue-collar and service workers, raises $5M Link
- Impraise raises $1.6M seed to rethink how companies handle performance reviews Link
- Japan’s TAGCAST bags US$457K Series A from angel group Gukuedo Link
- London fintech startup Revolut is raising £10 million and signing 1,500 new customers a day Link
- India’s Vyomo gets pampered with US$15M from salon chain Naturals Link
- Cloud building management startup KGS takes in $2 million Link
- ContainerShip raises $2.41M seed round for its cloud automation platform Link
- Artificial intelligence startup DigitalGenius raises $4M to make customer service agents superhuman Link
- Identity verification startup Onfido raises $25 million to inject more trust into the sharing economy Link
- Walden International leads US$2.6M Series A in TabSquare Link
- Singapore startup raises $2.6m series A to make restaurants more efficient Link
VR・AR関連
- There’s now an unofficial way to play Oculus VR games on the HTC Vive Link
- VR 101: What’s The Difference Between Rift, Vive, PlayStation VR, Cardboard and Gear VR? Link
- LucidCam CEO On Pricing, Shipping, and Growing This Revolutionary Little VR Camera Link
- Huawei enters the virtual reality fray with a new wearable headset that connects to your phone Link
- 25 VR Twitter Accounts You Need To Be Following Link
- GoPro unveils third-party partner program with 100 developers Link
- The “world’s first virtual-reality surgery” forgot the virtual-reality part Link
- Rukkus’ Seat360 lets you preview your seat in VR before buying an event ticket Link
その他の話題
- An investor has shredded the value of its stake in Dropbox, Cloudera, and other billion-dollar startups Link
- This is how Taco Bell, Starbucks, and other fast-food chains are using mobile to boost order values Link
- Medium is now blocked in China Link
- 8 Jack Ma quotes that’ll make you a better entrepreneur Link
- 3 trends driving the chatbot revolution Link
- The Xiaomi universe (Infographic) Link
