Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Though 5G is now largely associated with smartphones, Verizon originally launched the next-generation cellular technology as a high-speed broadband solution, promising cable modem-like 300Mbps average and 1Gbps peak data rates using millimeter wave 5G modems. Unfortunately, network buildout and local …
Read More »Virtual and augmented reality investment at 2013 levels in first quarter
While Digi-Capital’s AR/VR Analytics Platform tracked over $ 4 billion AR/VR investment last year, virtual and augmented reality investment dropped in Q4 2019 and Q1 2020 in terms of both deal volume (i.e. number of deals) and deal value (i.e. dollars invested). The first quarter of this year saw AR/VR …
Read More »Augmented reality hits economic reality in the case of Magic Leap
Magic Leap just announced its intention to focus on the enterprise market, after years of branding itself as a consumer device company. The corporate press release blamed COVID-19 for the required pivot, and nearly 1,000 employee have been laid-off; almost half its workforce. However, this shift toward the enterprise market is …
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