Augmented Reality

Contrary to Thursday reports, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is not looking to sell its augmented reality business, according to sources familiar with the company. Rather, Intel seeks a partner to launch a startup, a spin-out company in which it invests, to bring technology like smart glasses to...

Artificial reality and artificial intelligence, growing themes from 2017, are likely to continue — which has many analysts scrambling to readjust their portfolio to add exposure to the trend. The Expert Loup Ventures' Lindsay Boyajian and Zack Kadish. The Thesis The buzz around AR and...

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) announced last week it has acquired Outward — a 3-D imaging and augmented reality platform — for $112 million in cash. The acquisition is intended to give the company a better platform to "drive digital innovation to create highly engaging and...

Tigress Financial Partners said in a note Thursday Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) continues to prove it can monetize its users. The firm said the company's business performance continues to increase, driven by greater monthly and daily active users, which is fueling strong gains in advertising revenue...

Much has been made about virtual and augmented reality's potential to transform the human experience, from education and athletics to business and entertainment. And as physicians embrace more holistic approaches to medicine, VR appears particularly well positioned to disrupt the health care...

Loop Capital Markets' Ananda Baruah initiated coverage of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) with a Buy rating and $172 price target and sees three catalysts that can help the stock move higher. The more than 30 percent gain since the start of 2017 has resulted in Apple's stock trading at 16x P/E, which is...

From VHS to DVD to Blu-ray ━ to skin cells? The holding device of motion pictures has evolved to machinery less and less cumbersome, and last week, researchers from Harvard Medical School revealed a new method of video transfer: DNA encoding. The scientists embedded a film clip of a galloping horse...

What one word could best describe Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s WWDC conference presentation on Monday? How about a term typically used to describe a food buffet of various hot and cold items: "smorgasbord." Smorgasbord is a good term to describe Apple's event, as the company introduced nearly...

For Loup Ventures co-founder Gene Munster, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)’s WWDC keynote address only confirmed what he already knew: Apple’s future lies in augmented reality. The Monday talk highlighted a number of software and hardware updates that will enhance the AR experience for both...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s 2017 WWDC conference kicked off Monday and for the most part matched what investors and customers wanted and anticipated. But former notable Apple analyst turned venture capitalist Gene Munster identified a "revolutionary" announcement that is slipping under the radar (...

The death of brick-and-mortar retail is a well-worn topic. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is crushing. Online is the future. Yadda, yadda. But Loup Ventures analyst Andrew Murphy has a different perspective. “We don’t typically talk about the percentage [of] sales that happen offline,...

Investors weren’t pleased by Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP)’s 1.2-percent daily active users miss posted in its Wednesday earnings release. But Loup Ventures’ Gene Munster sees a silver lining. “That’s bad news for Snap, but good news for the field of Augmented Reality [AR],...

Gene Munster, a former Wall Street analyst turned venture capitalist, is considered to be a leading authority on augmented reality, virtual reality, robotics, among other new technologies. On Tuesday, Munster published a brief research report on Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP)'s newest features to its...

Reviewing Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) fiscal year second quarter results, former Apple analyst Gene Munster of Loup Ventures said the company's results reinforce the importance of Augmented Reality. AR is a technology that turns the environment into a digital interface by placing virtual...

Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) will report its earnings for the first time as a public company on May 10. Heading into the report, Wells Fargo's Peter Stabler detailed a series of questions that he is expecting to be addressed in the report and the post earnings conference call. 1. Augmented Reality...