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CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apple® today previewed a suite of accessibility updates that use Apple Intelligence to bring new capabilities to features users rely on every day, including VoiceOver, Magnifier, Voice Control, and Accessibility Reader.1 Apple also announced on-device generated subtitles for uncaptioned video content coming to the Apple ecosystem, as well as a new feature for Apple Vision Pro® users to control compatible wheelchairs with their eyes. These new features, as wel...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unity (NYSE: U), the world’s leading game engine, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. “We are delivering exceptional revenue growth and margin expansion while executing on the most exciting product roadmap in Unity’s history,” said Matt Bromberg, President & CEO of Unity. “More games, more creators, and more game discovery are all fueling the growth in our business.” Select revenue highlights for Q1 2026 are as follow...

MANCHESTER, N.H. & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alumni Ventures expands globally with Tokyo office and new Japan partnerships linking U.S. and Japanese startup ecosystems....

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Many, the independent agency known for building participation-led brands and businesses, today announced the acquisition of a majority stake in CatalystXR, an Australian immersive technology studio specializing in XR, VR, AR, and large-scale interactive environments. CatalystXR founder Jamie Gilroy joins The Many as Partner in Charge of Participatory Technology. The acquisition marks the latest chapter in The Many's global expansion, which now spans offices in...

LOS ANGELES & LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At NAB Show, Matt Celia, Light Sail VR, will speak on challenges faced when scaling immersive post-production pipelines as new revenue paths emerge....

OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capcom announced that Monster Hunter Bridge exhibited in Expo 2025 will reopen at a new location in Nijigen no Mori, targeting fiscal year 2027....

TREMITI ISLANDS, Italy & VIENNA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Enry’s Island SpA (WBAG: EIOS), the world’s first publicly traded Venture Builder, today announced the upcoming Kickstarter launch of Enry’s Island Adventures (EIA), developed by its New York-based portfolio company, Enry’s Island Adventures LLC. The game is designed to make venture capital accessible to new generations, transforming startup creation into an engaging and social gaming experience. After three years of R&D, EIA intr...

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PixVerse today announced a major evolution of R1, its real-time world model. Launched in January 2026 as the world's first real-time world model, R1 redefined video from a fixed output into a continuous, interactive stream — a world that responds instantly to user input. This update takes that world further. Users can now create a digital representation of themselves, place it inside the newly generated world, and share that experience with others in real time, with...

BELLINGHAM, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The AR Alliance, a division of SPIE that is focused on augmented reality (AR), proudly announces the addition of Ainstec, ams-Osram, Fraunhofer ISIT, Hong Kong Highpower International Co., Infineon, Kyocera Corporation, Morphotonics, Moveon Technologies, Murata Manufacturing Co., Seagate, Sunny Optical Technology, and Ushio to its membership. SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics. Members of the AR Alliance reflect the global diversity an...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF) (“Perfect” or the “Company”), a leading artificial intelligence (“AI”) company offering AI and augmented reality (“AR”) powered solutions to beauty, fashion, photo and video creative industries, today announced that its board of directors (the “Board”) has formed a special committee (the “Special Committee”) consisting of three disinterested, independent directors, namely Philip Tsao, who will serve as the chairman of the Special Committee,...