Escapely

venturebeat | April 22, 2020

The Magic Leap 1 augmented reality headset hasn’t exactly been the world-changing success its developers intended. Today, the company announced that it’s making the difficult choice to lay off employees, cut costs, and refocus more heavily on enterprise customers so its next-generation model Magic Leap 2 will actually reach the market.While the company hasn’t disclosed the scope of either the layoffs or the enterprise pivot, they’re not entirely surprising. Despite fundin...

Technologies

Metasaurs, | November 22, 2021

Metasaurs, one of the fastest-growing NFT communities in the world, and WAX ($3.5B market cap), the most utilized blockchain in the world for games, processing three-quarters of all game-related transactions daily, announced a ground-breaking partnership to bring new world-class P2E (play-to-earn) games to the WAX ecosystem. The creators of Metasaurs and founders of WAX will be co-founding a new NFT gaming studio, MetaGames to develop new game projects including the official Metas...

Media and Broadcasting

Telestream, Digital Media | June 11, 2021

Encompass Digital Media, a global managed service provider for TV networks, broadcasters, sports leagues and OTT platforms, andTelestream, a leading provider of workflow automation, media processing and quality monitoring solutions for the production and distribution of video, partner to offer broadcasters and content owners an accessible asset storage solution in Altitude Media Cloud. Altitude is Encompass' scalable and flexible processing platform built for broadcast and designed to ...

Media and Broadcasting

MAD LIONS | July 27, 2021

OverActive Media Corp. announced today that its Spanish esports group, MAD Lions, and Warner Music Spain, a division of leading record label Warner Music Group that includes artists like Kidd Keo, Ed Sheeran, and Myke Towers, are collaborating to improve the fan experience across music, esports, and video games. This is the first agreement of its type in Spain, with Warner Music Spain serving as industry pioneers in its commitment to esports and gaming. Music and video games have ...