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Electronic Arts & AT&T | September 20, 2021

Today, Electronic Arts ,AT&T and WarnerMedia announced the completion of EA’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Games’ Playdemic, Ltd. for $1.4 billion in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.Playdemic is a premier mobile gaming company known for its award-winning game Golf Clash that allows players around the world to compete with each other in real time. With more than 80 million downloads globally to date, Golf Clash is one of the leading mobile games in the U.S. an...

thedrum | February 02, 2020

Facebook has turned to former Eventbrite chief marketing officer Brian Irving to serve as its head of AR/VR product marketing as social media giant seeks to double down on its early lead in the sector in pursuit of its stated goal of reaching 1bn virtual reality users. Reporting directly to AR/VR chief marketing officer Rebecca van Dyck Irving will help promote a range of new initiatives in the sector including Horizon, a planned VR world in which people can create personalised avatars which are...

Virtualization

VREX | November 29, 2021

VREX, the leading provider of virtual reality (VR) collaboration software, today announced its release of the world's first direct Point Cloud support for BIM collaboration in VR. This update, powered by VREX's proprietary technology, drives better insight during BIM coordination to avoid rework and design errors. Combining BIM models with point cloud scans makes it easy to perform visual inspections and understand the current status of any construction project. Read More

Media and Broadcasting

Wurl | June 13, 2022

Wurl, the world leader in powering streaming TV, announced its agreement with TED, a nonprofit dedicated to discovering and spreading ideas that spark imagination, embrace possibility, and catalyze impact, to power the launch of the TED channel, the company’s first-ever Free Ad Supported TV (FAST) channel. The Wurl-powered FAST channel will distribute and monetize select programming from an extensive library of original content designed to make great ideas accessible and spark conver...