ar + vr timeline

By Jenny Ho, Michael HoydichFutureCo

2014 2015 20162012 20132010 2011 2017 and Beyond

Apple

Google

Snap Inc

Oculus VR

Microsoft

10/2016Various PC partnerships announced

1/2015Holographic and HoloLens announced

8/2017Holographic included in Windows 10

3/2016HoloLens DK1 released

Magic Leap

9/2010Acquired Polar Rose

11/2013Acquired PrimeSense

11/2014Patent granted for transparent displays

2/2015Patent granted for a VR HMD

5/2015Acquired Metaio

11/2015Acquired Faceshift

1/2016Acquired Flyby MediaAcquired Emotient

9/2016Started partnership with EPGL

11/2016Patent granted for an AR mapping system

4/2013Glass prototype limited release

5/2014Glass CV1 releasedAcquired Quest Visual

6/2014Cardboard announced and releasedProject Tango Tablet DK released

7/2016Acquired Moodstocks

10/2016Acquired Eyefluence

11/2016Daydream VR platform releasedLenovo Phab 2 Pro with Tango released

3/2014Peanut phone for Tango limited release

1/2016Lenovo partnership announced

Meta

3/2013DK1 released

7/2014DK2 released

3/2016CV1 released

6/2012Founded

8/2012Kickstarter: $2.4M

6/2013Series A: $16M

12/2013Series B: $75M

11/2015Gear VR CV1 released

3/2014Acquired by Facebook

5/2016Acquired Two Big Ears

5/2015Acquired Surreal Vision

5/2010Founded

2/2014Series A: $50M

2011First prototype

10/2014Series B: $542M

2/2016Series C: $793.5M

6/2016Partnership with Disney announced

4/2016Acquired NorthBit

12/2013META.01 released

12/2012Founded

5/2013Kickstarter: $0.2M

1/2015Series A: $23M

6/2016Series B: $50M

9/2014Meta 1 DK1 released

3/2016Meta 1 DK2 released

5/2011Founded

2/2013Series A: $12.5M

6/2013Series B: $80M

12/2013Series C: $50M

5/2014Acquired AddLive

7/2011Snapchat app released

5/2012Seed funding, $485K

12/2014Series D: $485MAcquired ScanAcquired Vergence Labs

3/2015Series E: $200M

9/2015Acquired Looksery

5/2016Series F: $1.8B

6/2016Acquired SeeneAcquired Obvious Engineering

8/2016Acquired Vurb

11/2016Spectacles CV1 releasedFiles for IPO

FundingProducts and PatentsPartnershipsAcquisitions

Augmented and Virtual Reality Timeline