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Statistics & Forecasts
48.6% of developers surveyed are developing for the HTC Vive platform (Upload VR)
63% of survey respondents said enabling law enforcement and security officers with wearable tech to identify known or suspected criminals or terrorists is strongest opportunity (Yahoo)
Device Announcements
VSP unveils Level, glasses with an integrated fitness tracker (Mashable)
Garmin launches the fenix 3 luxury smartwatch (Engadget)
Kate Spade launches line of fitness trackers (Wareable)
Xiamoi launches Amazfit’s Equator and Moonbeam wearables (Wareable)
Funding & M&A
Silver.tv raises $6.2M for eSports VR platform (TechCrunch)
Major Milestones
Ford launches Ford VR app (Upload VR)
Google launches Yosemite 360 experience narrated by Barack Obama (The Verge)
Samsung now beta testing Gear smartwatch support on iPhone (Cult of Mac)
Pre-orders for Sony’s upcoming VR headset sold out faster than any other piece of hardware in GameSpot’s history (Upload VR)
Pebble set to release its latest OS Pebble OS 4 (Slashgear)
Fossil announced that they will be releasing an “unprecedented” number of wearables in 2016 (MobiHealthNews)
Best Buy increases stores demoing Oculus Rift to 500 (TechCrunch)
US ITC rules that Fitbit did not steal Jawbone’s trade secrets (Inc)
Leap Motion launches Interaction Engine to make picking up VR objects more real (Engadget)
Nike+ app gets updates ahead of Apple Watch 2 announcement (9to5 Mac)
Rumours
Google will launch Daydream in weeks (Mashable)
Apple patent shows AR navigation technology (BGR)
Acer to be launching a gaming-minded smartwatch next month (DigiTimes)
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