When augmented reality company Daqri opened its European headquarters in Dublin’s Silicon Docks in 2015, it heralded the city as a base for technical talent and its push into the European market. Five years later, the company is no more, its tech sold off and some of its international staff redeployed under the new owners, but this was not the case for staff in Dublin. So just what happened? And how did Dublin come out on the wrong end of the deal? ***** The Los Angeles company was founded in 2010 amid much hype around virtual and augmented reality and…

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