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Microsoft’s Meandering XR Strategy Could Lead to Another Zune Moment

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Microsoft released the first-gen Zune in 2006, an MP3 player that looked to compete with Apple’s largely dominant line of iPods. Apple wasn’t the first to make a portable MP3 player, although it was the first to make one everyone wanted. Azure Cloud Platform competes alongside AWS and Google Cloud.

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Report Predicts AR and VR Headsets Shipments to Approach 100 Million by 2021

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Samsung confirmed at CES in January that its Oculus engineered Samsung Gear VR headset had passed an install base figure of 5 Million and more recently Google affirmed that it had shipped over 10 Million Cardboard viewers. SEE ALSO What VR Headset Makers (not analysts) Have Actually Said About Sales Expectations.

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Can Gowalla Reinvent AR (and Itself)?

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” It was acquired by Facebook in 2011, then mostly faded away. That includes Google Lens and Live View , Niantic’s Real World Platform , Apple’s Geo Anchors , and Snap Local Lenses. He’s joined this time by Piemonte (mentioned above) who previously worked at Apple as an interface designer and founded AR startup, Mirage.

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The AR Space Race, Part VIII: Startups

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That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” Apple signals interest in location-relevant AR through its geo-anchors and Project Gobi. ” But it’s not alone.

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Google Wallet is now available globally

Mashable VR

In May, during its annual Google I/O conference, Google said it would combine Google Pay with several features scattered across other apps into a brand new app: Google Wallet. Now, Google Wallet is officially live and available to download in 39 countries – though it will work a little differently in some markets.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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WHAT A DAY FOR A DAYDREAM… The highly-anticipated Google Daydream headset is here. Priced at $79, it is currently only compatible with the Google Pixel phone. APPLE’S 2011 AUGMENTED REALITY PATENT FINALLY MADE PUBLIC. Not only did Snap, Inc.

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10 Augmented Reality Trends of 2022: A Vision of Immersion

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APPLE ARKIT 5 The latest version of Apple’s open source mobile augmented reality development toolset, ARKit 5 , offers significant improvements from ARKit 4. This past year, Google introduced a few new features for ARCore such as recording and playback APIs. However, Google Glass launched eight years ago.