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Tech Giants Prime AR’s Headworn Era

AR Insider

The tech industry is looking to replace the smartphone — and everybody is waiting to see what Apple comes up with. I n 2007, Apple unveiled the iPhone. Apple didn’t invent the smartphone — companies like Palm and Blackberry had been selling them for years. But Apple’s not the only company working on these products.

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Is Personal Computing’s Next Conquest Your Face?

AR Insider

Why Facebook and Amazon have joined the race to bring computing to your face. — Facebook and Amazon each discussed computer glasses at launch events this week. — Amazon’s approach is to get a lightweight product out now, while Facebook is promising advanced technology in a few years. by Kif Leswing, CNBC, 9/29/19.

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The Second Coming of Augmented-Reality Glasses

ARVR

Source: [link] When it debuted in 2013 the Google Glass was the first of its kind. The Smart-Accessory Revolution A Pew Research Center survey conducted at the beginning of 2013 showed that only 51% of adults in the United States owned a smartphone, 6 years after the launch of the 1st-generation Apple iPhone.

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Open Haptics Ecosystem: unlock a tremendous value for the haptics market

ARVR

Haptx gloves have been in development since 2013, they are at the stage of development kit today. Apple and Sony have brilliant scientists talking and working with open-minded product and designer teams. Market suggestions : Amazon is using haptics in their app when converting from the search list to the checkout.

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These 8 athletes win the award for Twitter excellence

Mashable VR

If a notorious trash talker like Eli Apple makes a couple of bad plays in the Super Bowl, the entire NFL can roast him right after the game ends for all of us to see. Some of his best work involved learning about American delicacies like smoothies and corn dogs after moving here in 2013. Tweet may have been deleted.

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Lighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH’s Paul Reynolds

XR for Business Podcast

In 2013, after 10 years of creating video games, he joined Magic Leap where he was promoted to senior director, overseeing content and SDK teams. To be fair to everyone else, Apple’s very tightly coupled to the hardware. Everybody was moving towards GLTF, and then Apple decided to invent their own. Alan: Oh, my God.

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Lighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH’s Paul Reynolds

XR for Business Podcast

In 2013, after 10 years of creating video games, he joined Magic Leap where he was promoted to senior director, overseeing content and SDK teams. To be fair to everyone else, Apple’s very tightly coupled to the hardware. Everybody was moving towards GLTF, and then Apple decided to invent their own. Alan: Oh, my God.

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