AR Insider

JANUARY 25, 2021

Breaking that down a bit, IDC estimates that global wearables unit sales grew from 346 million units in 2019 to 396 million units in 2020. This is up from about 50 percent in 2019. This growth accelerated in Q4, due not only to holiday spending but new hardware including Apple Watch Series 6, Fitbit Sense and Airpods Pro.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In 2019, the demand growth for augmented reality and virtual reality engineers skyrocketed 1400% from the previous year, surpassing the demand for blockchain engineers (the most in-demand skill in 2018). Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1 Startups Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs.

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AR Insider

APRIL 14, 2020

600,000 AR lenses have been created to date on Snapchat and lens creators grew 20 percent in Q3 2019 — the last reported figures. Through a partnership with Amazon, it’s also moved into visual search to identify physical-world products with your mobile camera. Virtuous Cycle: Developers. So it continues to double down on it.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Amazon’s a good place to get your VR experience going. Here’s a list of the ten most popular options currently available on Amazon. The Oculus Rift S is the number one seller in computer-powered VR headsets on Amazon. out of 5 across 9,843 ratings, this VR headset released in March 2019 is still going strong.

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ARPost

JUNE 23, 2020

They’ve worked with giants including Channel, Timberland, Sony, Amazon, and Panera Bread. It’s a huge step forward in terms of distribution,” QReal co-founder Alper Guler told ARPost in a 2019 interview. “I I think this is the most important thing happening in our lives: Apple and Google creating these distribution channels.

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VRScout

JULY 29, 2020

Released back in 2019, the goggles were originally designed for use in the pool, giving wearers the ability to monitor their distance, split times, stroke rate, and stroke count in real-time without interrupting their session. FORM’s AR smart goggles are available now for $199 at formswim.com and on Amazon in the U.S.,

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

I was reading my predictions for 2019 to prepare myself for this article, and to my surprise, I found it incredibly actual. It has not changed that much from when I wrote that article at the beginning of 2019. I think that Kura’s announcements have been the new “whale in the gym” of 2019.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

Past attempts have been unsuccessful, such as Google Glass, due to reluctance and concerns over ethical issues such as privacy and security of AR glasses. See Also: AR and MR Headsets and Glasses 2019 and 2020 Overview. But, is there a market for them at the consumer level?

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Upload VR

MARCH 1, 2024

Google reportedly asked Meta to partner and "contribute to" its upcoming XR platform, but Meta said no. The Meta Quest operating system is a fork of the open-source core of Android (known as AOSP), a similar strategy to Amazon's Fire OS for its Fire tablets. We would love to partner with them.

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VRScout

MAY 20, 2019

Originally announced at CES 2019 , the Reach EDU app has officially launched and now works alongside the existing MekaMon augmented reality gaming app, bringing together creative STEAM learning and advanced robotics in one approachable package. The ReachEDU app is available for free on the Appstore and Google Play.

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VRScout

JULY 3, 2019

During the 2018 conference, Amazon Studios set up a VR obstacle course in support of their new Jack Ryan original series, offering attendees the chance to zip line and repel from a helicopter while in VR. Robot VR experience , during which the cast joined in via Google Cardboard headsets. . VR skydiving of course!

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

In fact, ARtillery Intelligence’s 2019 predictions projected building blocks as a breakout AR category. Google Blocks lowered the barrier further for creating assets with limited programming skills. Google also launched Poly, an online library of Blocks creations. Other creation tools include Amazon Sumerian.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2019

3 from multiple services, including Apple Music, Google Music, Amazon, Spotify, and more. And yes, we’re still waiting on the fabled 360 game mode , which was teased back at E3 2019 in June. Burning Sands – by Boom Kitty. SEE ALSO 'Beat Saber' Scoring Explained – It's All in the Technique.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Or is it just a talk about glasses?

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2021

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.” In that way, the platform follows the path of one of the greatest enabling tools the tech world has ever seen: Amazon Web Services.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 21, 2020

We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. Most recently, Q4 2019 shows a quarterly R&D spend of $3.55 billion delta in annual R&D spend between the pre-Oculus (conservative) baseline and 2019.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As part of an ongoing investigation into potentially unlawful retaliation against workers involved in labor activism, Google must turn over a slew of documents connected to a stealthy anti-union campaign it conducted back in 2019, a National Labor Review Board judge has ordered. Read more.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2019

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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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Way back in 2019, Amazon announced that, going forward, any old idiot off the street could provide answers for its voice assistant Alexa to read aloud in response to questions from Alexa users. It turns out that many people played along, though perhaps not in the way Amazon intended. Credit: Screenshot: Amazon.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Rent or own it : Amazon 3. Rent or own it : YouTube | Google | iTunes | Vudu | Amazon Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Black Mirror | 2011–2019 | Drama/Sci-fi | 5 Seasons Black Mirror explores various upcoming technologies and their potential impact on society. Rent or own it : YouTube | Google | Vudu | Amazon 9.

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ARVR

AUGUST 29, 2020

Rent or own it : YouTube | iTunes | Vudu | Google Play | Amazon Prime Video 2. Rent or own it : YouTube | iTunes | Vudu | Google Play | Amazon Prime Video | Hulu Did you know the first virtual reality headset was created over 50 years ago? Rent or own it : YouTube | iTunes | Vudu | Google Play | Amazon Prime Video 4.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

According to CBINSIGHTS , tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) have all been acquiring AI startups aggressively in the last decade. billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 63.01% between 2019 and 2025. Artificial intelligence has been the most happening and hottest technology of this century.

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AR Insider

APRIL 22, 2020

For example, earlier in this series, we examined Google’s ambitions to create more direct user touchpoints (literally) that drive revenue-generating search by voice, visual and text. The story is similar for Amazon , Microsoft and Bose … but the biggest impact could come from Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2024

The historical moment of the launch of Quest 1 (Image by TechCrunch) Oculus Quest 1 launched in 2019 for $399. And Quest 2 is much cheaper (especially now that has been put at $199): during the last holidays, it outperformed the Quest 3 by a factor 3:1 on Amazon US. April’s hardware survey of VR headsets on Steam.

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ARVR

JUNE 29, 2020

Source: [link] When it debuted in 2013 the Google Glass was the first of its kind. Compare that number with another survey conducted in February 2019, the percentage of adults who own a smartphone jumped to 81%. Another survey conducted mid-June 2019, 4 years since the debut of the Apple Watch, showed that roughly 1-in-5 U.S.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

8th Wall recently partnered with Amazon Sumerian on a WebAR ad experience where, with just a click of a banner ad, an AR experience placed a 3D Spiderman into your space for you to interact with directly in your mobile browser. Just imagine a world where Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant have bodies.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Big names such as Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google are rapidly developing the technology, making it accessible to many industries. Apple and Google played big roles in this. Apple’s ARKit and Google’s ARCore are Software Development Kits (SDKs) that standardized the development tools and regulated mobile AR creation.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

With a surprise move, Facebook has acquired Sanzaru Games, the company behind the best VR game of 2019, Asgard’s Wrath. According to Tipatat Chennavasin, 106 games have made more than $1M in revenue, and half of these titles have come out in 2019. In 2019 AR startup Daqri has shutdown. Facebook acquires Sanzaru Games.

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Charlie Fink

JUNE 7, 2019

Apple begins its World Wide Developer Conference on Monday, June 3rd; Microsoft, Facebook (Oculus), Google, Amazon, Snap, and Magic Leap, had theirs earlier in the year. AWE is a snapshot of a developing industry, though it does not have participation from major players with developer conferences of their own.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The total revenues on the Quest Store alone had been $1B since its foundation in 2019, and this shows that many people are enjoying Quest games. The previous one went great on Amazon, and I’m sure this will be a great read, too. Reality Labs had $2.3B revenues in 2021 , up from $1.14B in 2020, with a 2x growth over one year period.

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Mashable VR

MAY 10, 2022

If the rumors are true, Google may give wireless earbuds the old college try once again. But while Google can at least claim some parity with Apple in terms of phone quality, there’s no competition when it comes to earbuds. But according to tech leaker Jon Prosser, Google is going to launch something called Pixel Buds Pro soon.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 31, 2020

The FBI warned in a November 2019 bulletin that smart video doorbells, such as Amazon’s Ring or Google’s Nest Hello cameras, could tip off suspects that police are coming for them, according to a Monday report in the Intercept. Read more.

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ARVR

JUNE 30, 2020

Companies fined to date include Google (€50M euros) in relation to transparency and a lack of valid consent. In 2019, Facebook paid a fine of £500K over the Cambridge Analytica Scandal, an incident that occurred even before the GDPR was officiated.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant compatibility are pretty standard nowadays, while Apple HomeKit options are fewer and far between.) That also includes motor vehicle theft and arson.)

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

Vuzix has showcased its Vuzix Blade AR Glasses , that are some augmented reality glasses that can project some useful info into the corner of the lenses (so, they’re a bit like the Google Glass). At the MWC there have been various company showcasing 5G demos, with or without virtual reality. I hope you enjoyed this round-up.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 12, 2022

The industry group has struggled to regain the trust of the press and influencer community after a shockingly careless leak of attendee data in 2019. The show's organizer, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has also had its share of troubles. There's no reason that cloud-based game previews can't be opened up for a wider audience.

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Of these two, I have decided to immediately start on the second project, which I have not worked on since 2019 (but I would like to thank Dr. Fran Babcock, who made some updates to this spreadsheet in 2021).

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