XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 20, 2023

Google parent company Alphabet announced layoffs on Friday of roughly 12,000 workers, totalling 6 percent of its global workforce. The news comes just days after Microsoft and Amazon announced cutbacks of roughly 10,000 employees. The company recently began beta testing for its Google Glass follow-up across the US in July last year.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 13, 2021

Apple, Amazon, Google , Samsung SmartThings, and Signify, the team behind the Philips Hue smart bulbs, already committed to it earlier this year. Matter is a new standard that’s supposed to make your smart home gadgets play nicely together. Matter will make it easier to pick out gadgets that work with one another, but… Read more.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

See Also: Is 2022 the Year for Consumer AR Glasses? “At For example, Magic Leap has had a partnership with Google Cloud for the past year now. Likewise, AutoDesk offers its XR cloud services through a partnership with Amazon. At least, until Snapchat makes a consumer version of Spectacles. Parents and Partners.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 8, 2022

This year at CES 2022 was no different: Top dogs Sony, Samsung, and LG, alongside challengers TCL, Hisense,… Read more. Every year at CES the convention centers and hotel-casino ballrooms of Las Vegas convert into a battleground for TV makers trying to prove their displays are brighter, more colorful, and slimmer than the others.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 6, 2022

Lenovo announces its new Smart Clock Essential powered by Amazon Alexa instead of Google Assistant.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 8, 2022

Credit: Bellroy/Amazon. Credit: Sennheiser/Amazon. Credit: Apple/Amazon. For Android users, try out the Samsung Galaxy Watch , or keep an eye out for the upcoming Google Pixel Watch later this fall. Credit: Amazon. Credit: Native Union/Amazon. Credit: Belkin/Amazon. Cord organizer. Wired headphones.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 4, 2022

LG is updating its fleet of OLED TVs at CES, and while the underlying technology remains mostly the same, the company’s 2022 lineup has gained some enticing enhancements. Read more.

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Digital Trends

JULY 8, 2022

There is an impressive Google Pixel 6 Prime Day deal taking place, with the rarely discounted smartphone going for just $571.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Apple has been prototyping headsets for years, and recent reports from The Information and Bloomberg suggest that Apple could release a headset as early as 2022 that could cost as much as $3,000. All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well.

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ARVR

MAY 31, 2022

As we roll through 2022, it’s time for our annual ritual of synthesizing the lessons from recent history and formulating the outlook for the near term. Entitled Spatial Computing: 2021 Lessons; 2022 Outlook , it joins our report excerpt series. The past year was also marked by the emergence of metaverse mania.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 23, 2023

Google Parent Alphabet Lays Off 12,000 Jobs Late last week, Alphabet, Google’s parent firm, laid off roughly 12,000 individuals. The move accounts for around 6 percent of Google’s global workforce. Google’s layoffs come just days after Microsoft and Amazon announced cutbacks of roughly 10,000 employees.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Google is bringing Android games from Google Play to Windows laptops, PCs, and tablets. Mobile gamers who hate being tied to their smartphones just got an early holiday present. Read more.

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ARVR

MAY 26, 2022

Last week, Google teased its latest AR glasses?—?a The first was of course the ill-fated Google Glass which, in fairness, had a fruitful second life in the enterprise. Macro factors have changed, leading Google back to the consumer AR well. But the other factor that’s different about Google’s latest AR tease is focus.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2021

At the time of this writing, Meta’s standalone VR headset is one of the most sought-after gifts on Amazon. The Oculus companion app is also topping the charts on the App Store and Google Play, which means more people than ever are diving into VR for the first time. Social VR games are poised to explode in 2022.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 7, 2022

There were a lot of tech trends at CES 2022, but one stands out above the rest: The rapid adoption of Matter among smart home companies.

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ARVR

MAY 11, 2022

For example, Google click value is greater when local intent is signaled by the searcher, such as a “near me” or geographic modifiers like a zip code in the search query. So companies like Google, Yelp, Foursquare and many others have built businesses around this principle in driving local search and discovery?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

Tender Claws and Google ARCore. As extended reality gaming experiences continue to take the world by storm, leading cloud and technology vendors like Google are offering game creators and developers an easy avenue into the ecosystem.

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Anand Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Nine unofficial sources across the industry confirmed to Reuters the existence of the division, but NVIDIA has remained tight-lipped, only discussing its 2022 announcement regarding implementation of its networking technologies into third-party solutions.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 12, 2022

There's buzz about a theoretical E3 2022. Stadia has had its share of struggles as a business, but Google's cloud gaming service, along with competitors like Amazon's Luna , capably deliver on the promise of high-end gaming streamed straight to your device (bandwidth permitting). First, let's face facts: It's not happening.

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ARVR

MARCH 22, 2022

As we roll into 2022, it’s time for our annual ritual of synthesizing the lessons from recent history and formulating the outlook for the near term. Entitled Spatial Computing: 2021 Lessons; 2022 Outlook , it joins our report excerpt series. Read the full report here … [link] Originally published at [link] on March 15, 2022.

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Anand Tech

AUGUST 16, 2023

To put the $150 billion number into context, the total server market value reached $123 billion in 2022 and is poised to grow to $186 billion in 2027, according to IDC. including the well-known factory in Wisconsin, it can offer localized services to customers like AWS, Google, and Microsoft, a distinct competitive advantage.

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Upload VR

MAY 24, 2023

Zuckerberg described 2022 as a “humbling wake-up call” for Meta, citing declining macroeconomic conditions reducing overall advertising spend and the increased competition from TikTok. "I Google parent Alphabet laid off 12,000 in January, Microsoft has laid off 10,000 so far this year, and Amazon has laid off 27,000.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Japanese tech firm Epson has showcased its latest iteration of Moverio augmented reality (AR) smart glasses for industrial use cases, it announced at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2022 Europe on Thursday. Epson India (@IndiaEpson) October 17, 2022. AWE (@ARealityEvent) October 20, 2022. Here’s how we’re doing it.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 28, 2022

Oddly, though, many of the best deals on robot vacuums ahead of Prime Day aren't from Amazon. at Amazon (save $279.84). Why we like it Amazon's 30% discount on Samsung's Jet Bot+ is a gem of a find compared to the full price listed on Samsung's own website. at Amazon (save $240). Opens in a new tab. Credit: Samsung.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 9, 2022

The Digital Markets Act is a law that the European Parliament and Commission are discussing since 2020 and has the purpose of limiting the excessive power of the major tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta. And the same holds for Google, which is applying similar restrictions.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In the last couple of years, AR has experienced tremendous growth and popularity as big technology giants like Google, Amazon, Apple have adopted the technology. According to some sources , Apple is planning to launch Apple Glass AR glasses in 2022 or 2023. The concept of augmented reality is no longer new.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 12, 2022

SAVE $200: Amazon has a Renewed Premium Apple iPhone 12 Pro (128GB) on sale for $799 as of April 12. Enter: the Renewed Premium iPhone 12 Pro that just went up for sale on Amazon. Enter: the Renewed Premium iPhone 12 Pro that just went up for sale on Amazon. Ignore Amazon's list price; new ones retail for $999.).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

But it is anyway great news and makes us hope for a great 2022 for the whole XR ecosystem. The headset is expected for Q4 2022 , with no preorders available. CES 2022 is going to be less cool than expected. Some months ago, it was announced that CES 2022 would have had a physical edition again. This is great.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 31, 2022

Are you Google Android OS or Apple iOS? So, if you prefer Google's Android OS to Apple's iOS, opting for an Android tablet over an iPad makes a lot of sense. Android is a Google-owned mobile operating system. What is the Google Play Store? You can find tons of Google-approved apps there. It's a kind of tribalism.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

TL;DR: The 2022 Premium Interviewing Skills Bundle is on sale for £25.80, saving you 97% on list price. 2022 could finally be the year you land your dream job, but first, you need to learn how to ace your interview. 2022 Premium Interviewing Skills Bundle. And of course, you’ll learn the best ways to answer them.

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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. Fast-forward a few years from the failing Google Glass, and now it turns out the popularity of smart-glasses has increased again, thanks to numerous new developments.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The company is reportedly shopping itself around for a buyer, as the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, after a bruising start to 2022 led by chatter about stalled bike and treadmill production. Insider's story about the current state of Stadia names Peloton as a potential destination for the re-dubbed Google Stream technology.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 10, 2022

Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, better known as WWDC , is in full swing. But the major announcements were already revealed during the keynote presentation earlier this week. Read more.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 14, 2023

Zuckerberg added that he believed the company had suffered a “humbling wake-up call” due to poor revenues in 2022. ” The news comes as multiple tech giants slash their workforces, namely Google parent company Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and others, amid the ongoing tech crisis.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The device will be sold exclusively as an enterprise device, starting from 2022. At the event, it should just tease the new device, to then announce it formally at CES 2022. Amazon Glow is a video projector for kids. Amazon has just announced Glow, a product to make people interact and play with children remotely.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 15, 2022

According to a report by Insider Intelligence, Snapchat’s user base will grow to roughly 493 active users in 2022. The news comes as social media stocks across the board dropped by $100 billion in May, with major technology firms such as Alphabet (Google) and Amazon falling short of expectations.

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