The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The success of the Ray-Ban Meta has triggered the smartglasses hype: when I was at CES, I saw many startups launching their AI-powered smartglasses and we have heard rumors of all the major brands (including Apple and Samsung) working on their own smartglasses devices, too. But as usual, I warn you to be careful of the hype.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 20, 2020

P roof points for AR’s role as a shopping tool continue to emerge. Cashierless retail a la Amazon Go will get its long-awaited chance to shine. In a recent SYKES’ survey of 3,000 adults,11 percent report using touchless payments like PayPal, Apple Pay or Venmo for the first time in the last five months.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 3, 2025

The original Pictionary game (Image from Amazon, the game is from Hasbro) Suddenly a light bulb lit up in my head: I remembered the fun nights with my friends playing Pictionary. But I did not want to make something lame like a speaking AI agent or just let you take photos of the surroundings. I wanted to do something more original.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 5, 2025

And Metas policies prohibit certain uses of data, including to perform, facilitate, or provide tools for surveillance, and uniquely identifying a device or user, except as permitted [in the policy]. But remember that the user has to explicitly give consent to the app to have camera access. Lets hope this will be enough.

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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. The leading OEMs such as Samsung and Apple are expected to contribute to manufacturing more AR devices. The concept of augmented reality is no longer new.

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VRScout

MARCH 30, 2018

Here’s a list of the most popular free and paid Apple ARKit apps. During Apple’s WWDC event, Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering introduced ARKit , boldly declaring that “Apple will have the largest AR platform in the world.” 19, 2017 to March 19, 2018)? ARKit Apps.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

At the same time, personal voice assistants developed by tech giants — Alexa from Amazon, Siri from Apple, and Google Assistant — are standing at the forefront of the audio augmented reality market. For example, in 2019, Amazon extended Alexa features to pair with headphones and earbuds. Top 3 Types of AR-Enabled Hearables.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is working to support developers in creating spatial applications on the recently released Vision Pro. ” The AWS tools are ready for use alongside Apple’s Xcode framework for creating spatial applications, and the firm’s deep dive explains in detail how to combine the powerful developer resources.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The same has happened with Apple, which is now offering bonuses to employees to keep them inside the company. Apple has performed very strategic acquisitions as well, and the news of the week is that Snap has acquired Compound Photonics to gain a key supplier of LCOS and Microled displays. Apple may have delays for its headset.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Apple is on a roll with augmented reality. Recent hiring data also indicates that Apple has big plans to merge AR with Apple Maps. On Monday , Apple released iOS 12 out into the wild and with it a slew of much desired updates that iPhone and iPad users have been waiting for. That is a lot of AR powered commerce!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Phone AR will be always more popular.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release Image by Epic Games).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Apple headset will not be focused on gaming. A new report seems to suggest that the upcoming Apple headset won’t be focused on gaming at all. According to the rumors, In the beginning only Apple’s first part tools (like RealityKit) will be allowed to create content, and only after, Unity support will come. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But things on the consumers’ side may not be going as well: according to some data scrapped from Amazon, the Quest 2 outsold the Quest 3 by a factor of 3:1 in the last 30 days. This would show the level of polish of the upcoming Apple headset. THREE TO ONE. But for now, we are not sure at all this is going to happen.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 14, 2024

In a press release by Walmart, it said it is currently building ‘dozens’ of further generative AI tools for customers, associates, members, and partners, such as care assistants for Walmart International and Sam’s Club.

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AR Insider

JULY 5, 2021

The company that provides the best tools, the largest audience, and most of all, the biggest rewards for its builder community, will win. As if on cue, enter Matthew Ball, former Amazon Studios strategist turned VC, who has written brilliantly about The Metaverse. Apple and Snap partner JigSpace, the ‘Canva for 3D,’ raises a $4.7M

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

This was to be expected and it is no big deal: VisionOS 2 is coming today and this is great news by itself because it is bringing a lot of new features and improvements to the Apple device (three of these features are actually launching later this year, but all the other ones are coming now).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Global smart glasses firm Nreal opened pre-orders for a new iPhone-compatible smart glasses adaptor on Amazon for $59. The move comes as part of an exclusive partnership between Nreal and Amazon, enabling the smart glasses firm to sell the two devices on Prime. Apple Compatibility. Where is Apple’s XR Device?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

After having announced some of the features and the price just before the launch of the Apple Vision Pro, now the company formerly known as Facebook is already working towards the launch of the device. Thanks to Hexa, Amazon can so show the 3D model of the items it is selling , and also provide virtual try-on features.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This Tuesday, global smart glasses firm Nreal debuted a new iPhone-compatible dongle to coincide with the launch of Apple’s iPhone 14 earlier this month. Additionally, Nreal is updating its Nebula operating system (OS) to improve cross-compatibility with Apple devices on its Air and Light smart glasses. iPhone Compatibility.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

It also extends beyond lenses altogether with things like visual search, to identify products ( via Amazon ), or do things like solve math problems. This live market experimentation is notable in that it deviates from other approaches, such as Apple. And as part of that, we have all these AR tools and ways to express yourself.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

Many major tech organizations such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are currently working on different types of smart glasses or headsets which are more affordable and widely available to consumers, which will eventually change how we view and interact with the world around us. Future Developments for AR Glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 26, 2020

The demand for easy-to-use 3D creation tools is growing rapidly as demonstrated by a report by Hired that showed demand for VR/AR engineers grew by 1400% in 2019. With the One App, creators have access to the full power of ARCore and ARKit for the best possible AR experiences. ( Apple Store ) ( Play Store ).

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

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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Road to VR

JANUARY 25, 2024

.” The free social VR platform has been available on the original PSVR since late 2017, bringing its user-focused maker tools alongside a host of first-party games and activities. Rec Room has rolled out to every major VR headset, including Quest 2/3/Pro, SteamVR headsets, Pico, and is also soon heading to Apple Vision Pro.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

I have been talking with hundreds of people across the industry and have discovered that the changes coming to Apple are deeper than just a VR/AR headset. This is the fourth paradigm shift for Apple. So, what is Apple getting ready to announce over the next year? A new set of tools for developers to build all of this.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

AR will be one technology in a constellation of next-normal retail tools, including lower-tech standbys like disinfectant. Cashierless retail, à la Amazon Go, is a technology that’s aligned with Covid-era dynamics and demand signals. But thrust will come from Amazon’s intent to position it as a “retail as a service” play.

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VRScout

MAY 20, 2019

Reach EDU is about delivering the tools to take advantage of this, by creating a versatile, accessible, and fun platform for effective STEAM education and ongoing innovation”. MekaMon are available via Apple (in-store and online), Amazon among other retailers. . — Val Vacante (@valvacante) October 31, 2018.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 9, 2023

This week has circled Apple, the legacy consumer hardware innovator shocked audiences in many ways when it debuted the Vision Pro, fairly stealing headlines as hyped ramped during the event’s leading months. Apple Debuts Vision Pro This week the news finally broke. Perhaps Apple will go the way of Meta’s reputation.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Last Friday, Chinese augmented reality (AR) smart glasses manufacturer Nreal updated its Nreal Nebula operating system (OS) to support Apple Macs in a move which significantly improves productivity opportunities for the firm’s Air and Light product lineup. Massive Demand for Nreal on Apple Devices.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

You can already use Valve’s tools to create custom maps for the game. Apple ARKit 3.5 It is no mystery that Apple is currently the best mobile augmented reality company, and the latest update to ARKit confirms this. I really can’t wait to see the Apple AR glasses…. No complete SDK is in sight , tough. More info (ARKit 3.5

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2025

Finally, the developer of GoGoFight said: From the PICO 3 to todays PICO Ultra, indie developers can develop, test, and even monetize content directly on PICO devices with PDC tools, forming a self-sustaining ecosystemno longer just “powered by passion” but truly “powered by possibility. PICO 4 Ultra OS 5.13.0 by PICO XR.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 14, 2020

The story is similar for Amazon , Microsoft and Bose (kind of), and the 800-pound gorilla in wearables, Apple. As we’ve examined , Apple is conditioning users to wear sensors on their bodies to warm the world up for its looming smart glasses play. Fully Actualized. To continue the narrative, what about Snap?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In September, Shopify, one of the world’s largest eCommerce platforms, unveiled its latest integration—Apple’s iOS 17 Object Capture—for creating augmented reality (AR) 3D digital assets on-the-fly. Images from Shopify’s Apple iOS-based AR object-capturing application.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 16, 2024

The head-mounted display/headset marketplace may be approaching a broad shift as Apple unveils its Vision Pro headset next month, with the device promising to advance screen-based productivity into a third dimension, leveraging traditional MR technologies to achieve a spatial computing future.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

I think this is a good thing, as the gigantic pockets of Apple, Google, Magic Leap, Huawei and such like will help fund the creative endeavours of a whole new content ecosystem.”. Speakers from goliaths like Amazon, Ford, and IKEA will rub shoulders with Vancouver up-and-comers including Motive.io

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 17, 2023

Apple is set to reveal its long-awaited Reality Pro mixed reality (MR) headset at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on 5 June, news reports revealed on Sunday. What’s in the Bag for Apple? These include a lineup of new Apple laptops, Apple Watches, and software updates.

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