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Augmented Reality and Hearables: Where the Two Technologies Meet

ARPost

Companies are beginning to incorporate the technology into solutions across various industries, including healthcare, sports, education, tourism, and the automotive industry. For example, in 2019, Amazon extended Alexa features to pair with headphones and earbuds. IKEA Place app virtually arranges furniture in a customer’s interior.

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Interview with Robert Scoble about Oculus Quest 2, Apple Glasses and more!

The Ghost Howls

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. We all know that this thought has not aged well, and that Microsoft has failed completely entering the phone market, with billions of loss because of that. Amazon and Tesla could be two outsider of the XR ecosystem instead.

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“GeoPose Evangelist” Talks Spatial Computing and Autonomous Vehicles

ARPost

Amazon has a system, Microsoft has a system, Magic Leap has a system. See Also: Augmented Reality’s Surprising First Frontier: The Automotive Industry. “ There will be sensors that pick up on GeoPose, and each car will have its own GeoPose,” said Black. Spatial Computing and AR as an Operating System.

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Report: VR in Retail and Marketing to Generate US$1.8 billion in 2022

Tech Trends VR

Automotive companies and travel agencies are already using VR as a marketing tool, with applications such as virtual test drives and 360-degree tours becoming more widespread. E-commerce is another sector with a good potential for VR deployment.

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Report: NVIDIA Forms Custom Chip Unit for Cloud Computing and More

Anand Tech

The new division aims to address a wide range of sectors including automotive, gaming consoles, data centers, telecom, and others that could benefit from tailored silicon solutions. And since Windows runs on Arm, NVIDIA has a shot at Microsoft. "NVIDIA was in the first Xbox, and in PlayStation 3.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.04.26): Magic Leap 2 coming in 2022, Quest gets Air Link and new Avatars, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Johnson has worked at Microsoft and Qualcomm before, and she is a very respected executive. Yes, it will be hard against Microsoft, which is well poised in the field, but the market is so new and growing that there is the place for more than one single company. Amazon is opening its AR Beauty Salon. I’m here waiting for them.

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What is Spatial Computing in simple terms?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

For instance: Microsoft: A pioneer in metaverse spatial computing and XR technologies, Microsoft is one of the market leaders aligning the XR and spatial technology spaces. The company’s HoloLens headsets, Microsoft Mesh , and other emerging tools provide companies with various ways to explore the benefits of immersive interactions.