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Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars? Part II: Microsoft

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For example, Apple’s wearables are seeing strong revenue growth and offsetting smartphone revenue deceleration in the near term. After examining Amazon last week, it’s time to zero in on Microsoft. ’ It turns out that its motivations are similar to Amazon’s. Skin in the Game. in mobile workflows.

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Augmented Reality and Hearables: Where the Two Technologies Meet

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Examples of Augmented Reality in Action. For example, an AR-enabled voice assistant in your ear can point you in the right direction and remind you about an upcoming business meeting. For example, in 2019, Amazon extended Alexa features to pair with headphones and earbuds.

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Metaverse and Investing – Opportunities for Retail Investors Part 2: Software and Infrastructure

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Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) for AltspaceVR. Microsoft again, because some time ago they bought AltspaceVR , a VR social platform that was on the verge of bankruptcy. Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) and Google (Nasdaq: GOOGL) for Servers. These are just examples to better clarify what I mean. And who could be the actors in this case?

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How Different XR Companies Approach Cloud Services

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For example, some of the cloud services that we’ll look at are cloud storage solutions. 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. A similar relationship exists between Azure and Microsoft’s MR hardware.

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Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars? Part III: Google

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For example, Apple’s wearables are seeing strong revenue growth and offsetting smartphone revenue deceleration in the near term. After examining Amazon and Microsoft , it’s time to zero in on Google. For example, AR can add lots of value in local discovery as we examined recently. Highly Motivated.

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XR Talks: Defining the AR Cloud, Part II

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For an example of what not to do, Facebook practices lots of lip service about policies and self-regulation. ” Google could be the knowledge layer , Facebook the social layer , Microsoft the enterprise productivity layer , and Amazon the commerce layer. But real change will be measured in action, says Pearlman.

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XR Talks: AR is All About Location

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In web and mobile search for example, click values are higher when “local intent” is inferred by things like geo-modifiers (e.g. For example, Street View imagery represents an object-recognition database to localize AR devices, which enables them to overlay geo-relevant AR graphics. Local Intent. Wide World.

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