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It wasn’t a lack of options per se; the Oculus Quest alone offers a generous selection of fitness apps specifically designed to get your body moving. It should be noted that I am by no means a health or fitness professional, just a borderline fitness enthusiast looking to avoid conventional exercise at any cost.
But thanks to virtual reality, there might be an exercise machine coming to your local gym or arcade that promises to gamify what many people not only find to be an existential commentary on their personal failings, but also a painfully boring experience. image courtesy VirZOOM. image courtesy VirZOOM.
So predicting AR’s trajectory becomes an exercise in “ following the money.” Amazon wants AR for product visualization, pursuant to boosting e-commerce sales and reducing returns. Amazon will be the commerce layer, Microsoft the productivity layer and Facebook, the social/identity layer. to Oculus headsets.
We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. More importantly, this aligns with the timeframe that followed its 2014 Oculus acquisition. billion for a representative baseline of pre-Oculus spending.
Like in our ongoing “ follow the money ” exercise, they’re each building wearables strategies that support or future-proof core businesses where tens of billions in annual revenues are at stake. The story is similar for Amazon , Microsoft and Bose (kind of), and the 800-pound gorilla in wearables, Apple.
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This has been the week of the OC6, but, believe it or not, I have been able to find some other interesting news that don’t regard Oculus. Image by Oculus). Oculus bets on Oculus Quest at OC6. Well, the top news of the week is, of course, the Oculus Connect 6. Oculus “Cablegate” may end soon.
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You’re going to see health and fitness devices incorporate AI, helping people come up with better exercise regimens, reminding them to take their medicine. When you think about things like intelligent assistants, we have embedded services like Siri from Apple, Google Home, Amazon Echo with Alexa. Facebook has Oculus.
Alan: The Oculus Quest is coming out next week at [Facebook] F8, and it’s full six degrees of freedom. I think that was one of the biggest challenges over the last few years, was… well, put it this way: Amazon has 1.5 billion products for sale on Amazon. The first Oculus was… out in, what, early 2012?
Alan: The Oculus Quest is coming out next week at [Facebook] F8, and it’s full six degrees of freedom. I think that was one of the biggest challenges over the last few years, was… well, put it this way: Amazon has 1.5 billion products for sale on Amazon. The first Oculus was… out in, what, early 2012?
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Amazon sold me a moulded nylon grip for an AR-15 airsoft rifle… it was time to start work building my first development “Mule”. This was in direct contrast to the Oculus Touch controllers which had launched with a joystick and great ergonomics courtesy of the Carbon Design team who were also behind the Xbox controller design.
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We talk a lot about the business use cases of XR on this podcast, but any good business comes with a great fitness plan or exercise room. You talked about exercising in VR. Give us some examples of some of the ways people are using VR to exercise. You were talking about exercise and fitness. Amazon Sumerian.
We talk a lot about the business use cases of XR on this podcast, but any good business comes with a great fitness plan or exercise room. You talked about exercising in VR. Give us some examples of some of the ways people are using VR to exercise. You were talking about exercise and fitness. Amazon Sumerian.
But now we have better systems that I can order on Amazon. And now with the advent of Oculus Quest and these really inexpensive headsets, I think it’s just opened up the world to developers, and clinicians, and medical practitioners. And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. It’s just amazing.
But now we have better systems that I can order on Amazon. And now with the advent of Oculus Quest and these really inexpensive headsets, I think it's just opened up the world to developers, and clinicians, and medical practitioners. And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. It's just amazing.
But now we have better systems that I can order on Amazon. And now with the advent of Oculus Quest and these really inexpensive headsets, I think it’s just opened up the world to developers, and clinicians, and medical practitioners. And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. It’s just amazing.
Being able to simulate hazardous environments without putting anybody in harm’s way during a training scenario or training exercise is the ideal situation. I think one of the key things was, as I’m sitting here in my office and watching UPS deliver the package I ordered yesterday from Amazon. Alan: Interesting.
Being able to simulate hazardous environments without putting anybody in harm’s way during a training scenario or training exercise is the ideal situation. I think one of the key things was, as I’m sitting here in my office and watching UPS deliver the package I ordered yesterday from Amazon. Alan: Interesting.
Being able to simulate hazardous environments without putting anybody in harm's way during a training scenario or training exercise is the ideal situation. I think one of the key things was, as I'm sitting here in my office and watching UPS deliver the package I ordered yesterday from Amazon. Alan: Interesting. Days on days on days.
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