AR Insider

MARCH 30, 2021

Beyond consumer demand, tech giants are embracing wearables as they align with road maps and growth strategies. Wearables also represent a long-term strategy to future-proof Apple’s multi-device ecosystem approach, consisting of Watch, AirPods, and (soon) smart glasses. Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars? Part V: Apple.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 29, 2024

Any phone maker can integrate the open-source core of Android for free and without permission, and can integrate Google's services and the Google Play Store by agreeing to certain compatibility criteria and preinstalling Google's suite of apps. Further, Google itself is seemingly preparing to be the Android of XR with.

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AR Insider

MAY 4, 2021

They ’re each building wearables strategies that support or future-proof their core businesses, where tens of billions in annual revenues are at stake. That includes Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Snap and others. Starting with Google, it acquired Fitbit to accelerate its lingering WearOS platform by having its own hardware.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Responding to a question during Facebook’s most recent quarterly earnings call this week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the intersection of Facebook’s cloud gaming and VR initiatives: “Over the longer term, I think the VR piece will obviously come into [our gaming strategy] as well.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

New Amazon Prime Video App With Downloads Amazon launched an all-new Prime Video Quest app that supports passthrough and downloads. New Amazon Prime Video Quest App Supports Downloads Amazon just launched an all-new Prime Video Quest app that supports downloads for offline viewing.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

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. After examining Amazon last week, it’s time to zero in on Microsoft. Next up: Google. Skin in the Game.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

For Google , it’s all about search, and boosting query volume with more user touchpoints. For Amazon , it’s selling us stuff. Starting with Apple, it has several AR balls in the air and is cultivating near and long-term strategies. Amazon meanwhile wants to be the commerce layer.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

More info Google and Samsung are working on smartglasses According to The Information, Google and Samsung are not only working together on a mixed reality headset but also on a pair of smartglasses (a la Ray-Ban Meta) powered by Gemini AI. I cross my fingers, but I don’t have high hopes. A Creator Platform for next-gen to ‘Socialize.’

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Google meanwhile acquired Fitbit to buttress its wearables play. Amazon and Microsoft launched wearables lines in the past quarter and smaller players like Bose and Snap are planting seeds for a wearables-heavy future. Google meanwhile acquired Fitbit to accelerate its lingering WearOS platform with some hardware in the game.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

This post is adapted from ARtillery Intelligence’s report, Mobile AR Strategies & Business Models. Visual search will follow, led by Google , Pinterest and Amazon. Google is highly motivated to visual search in order to “future proof” it’s core business. It includes some of its data and takeaways.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

This post is adapted from ARtillery Intelligence’s report, Mobile AR Strategies & Business Models. Similar to Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) inception, Niantic built its engine primarily to power its own product. AWS and [Google Cloud] weren’t built as compute platforms for everybody,” said Niantic CTO Phil Keslin at AWE. “AWS

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Anand Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

According to Reuters , NVIDIA has initiated discussions with leading tech companies, including Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI, to investigate the potential for developing custom chips.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

There continues to be competition for consumer mindshare from search, social, Amazon, or a brand’s own apps and properties. MM : The future of work will be dictated by Microsoft, while Google silently upends higher education, and IoT steps in to help us navigate these physical, communal spaces. How do you see this playing out?

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 6, 2024

But 2025 is the year I believe we will start to see organizations move beyond the hype and start integrating generative AI into business strategy. Well, during the previous wave of AI transformation we saw businesses like Google, Amazon and Netflix rethink their strategy from the ground up to center around deep learning.

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ARVR

APRIL 5, 2021

Beyond consumer demand, tech giants are embracing wearables as they align with road maps and growth strategies. Wearables also represent a long-term strategy to future-proof Apple’s multi-device ecosystem approach, consisting of Watch, AirPods, and (soon) smart glasses. Amazon is motivated for similar reasons?—?a

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AR Insider

AUGUST 14, 2020

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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Bernard Marr

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

When it comes to commercializing AI technology today, businesses are generally following one of two strategies. The book begins by highlighting Alphabet (parent company to Google) as a prime example of a company that is "all in on AI," with machine learning powering many of its popular services like search, Maps, Assistant, and Gmail.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Multi-cloud is an increasingly popular strategy. This is a strategy known as taking a multi-cloud approach, and it offers a number of advantages, including improved flexibility and security. And it helps to create redundancy that reduces the chance of system errors or downtime from causing a critical failure of business operations.

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AR Insider

APRIL 8, 2020

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. After examining Amazon , Microsoft , and Google , it’s time to zero in on Bose. Head Start. Next up: Apple.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2020

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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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Based near some of the world’s top businesses like Google, Qualcomm, Meta Platforms, and others, Snap’s role in driving innovation in the United States and beyond has led to significant growth in extended reality (XR). ” Doing so would offer “suggestions to develop regional strategies to help businesses prosper.”

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 8, 2018

Its intelligent cloud and intelligent edge strategy is a much more compelling proposition for developers which will continue to define its corporate strategy for the next several years.”. It’s all about putting people – rather than devices – at the centre Click To Tweet. Kinect gets a Second Life.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

More info (Leaked pictures of Quest 3s shell) More info (Quest 3s passed FCC certification) Samsung MR headset is close, but the endgame may be AR glasses It’s not a secret that Samsung is working with Google and Qualcomm on a new mixed reality headset that could rival Apple Vision Pro and that should be released this year.

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ARVR

JULY 1, 2020

Currently, when you’re walking around the United States accessing the web, your digital self is likely heading physically to one of four major data centers operated by Amazon Web Services in either California, Oregon, Ohio, or Virginia. Just as with the social web and AI, article headlines will start to ask, “What’s your AR strategy?”

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Anand Tech

JULY 26, 2023

As demand from Japanese companies alone may not suffice, Rapidus is looking for orders from international corporations like Apple, Google, and Meta. "We partner, and we have begun discussions with some GAFAM [Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft] corporations," Atsuyoshi Koike, chief executive of Rapidus, told Nikkei. "Specifically,

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2024

And Quest 2 is much cheaper (especially now that has been put at $199): during the last holidays, it outperformed the Quest 3 by a factor 3:1 on Amazon US. Quest 3S launch date and strategy When will the Quest 3S be launched? There are between 20 and 30 million of Quest 2 out there, while only 1M of Quest 3.

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ARPost

MAY 3, 2021

If you want to emulate the likes of Google, Amazon, and Facebook, or more correctly, avoid being kicked out of business by them, it is imperative you at least consider the use cases of AR that fit into and can improve your business model. How do these impact our customers, our products, and our competition?

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ARPost

JUNE 6, 2019

However, the newly-released Moverio application is only compatible with Moverio smartglasses, which are available through Amazon and Best Buy. Products like Google Glass and Microsoft HoloLens are too heavy, and their batteries do not last long enough. See Also: How To Smoothly Incorporate AR Into Your E-Commerce Strategy. “We

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The first good sign was when in Helsinki I saw that Finland has now a long-term metaverse strategy , which means that it is going to pour money into its XR ecosystem for the next 10 years at least. Its interest is especially in the industrial, healthcare, and remote gatherings fields. Not bad for a dead technology.

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AR Insider

JULY 24, 2020

But what about the ability for Walmart and Amazon to capture and distribute 3D models for millions of SKUs? Per the above amortization point — and points made last week by M7’s Maher — investing in an AR strategy is a long-game. The next few years will be about scaling up to Amazon-sized product libraries.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

If you recall, Zuckerberg specifically got Meta into XR because he wanted to free his company from the grip of Apple and Google (the prevailing gatekeepers of the smartphone era). But not more than two and a half years later the company is reportedly laying off hundreds of its staff as it pivots its strategy.

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Bernard Marr

JULY 6, 2023

Given the fact that many companies, including IBM, Google, Microsoft, Baidu, and Amazon, are working on providing quantum computing services at scale via the cloud, businesses must now begin the process of switching or combining cryptographic approaches.

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Bernard Marr

JULY 25, 2023

Our business models– the unique combination of products, strategy, and processes that served us well under one set of conditions may very well not work for the next. Some are digital natives, like Amazon, and some switched to e-commerce models or adopted them to augment “traditional” retail models, such as Walmart and Tesco.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 6, 2023

Xiaomi attended this year’s event amid the company’s push for its Go Global strategy. We’re very excited to be here in Barcelona to reach a wider audience, and turn possibilities into opportunities for success” The strategy comes on the heels of reported revenue growth of 17.2 percent year-on-year, or 1.7

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 31, 2023

These include Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Dubai Enters Metaverse Race with XR Telehealth Platform Regarding Dubai, it approved its Metaverse Strategy to boost its digital transformation with an outlined strategy.

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Bernard Marr

MARCH 27, 2023

Or e-tailers like Amazon may make revenue from e-commerce while also acting as a marketplace where other sellers can offer their goods in exchange for a cut of the profits. It is behind the rise of companies like Google and Facebook, which match users to products and services using AI and analytics.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Or is it just a talk about glasses?

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