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Will AR Enable Retail’s Touchless Era?

AR Insider

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. More importantly, the survey indicates sustained adoption of touchless tech and transactions.

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3 Technologies to Support Shopping’s Next Era

AR Insider

This will include “try-before-you-buy” AR visualization like we examined yesterday, as well as visual search a la Google Lens. It could even be simpler than Google’s advanced object recognition technology. Cashierless retail, à la Amazon Go, is a technology that’s aligned with Covid-era dynamics and demand signals.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.24): Apple opens applications for Vision Pro devkits, Meta may stop the production of Quest Pro, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. More info (Official Sony blogpost) More info (Summary by Upload VR) Pimax works for the release of Portal Pimax Portal, the Nintendo Switch-like console by Pimax , has just been released on Amazon.

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The Second Coming of Augmented-Reality Glasses

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Source: [link] When it debuted in 2013 the Google Glass was the first of its kind. The Smart-Accessory Revolution A Pew Research Center survey conducted at the beginning of 2013 showed that only 51% of adults in the United States owned a smartphone, 6 years after the launch of the 1st-generation Apple iPhone.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.01.17): Big tech companies’ battle for talents, PSVR 2 still not confirmed for 2022, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It is becoming always more difficult for a new company entering the field: the key hardware suppliers of displays and other components are all being bought by Meta, Apple, Snap, Google, and other big players. Participate in this AR/VR Survey. Here you are the description of the initiative: AR/VR creators, this survey is for you.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.11.01 + 2023.11.08): Pico performs layoffs, Nimo announces AR glasses, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (Meta’s losses in 2023) More info (Meta expecting even higher losses in 2024) Quest 3 enters the Steam chart at 0.15% Meta Quest 3 appeared for the first time in Steam’s Hardware Survey, with a 0.15% share of the market. The book is coming in March, 2024, but can already be preordered on Amazon.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.10.08): Windows 11 update bricks WMR headsets, PSVR 2 becomes the 9th most used HMD on Steam, and more!

The Ghost Howls

According to the Steam hardware survey, Windows Mixed Reality headsets are still used by 50–80,000 people today. After that, WMR headsets will no longer receive security updates, non-security updates, bug fixes, technical support, or online technical content updates, Microsoft said. I cross my fingers, but I don’t have high hopes.

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