AR Insider

MAY 26, 2021

That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” continuing here with Amazon. Amazon inserted itself in this flow to drive transactions from visual searches.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

“Trendline” is AR Insider’s series that examines trends and events in spatial computing, and their strategic implications. Cashierless retail a la Amazon Go will get its long-awaited chance to shine. This could initially branch from work already done by Pinterest and Google in visual search.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Amazon's latest visual search play lets users find products using images of visually similar items that they encounter in the physical world. How does this compare to Google's leading visual search efforts? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 3, 2025

The original Pictionary game (Image from Amazon, the game is from Hasbro) Suddenly a light bulb lit up in my head: I remembered the fun nights with my friends playing Pictionary. Now the trend is a mixed reality, and almost no one has cracked the MR gaming formula yet, AI is at the top of its hype, and passthrough access is coming.

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AR Insider

JUNE 21, 2022

We break down the landscape including the moves and machinations of Snap, Google, TikTok and Amazon. Picking up where we left off in last week's report excerpt, who are the biggest players in AR marketing and commerce? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

AR glasses are expected to be the next most trending pieces of tech in infotainment over the next decade. Past attempts have been unsuccessful, such as Google Glass, due to reluctance and concerns over ethical issues such as privacy and security of AR glasses. Infotainment Trends.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

With that backdrop, here’s our dialogue with Maher on the biggest trends and value drivers he’s seeing in brand marketing as we close out 2020. Next-generation smart packaging will take off and provide a supplemental digital experience via AR that ladders up to the overall trend of shifting towards hands-free shopping.

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MAY 4, 2021

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. Speaking of direct consumer touchpoints, Amazon blitzed the wearables market in 2019 as a delivery system for Alexa. Its motivation?

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This follows a widening trend of layoffs which have affected nearly every big name in tech, including Google, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft. Citing sources familiar with the restructuring, Reuters reports that Tencent is abandoning plans to release a VR headset due to a sobering economic outlook.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 25, 2021

Trending Up in a Downturn. Another key trend driving wireless growth is software. Though Google/Fitbit and Amazon are making headway, Apple continues to hold the largest market share with an estimated 66 million AirPods sold in 2020 ( ARtillery Intelligence ) and 80 million Apple watches ( Above Avalon ).

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Google's Home speaker and Amazon Echo are two of the most popular smart speakers on the market. Which smart speaker is right for you?

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FEBRUARY 17, 2019

On the consumer side, the Vuzix Blade Companion App, which is available for download from the App Store or Google Play, connects the device to both Android or iOS devices. It offers content such as AR enhanced golf training by Oncore Golf, Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

In this article I’ll describe the 6 most important AR trends to watch in 2020. Big names such as Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google are rapidly developing the technology, making it accessible to many industries. Trend 1: Mobile AR Since 2017, mobile AR has grown immensely. Apple and Google played big roles in this.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

“Trendline” is AR Insider’s series that examines trends and events in spatial computing, and their strategic implications. Google meanwhile acquired Fitbit to buttress its wearables play. Google meanwhile acquired Fitbit to accelerate its lingering WearOS platform with some hardware in the game. Its motivation?

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AR Insider

JULY 22, 2021

And this is precisely what was delivered by Nokia’s head of ecosystem & trend scouting Leslie Shannon at AWE — the subject of this week’s XR talks. “The big web-scale players like Google or Amazon [don’t] have data centers every 300 kilometers. Different Flavors. ” XR’s Best Friend.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Facebook wants to be the social layer to the spatial web, while Amazon wants to be the commerce layer and Apple wants a hardware-centric multi-device play. Where does Google fit in all of this? That includes its “search what you see” Google Lens , and Live View 3D navigation. Planet Scale.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Facebook wants to be the social layer to the spatial web, while Amazon wants to be the commerce layer and Apple envisions a hardware-centric multi-device play. Where does Google fit in all of this? That includes its “search what you see” Google Lens , and Live View 3D navigation. Level-Setting.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 9, 2022

The Digital Markets Act is a law that the European Parliament and Commission are discussing since 2020 and has the purpose of limiting the excessive power of the major tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta. And the same holds for Google, which is applying similar restrictions.

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ARVR

JUNE 2, 2021

That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” continuing here with Amazon. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. namely Google and Niantic?—?simply But it’s not alone.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Now that the Chromecast with Google TV is here, Google is in a three-way race with Roku and Amazon for the best $50 streaming device. Which one should you buy?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

But hey, let me play this game anyway, so here you are my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 based on the trends and the anticipations that we had at the end of 2020! I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

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. This plays out through Google Lens (visual search) and Live View (AR mapping/navigation). Google is also advantaged in that can “ incubate ” AR in search.

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AR Insider

MARCH 16, 2021

Just as Google began indexing the web 20 years ago, the next evolution could be for someone to index the physical world in potentially more valuable ways. In fact, Google is a natural candidate to build this physical-world index. The AR Location Wars, Part I: Google. Yet another analogy is the “Internet of places.”

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Google is meanwhile motivated toward wearables to maintain direct touchpoints to consumers. This was the same strategy that drove Google’s investments in the Android OS years ago. Just like with mobile devices, Google can position itself closer to users as a “Trojan horse” for search. Trojan Horse.

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AR Insider

JUNE 30, 2020

To sidestep tech jargon and acronyms, Google calls it “search what you see.”. This aligns with our past analysis and ongoing data that AR will transition into mundane utilities that serve practical purposes at high frequency… sort of like what Google did with web search. Though in fairness, Google announced that figure in 2018.

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JULY 26, 2021

Now's your chance to buy the unlocked 64GB version of the Google Pixel 3 for a very low price, as Amazon is selling the Android-powered smartphone at $556 off.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

We had all the indications that this Q4 would have been good again, like the fact that the Meta Quest companion phone app was the first on the iOS store, that 1 Million people had played Batman Arkham Shadow, or that the Quest was the most sold console of 2024 on Amazon. The fact is: we didnt consider Ray-Ban Meta into the equation.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

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 AWS and [Google Cloud] weren’t built as compute platforms for everybody,” said Niantic CTO Phil Keslin at AWE.

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Digital Trends

MARCH 30, 2021

Amazon and Google are leaders in the world of smart speakers. We love both brands, but here's a guide to show you exactly what Alexa can do that Google can't.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

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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MAY 8, 2018

Live from Seattle, Tech Trends scoops up all the tastiest bites from the #MSBuild2018 developer’s conference. “We Alice Bonasio is a VR Consultant and Tech Trends’ Editor in Chief. The post Power and Responsibility: Highlights from Microsoft Build appeared first on Tech Trends.

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AR Insider

MARCH 30, 2021

Google is meanwhile motivated toward wearables to maintain direct touchpoints to users. This was the same strategy that drove Google’s Android OS years ago. Just like with mobile devices, Google can position itself closer to users as a “Trojan horse” for search. Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars? Part V: Apple. Trojan Horse.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Microsoft, Google, the XRA – and That’s Just One Talk. A talk on day two will discuss “Reframing Identity for Mixed Reality,” and feature Carrie Valladares of Microsoft , Karim Mohammadali of Google , and XR Association Vice President of Public Policy Joan O’Hara. So Much More to See at AWE EU 2022.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Amazon has recently introduced several new features for shoppers to find products from their mobile devices using augmented reality (AR) shopping technologies. The additions aim to challenge firms like Google, Pinterest, and others dominating the eCommerce search sector.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 21, 2020

“Trendline” is AR Insider’s series that examines trends and events in spatial computing, and their strategic implications. We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. Greed is Good (sometimes).

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

After examining Amazon last week, it’s time to zero in on Microsoft. ’ It turns out that its motivations are similar to Amazon’s. After failing to market the Fire Phone years ago, Amazon now sees wearables as a way to gain a direct touchpoint with consumers in a growing category, while the smartphone market matures.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 16, 2020

We put the two most popular smart home speakers together and tested them on appearance, audio, and abilities.

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