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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. We’ll start this Wearables Wars series by looking at Amazon. where Amazon leads. Ulterior Motive. Out of Home.
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More info A good deal on Quest 3S You can find the Quest 3S (256 GB) on sale on Amazon US and other regions at $400, including a $30 digital Amazon credit. If you still havent bought the Quest 3S, this is a good deal that runs until Christmas.
The debates started about the second point because Meta handing off the design of its headsets to its manufacturer would be a huge change of strategy. The combination of Quest 3 and Quest 3S sales on Amazon US was around 146,000 headsets, which is absolutely a good number, but it is 14% less than what Quest 3 and Quest 2 sold last year.
This past September , Nreal released its Nreal Air glasses in the US through Amazon , quickly gaining the attention of the gaming community. According to Peng Jin, the company’s co-founder, Nreal Air’s ability to support multiple gaming platforms is a key component of its strategy to serve the community.
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.
” The move comes as a part of a recently announced deal with GSD Group, an innovation and strategy agency, which will see game-themed Atari Hotels come to several cities across the United States. SEE ALSO Amazon Promises "single-digit latency" for AR/VR Streaming Over 5G with AWS Wavelength.
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Since the 6DOF headsets release back in May, major sites such as Amazon and Newegg are seeing shipping dates backed up to 2 to 3 weeks. Jason Rubin, Facebook Vice President of Special Gaming Strategies // Image Credit: Oculus. The company claims content sales topped $5 million in the first two weeks.
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.
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.
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 and Microsoft , it’s time to zero in on Google. Highly Motivated. Sound Investment.
The headset is already selling well, and it is currently the most-sold gaming console on Amazon. There is even one aspect in which it is better than the Quest 3: its front IR illuminators make hand tracking work even in the dark , which is useful for… some use cases. Fingers crossed that it will help with the further adoption of XR.
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. Speaking of direct consumer touchpoints, Amazon blitzed the wearables market in 2019 as a delivery system for Alexa.
Its strategies and best practices were recently unpacked on more granular levels in an ARtillery Intelligence report. It also extends beyond lenses altogether with things like visual search, to identify products ( via Amazon ), or do things like solve math problems. “And that’s because we have so much engagement.
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The lower-cost locomotion option, Cybershoes , is now on Amazon for $349. New Apple Watch Feature Could Form the Basis of the Company’s XR Input Strategy (Road to VR). Users wear overshoes with ball bearings in the soles and run on a hard plastic dish. The player is held in place by a rigid harness.
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But at $500 its appeal is relatively limited, and that's why Meta introduced the $300 Quest 3S, which in just three months became the top selling console on Amazon US for all of 2024. Quest 3S Was The Top Selling Console On Amazon In 2024 Meta Quest 3S was the top selling games console on Amazon US in 2024, despite only releasing in October.
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Brand new units, including the headset’s hip-worn compute unit and single controller, were being liquidated for the barn burner deal of $550 via Amazon subsidiary Woot. It’s uncertain how many developers and enterprise users will be affected by the shutdown, however they do have a little over a year to figure out a replacement strategy.
I think that the strategy of HTC is trying to push innovation with the Pro Eye and at the same time continuing being relevant in the consumers’ space with the Cosmos. I think that to see if this strategy will pay off, we’ll have to discover the price of such headset. inside HTC headsets.
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Top news of the week (Image by Meta) Quest 3 launch is approaching Meta is following a strategy for the launch of the Quest 3 that is very different from the one that it used for the previous headsets. I just think that Meta is trying a new strategy to keep the hype high until September.
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. Speaking of direct consumer touchpoint, Amazon blitzed the wearables market last month as a delivery system for Alexa. Google meanwhile acquired Fitbit to buttress its wearables play.
Interestingly, Niantic, which has its own world-mapping strategy with recently acquired 6D.ai, is now playing the field, trying different solutions to hiding a Pokemon behind a tree. The BT-40 and BT-40s glasses are now available to pre-order and will be available on Amazon in Q2 for $579 and $999 respectively.
Allosky claims the headset is also capable of playing user-owned content, as well as streaming on-demand services, such as Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon Prime, just to name a few. No word though on whether users will be able to access their personal subscriptions while onboard.
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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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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.”. The whole world is becoming a computer Click To Tweet. Alice Bonasio is a VR Consultant and Tech Trends’ Editor in Chief.
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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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. Just like Amazon, it ceded ground to Apple and Google early in the smartphone wars. And it’s off to a good start.
This post is adapted from ARtillery Intelligence’s report, Mobile AR Strategies & Business Models. Visual search will follow, led by Google , Pinterest and Amazon. It includes some of its data and takeaways. More can be previewed here and subscribe for the full report.
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.
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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