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Amazon Introduces AR Packages In Celebration Of Halloween

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Customers who purchase an item through Amazon now until Halloween can expect a little surprise with their eco-friendly boxes. Until October 31st, Amazon will be distributing its products via special Halloween-themed packaging that allows customers to design their own augmented reality jack-o’-lantern. Image Credit: Amazon.

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Amazon Salon Lets You Sample Hair Colors Using AR

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Amazon’s first in-person haircare and styling center offers AR hair consultation as well as point-and-learn technology. Here, customers can enjoy a streamlined hair care experience powered by a wide range of Amazon technology. Image Credit: Amazon. One such technology-infused service is AR hair consultation.

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Augmented Reality and Hearables: Where the Two Technologies Meet

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Hearables with augmented reality features are becoming ubiquitous thanks to the overall spread of wearables, the contribution of tech giants, and the growing demand for emerging technologies. Sensor-based apps detect objects with the help of localization technologies such as GPS, RFID, or Wi-Fi. How Augmented Reality Works.

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Will Amazon Accelerate AR Shopping’s ‘Next Normal?’

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Zeroing in on the eCommerce side of things, Amazon this week pushed things forward with its latest AR shopping feature. If this sounds familiar, Amazon had a lighter version of this feature available in its flagship App called AR View. Image Credit: Amazon. Signature Amazon. Header Image Credit: Amazon.

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Amazon Goes Virtual: Shop For Products In VR & AR

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Earlier this week, the popular online retailer Amazon launched “Amazon Anywhere,” a new shopping experience that enables customers to purchase physical products from the Amazon store without having to leave their favorite games and apps. For more information about Amazon Anywhere visit here.

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VW’s AR Experience Gives You Three Months Of Amazon Music

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Scan your next Amazon package to unlock a unique WebAR experience featuring the 2022 Volkswagen Taos. Volkswagen has teamed up with Amazon for a super cool 8th Wall-powered AR experience that will arrive on select Amazon boxes during the holiday season as part of VW’s “Joy is a State of Drive” campaign.

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Reality Bytes: Snap, Google & Amazon

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We continue the narrative this week with Maher’s look at Snap’s latest AR blitz, Google’s Starline 3D video calls and Amazon’s grand acquisition. Snap releases some cutting-edge AR technology and shopping tools with hopes it can be an end-to-end e-commerce solution. MGM Studios is now part of the Bezos empire.

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