Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

It certainly doesn’t help that I find exercising in a gym boring and time-consuming. The Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise does research on the impact of virtual reality exercise on the human body. Tip: If you have an Apple Watch, Apple has added a ‘Fitness Gaming’ workout type recently.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 19, 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. Specifically, its new Echo Buds are Bluetooth earpieces that compete with Google Pixel Buds and Apple AirPods.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Picking up where we left off last week in examining Apple’s hearables strategy, what’s Google’s counterpoint? With Apple out of the way, we’ll now tackle Google (and Bose next week). A Vessel for Google Assistant. In fact, Apple’s Achilles heel for AR audio is the famously inept Siri.

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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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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Bose is already there with Bose AR, while Google has developed live language translation apps and Apple will enter a bit later, as it often does. Speaking of Apple, it’s highly motivated towards Audio AR as part of a wearables suite that counteracts slowing iPhone sales as we’ve speculated. Touch Point.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 21, 2020

A fter launching in 2017, Google’s ARCore has been relatively quiet. Google reports this week that ARCore has surpassed one billion installs. This refers to the Google Play Services for AR app in Google’s Play Store. That’s just a thought exercise of course. Google lives on the web after all.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 15, 2022

Google has to do more than just "explore fitness" if it wants to get Google TV anywhere close to the exercise experience of Apple Fitness+.

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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. Next up: Apple. Head Start.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

They can’t imagine life without Apple, Google, and apps, so education must adapt to their new perception patterns. See Also: Developing AR Apps with Google's ARCore. It’s a highly immersive exercise for human anatomy classes that lets children see how they look from inside.

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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. This also carries similar advantages to Apple’s vertical integration with AirPods. Next up: Google.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

So predicting AR’s trajectory becomes an exercise in “ following the money.” ” For Google, investments in AR are to drive search (visual search, mapping). For Apple, AR’s job is to sell more hardware. Google will be the knowledge layer , just like its web index serves that purpose on the 2D web.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 21, 2020

We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Snap and Qualcomm are all making significant investments.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Although it may sound strikingly similar to Google’s Just a Line drawing app, Blue Sky Paint manages to stand out as the first and only app with Sky Occlusion technology. It successfully gamifies AR with creativity, exercise, and social interaction, a feat not often accomplished by new mobile experiences. Image Credit: Kevaid.

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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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AR Insider

JANUARY 24, 2020

AR Insider’s ongoing coverage of The AR Show episodes is an exercise in deconstructing and synthesizing the musings of spatial computing’s top minds. This “ follow the money ” exercise is a key AR confidence signal. Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Snap and Qualcomm are all making significant investments.”

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AR Insider

JULY 1, 2021

The latest such exercise zeroes in on mobile AR revenues. This figure — based on Apple’s ARkit and Google’s ARCore — is no longer relevant because the landscape of AR-enabled devices is increasingly fragmented by several platforms including social apps and web AR.

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AR Insider

JULY 16, 2021

To put some numbers behind that, 75 percent of apps in Apple’s App Store’s first year were paid apps — similar to VR today. across Google’s display ad network. The above ad revenue exercise is also framed in today’s ad market standards. This effectively precludes any meaningful ad revenue.

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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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AR Insider

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Brand spending on sponsored mobile AR lenses is a bright spot, as is Apple AR glasses rumors. Apple Glasses Don’t Arrive in 2020. Apple is already conditioning this use case (AirPods & Watch), as is Snap (Spectacles). This includes most notably visual search ( Google Lens ) and navigation ( Google Live View ).

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Upload VR

APRIL 22, 2024

A headset "designed for exercise that's extra-light with sweat-wicking materials". Today's news comes just under two months after it was revealed that Google tried to convince Meta to abandon the Quest platform (now Horizon OS) and switch to its upcoming Android XR platform, expected to be announced at Google I/O in three weeks.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 29, 2020

Among tech’s big five — Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook — all but Facebook have crossed the mark. Apple was first, followed by Microsoft and Amazon (which has since dipped below the mark). Some of it depends on business models, with companies like Apple faced with inherent challenges of hardware.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

This is an exercise in choosing the right lessons and, as always, timing. Boland and McDowall run through each of these players — Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft — to compare and contrast their AR ambitions. And a constellation of wearables fits another key Apple M.O.:

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Mashable VR

MARCH 10, 2022

Meta and Apple are playing nice with each other, and that means you can access your Oculus Quest VR workout stats directly on an iOS device. The updates include a new Oculus Move mobile app for iOS and Android, where workout data like calories burned and minutes spent exercising in VR can be seen on your phone.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Picking up where we left off with Apple’s and Google’s respective hearables strategies, how does Bose compare? With Apple and Google out of the way, we’ll now tackle Bose. New Balance’s app senses exercise (think: lunges) while counting reps and providing verbal encouragement. Already There.

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AR Insider

JUNE 30, 2021

To put some numbers behind that, 75 percent of apps in Apple’s App Store’s first year were paid apps — similar to VR today. across Google’s display ad network. The above ad revenue exercise is also framed in today’s ad marketplace terms. These include video, social media and mobile apps.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2024

Campfire recently announced the upcoming launch of its enterprise XR software for Apple Vision Pro headsets. Campfire points out that the rapid growth of its MR application on Meta Quest 3 reflects a strong demand for virtual collaboration within the Meta portfolio, highlighting competition between Apple and Meta in enterprise usability.

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Full Dive Gaming

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

0:00 Intro 0:54 Q&A 1:00 Favorite VR - NOT GAMING 2:26 VR Exercise 3:13 Into the Radius & Red Matter 2 3:31 Worst Product You've Ever Reviewed 6:48 VR News 7:16 Meta Quest Pro Release 11:52 Firewall Ultra coming to PSVR2!!! Each week, we release NEW EPISODES on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google.

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Cats and VR

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

They foresee that gaming, a notoriously sedentary behavior, can be harnessed with VR technology to get people to exercise. The mobile app syncs to Apple Health and Google Fit to give users the ability to track their activities while outside of VR. Navigating players into a healthy lifestyle, while having fun.

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AR Insider

JULY 31, 2019

This is an exercise in choosing the right lessons and, as always, timing. Boland and McDowall run through each of these players — Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft — to compare and contrast their AR ambitions. And a constelation of wearables fits another key Apple M.O.:

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 25, 2019

That makes the exercise of stepping back to look at the big picture valuable for perspective. This is sort of like HTML today which created a common language for the web and for companies like Google to create value in an organizational layer. “Without HTML, there is no Google. Speakers’ opinions are their own.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. ARKit  — ARKit is one of the powerful AR SDK released by Apple on 2017 to build AR solutions using iOS devices. ARCore   — ARCore is an AR SDK released by Google in 2018 for building augmented reality experiences.

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AR Insider

JULY 15, 2021

Many of us don’t want to be tracked or monetized especially while exercising, at school, exploring the world, or talking to friends and loved ones. FWIW, Google had also partnered with Luxottica but never shipped a more fashionable version of Glass.]. Why don’t they make this available for consumers, perhaps without the annual fees?

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AR Insider

JUNE 30, 2021

To put some numbers behind that, 75 percent of apps in Apple’s App Store’s first year were paid apps — similar to VR today. across Google’s display ad network. The above ad revenue exercise is also framed in today’s ad marketplace terms. This effectively precludes any meaningful ad revenue.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Google, Apple, and other map programmes offer this functionality to users. Smart glass manufacturers and solution providers like Vuzix, Google, Nreal, RealWear, Lenovo, Magic Leap, and others offer full-spectrum devices capable of agile use cases.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 13, 2022

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Full Dive Gaming

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

We interview the FOUNDER of VALO Motion Dr Raine Kajastila who explains to us his exercise arena and it's XR and AR components! Each week, we release NEW EPISODES on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google. Each week, we release NEW EPISODES on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google.

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