AR Insider

MAY 4, 2021

This thinking holds up, but a less-discussed product class could have a greater impact in priming consumers for AR glasses: wearables. Meanwhile, tech giants are motivated toward wearables. For example, Apple’s wearables offset iPhone sales declines. Wearables: Paving the Way for AR Glasses. Touchpoint.

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AR Insider

JUNE 22, 2021

At one end of the spectrum is hardware that’s graphically compelling but stylistically untenable (think: Hololens). At the other end is hardware that’s sleek but underwhelming in graphical intensity (think: North Focals). Will Apple’s rumored glasses accelerate things? This keeps session lengths relatively short. glasses+.”.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 21, 2025

In the technology space, especially in areas like AR/VR/MR, updates come in fast, so staying up to date with the latest hardware and how to leverage it within your business can be a challenge. While the AR features on the emerging device are still simple, it’s a test bed for future Meta AR wearables.

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AR Insider

MARCH 11, 2020

“Wearable Wars” is AR Insider’s mini-series that examines how today’s wearables will pave the way and prime consumer markets for AR glasses. Each installment will profile a different tech leader’s moves and motivations in wearables. It has entered the wearables race in a number of ways including its Pixel Buds.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As we head into the next generation of XR hardware, here are some of the big developments and releases coming out of the industry. But at last, we are seeing a shift from dedicated platform-specific hardware to agnostic all-in-one devices that makes sense for all involved. Where Is XR Heading?

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AR Insider

JUNE 23, 2020

“Wearable Wars” is AR Insider’s mini-series that examines how today’s wearables will pave the way and prime consumer markets for AR glasses. Each installment will profile a different tech leader’s moves and motivations in wearables. Meanwhile, the story is flipped for wearables, as that division is on its way up.

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Road to VR

JUNE 19, 2024

Reality Labs, Meta’s XR division formed in 2020, is now being reorganized into two distinct groups, ‘Wearables’ and ‘Metaverse’, which reportedly comes along a “relatively small” number of layoffs.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2022

The hype for the Apple visor is very high, and everyone is waiting for it as a kid waits for Christmas. Poised to arrive around January 2023, it is considered by many the savior of XR, the hardware that will show the real possibilities of immersive realities and make finally VR mainstream.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 21, 2025

In the technology space, especially in areas like AR/VR/MR, updates come in fast, so staying up to date with the latest hardware and how to leverage it within your business can be a challenge. While the AR features on the emerging device are still simple, it’s a test bed for future Meta AR wearables.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 17, 2025

Although the company lacks a solid foundation in the XR market, its interest in AR, VR, and MR hardware has garnered attention from market observers. Second, its extensive Galaxy ecosystem provides a supporting infrastructure, even in the absence of a dedicated XR hardware solution. Several factors contribute to this interest.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! 2022 may be the key year when they actually buy it, also thanks to Apple , an d finally, the market will reach the magic number of 10 million devices.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The wearables sector is approaching an inflection point. But before going into the AR implications, let’s step back and look at the activity in the broader wearables sector. Wearables sales this year are projected to hit $41 billion, up 28 percent from $32 billion last year. The poster child here is Apple.

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AR Insider

MAY 11, 2021

This thinking holds up, but a less-discussed product class could have a greater impact in priming consumers for AR glasses: wearables. Meanwhile, tech giants are motivated toward wearables. For example, Apple’s wearables offset iPhone sales declines. Wearables: Paving the Way for AR Glasses. Music to its Ears.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

“Wearable Wars” is AR Insider’s mini-series that examines how today’s wearables will pave the way and prime consumer markets for AR glasses. Each installment will profile a different tech leader’s moves and motivations in wearables. It recently entered the wearables race with the Surface Earbuds.

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AR Insider

MARCH 24, 2021

Apple signals interest in location-relevant AR through its geo-anchors and Project Gobi. This is the theme of our new series, Location Wars , where we break down who’s doing what… continuing here with Apple. Part II: Apple . Apple’s AR play — as with most endeavors — is to sell hardware.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As shown in the Google Glass era, cultural receptivity and comfort levels for face-worn hardware (with a camera, no less) will be a years-long uphill climb. But history tells us if anyone can accomplish that feat of mainstreaming emerging tech – or at least catalyze the process – it’s Apple. Apple of My Eye.

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AR Insider

JULY 6, 2020

This is notable given that all-things hardware are constrained during Covid-era lockdowns. As we continue to examine , wearables are AR’s forbear, in that they will condition consumers to wear sensors on their bodies. Meanwhile, wearables are further propelled by tech-giant motivations. million (see above).

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

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. While visual forms of AR communicate with screens or glasses, smart hearables as a subset of wearable technology introduce audio augmented reality.

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Road to VR

MAY 30, 2022

Recent reports maintain we may be seeing a mixed reality headset from Apple sometime soon, however it appears the Cupertino tech giant has filed a global trademark for realityOS, its alleged XR operating system, which could suggest we’ll learn more about that and its XR device(s) as early as next week.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 14, 2020

“Wearables Wars” is AR Insider’s mini-series that examines how today’s wearables will pave the way and prime consumer markets for AR glasses. Each installment will profile a different tech leader’s moves and motivations in wearables. Spectacles represent a long-term investment in augmented reality hardware.

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AR Insider

JUNE 15, 2021

At one end of the spectrum is hardware that’s graphically compelling but stylistically untenable (think: Hololens). At the other end is hardware that’s sleek but underwhelming in graphical intensity (think: North Focals). Will Apple’s rumored glasses accelerate things? The AR Space Race, Part II: Apple. Evolutionary Road.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

As 2024 wraps up, the leading XR device vendors, such as Meta, HTC VIVE, XREAL, Apple, and others, are attempting to lead the marketplace into the holiday period, with early AR smart glasses and emerging MR headsets reaching more consumers and, therefore, businesses. – Ray-Ban Meta glasses are the prime example here.

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VRScout

JUNE 5, 2023

After years of speculation, Apple today unveiled Apple Vision Pro, the company’s first spatial computer. Tim Cook made the reveal during the 2023 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, sharing a number of exciting features that could change the way we look at mixed reality technology.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Despite Vision Pro’s $3,500 price tag, which is nearly 12 times more expensive than the $300 Quest 3S , Apple and Meta are destined to be direct competitors in the XR space at some point in the near future. Heat management, whether it would be tethered or wireless, and what devices it could support are all up for speculation.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 15, 2025

VR Hardware Advancements For years now, major VR vendors have been fine-tuning and improving their headsets, focusing on making VR innovations for enterprises. These headsets aim to tackle the issue of VR fatigue, and enable long-term use of wearable devices.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 26, 2021

But spending shares will shift over time as consumer AR adoption gains ground in later years – partly accelerated by Apple’s projected market entrance. Moreover, its V1 design target will be style and wearability versus graphical immersiveness; and its appeal will lie in elegant integration with other Apple hardware and wearables.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 8, 2023

This week is all about Apple. Even before the firm’s monumental and, in some ways, controversial device announcement, which saw audiences amazed at a high price point and technology promise, the XR industry was on each of their seats with predictions on Apple’s immersive debut. There are a few reasons for this.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. They’ve raised over $22 million in funding for their AR wearables from seasoned investors like Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, Greylock Capital, and Marc Benioff.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The most notable updates came from Google, Apple and Facebook, in order of recency. This includes Google’s updates to its visual search efforts; Apple’s Lidar-powered iPhone 12 Pro; and Facebook’s developments in Live Maps, experimental AR glasses … and of course Quest 2.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 21, 2025

This week, sports retail giant Decathlon recently highlighted how it started leveraging Apple iOS Reality Capture technology to provide shoppers using its smartphone app with augmented 3D visualisations of products. The feature is currently exclusive to Apple iOS devices for users in France and Belgium.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Recently, technology leader Bosch entered the XR marketplace; by re-invigorating the development of its AR wearables hardware. Via its Sensortec division, the firm is announcing Light Drive, an AR wearable solution to support smart glasses’ long-term or “all-day” wearability.

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AR Insider

APRIL 6, 2021

As seen in the Google Glass era, cultural acceptance and comfort levels for face-worn hardware (with a camera, no less) is an uphill climb. But history tells us if anyone can accomplish that feat of mainstreaming emerging tech – or at least catalyze the process – it’s probably Apple. Apple of My Eye.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Long inspired by the pivotal work of Apple as a touchstone in the assimilation of haptics experiences, he is concerned that many contemporary developers and creators are not thinking outside the box; by not doing so they miss a significant chance to connect with their users in a tangible way. “Interhaptics is going to change that.

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AR Insider

MARCH 4, 2021

AR glasses’ style crimes and wearability issues aren’t as prevalent in the workplace. And the wild card to kick off that progression will be Apple. Apple’s projected market entrance in the next few years will be impactful. So given that choice, Apple could lean towards the former in V1. Is Wearability the Next Mobility?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 13, 2025

Despite a lack of foundation directly in the XR market, Samsung’s interest in AR/VR/MR hardware caught the interest of many market observers. Another is Samsung’s broader Galaxy ecosystem, which provides that foundational layer without Samsung having a dedicated XR hardware solution yet.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 10, 2025

Apple Vision Pro Helps to Train NVIDIA Robots This week, at CES 2025, NVIDIA took centre stage to showcase its latest innovations in emerging technology. In its official press releases regarding NVIDIA robotics updates, Apples Vision Pro MR headset was featured in various promotional images, highlighting its pivotal role in this journey.

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AR Insider

APRIL 16, 2021

It pivoted to an enterprise focus after realizing that consumer markets aren’t ready for the bulk, heat (and price) required in any hardware that achieves meaningful (SLAM) AR immersion. That underlying challenge of wearability versus graphical UX is currently the AR hardware industry’s greatest barrier.

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