AR Insider

JANUARY 16, 2020

That could feature a “notification layer” or lean-back entertainment , which then evolves over time into sleeker hardware for world-immersive AR. The eventual target is a likely an all-day wearable. That could take form in a multi-modal device with variable-opacity lenses for occluded entertainment, and utility-driven AR.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 22, 2020

What’s Holding Wearable Displays Back? Now we see a small, but healthy and growing market for VR devices, software, and services, which are focused on delivering solutions around entertainment, training, education, and clinical use. They are not wearable enough or good enough for consumers to be willing to buy them.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Like virtually all sectors, the art and entertainment industry has been exposed to significant pressure in recent years. With lockdowns and pandemics changing the way people seek out entertainment and inspiration, companies have been left searching for new ways to engage their audience.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Google is diving head-first back into the world of extended reality and this time, the company is going big. While it might not be ready to show off any physical products just yet, Google has officially laid out its vision for a brand-new unified Android XR ecosystem. Nor is the company simply investing in a new mixed reality headset.

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VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2019

You could also use your own smartphone or any type of wearable AR device to find them yourself. Lyft drivers would access this information through an AR headset, such as a Microsoft HoloLens, Google Glass, or Magic Leap, which would place the digital content directly in the view of the Lyft driver, or through an AR enabled smartphone.

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ARVR

JULY 8, 2022

In January, 2015, amid a mounting wave of critical sentiment, Google withdrew Glass from the consumer market, with the promise of returning with a revamped product in 2017. But, since then, no major tech company has offered AR glasses for consumers, and wearable AR has turned into a market that is perpetually ‘three years away’.

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AR Insider

MARCH 22, 2021

It’s an incredible hour of entertainment. Neurosity launches the Crown , a wearable device that puts users in control of their focus. The EEG wearable device connects with Spofity to identify music that syncs with a user’s focus to boost productivity and also has other neuro-driven apps. We saw “Finding Pandora X” at SXSW.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

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. Fast-forward a few years from the failing Google Glass, and now it turns out the popularity of smart-glasses has increased again, thanks to numerous new developments.

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VRScout

JUNE 18, 2017

The leaders of tech juggernauts like Apple, Google, and Facebook have been making aggressive moves into the space while publicly endorsing the world-changing potential of AR. I get excited because of the things that could be done that could improve a lot of lives, and be entertaining.”. In 2016 alone, there was over $1.6 It’s huge.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Is Apple Building an Entertainment Wearable? Begun, The Wearables Wars Have. Will Google Incubate AR Inside Search? Is Google Building an ‘Internet of Places?’ And look forward to more daily spatial computing coverage in 2020. Trend Analysis: Top 10. Is Instagram AR’s Sleeping Giant?

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2023

Consumer/ enterprise spending shares could flip as AR glasses gain wearability. As seen in the Google Glass era, consumer acceptance and comfort for face-worn hardware (with a camera, no less) is a critical gating factor, and will take a while to overcome. However, this won’t always be the case. Beyond the “if?”

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 16, 2024

Alongside partners Google and Qualcomm, Samsung unveiled a device with a microOLED display, eight tracking cameras, a ToF sensor, voice commands, eye tracking, and hand tracking. It is reasonable to assume that the upcoming Samsung headset will feature Qualcomm’s XR2+ Gen 2 Platform, developed in partnership with Samsung and Google.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Another example of the “training-wheels” principle is the broader product category of wearables. Another way that AR will get over the adoption hump is with utilities that provide tangible value to consumers – in addition to the social and entertainment use cases that have erstwhile ruled AR.

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Cats and VR

MAY 4, 2016

SubPac recently announced the close of $6M Series A financing with notable investors that include veteran DJ, Richie Hawtin, Dada Life, Azure Capital, NBA All Star Carmelo Anthony's M7 Tech Partners, and Andy Rubin of Playground Global and formerly Google Android. SubPac opened my eyes to the power of physical sound.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 11, 2024

This week, reports revealed that Google is laying off a significant portion of its 1P AR hardware team, casting doubts upon its in-house XR product portfolio. In a statement, Google announced: A few hundred roles are being eliminated in DSPA, with the majority of impacts on the 1P AR Hardware team.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 24, 2020

Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Snap and Qualcomm are all making significant investments.” Google learned this the hard way with Google Glass. McDowall also aligns with some of our past speculation in that Apple could iterate its way towards all-day AR glasses and a wearables suite.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 12, 2024

Google Axes Hundreds of AR Hardware Jobs Recent reports suggest that Google is downsizing a significant part of its 1P AR hardware team, which raises doubts about the future of its in-house XR product portfolio. Apple Vision Pro is the most advanced consumer electronics device ever created.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

Google (who else) is working rapidly on transforming the way we experience the everyday stuff – like watching movies or browsing the web. At Google’s I/O developer conference in May, the company announced that it was working on a VR version of Chrome (Chrome 61) that could work in Daydream.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

While not swapping anything out, Google is attempting to make the world an ad through its visual search app–Google Lens. Microsoft Capture Studio is offering such services scanning celebrities and performers for entertainment and education purposes. Just imagine a world where Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant have bodies.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

Advantages AR’s advantages are the tools it provides for various tasks in scientific, industrial, and entertainment areas (Peddie, 2017). Google launched Google Glass , and Microsoft launched HoloLens , a head-mounted display (Krevelen, 2010)(Jaimini, 2016). Read more here: AR 101?—?Augmented Elsevier Science, 2013.

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AR Insider

MARCH 20, 2020

That includes wearables — a product class that’s not only exploding but acclimating consumers to wearing tech on their bodies. Visual search a la Google Lens will be opportune as it inherits the high-intent dynamics that make search a valuable ad medium. Scalable 3D asset creation also looms as an opportunity.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 Last year, Google also acquired North, an AR smart glass manufactures. Snap Inc.

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ARVR

AUGUST 25, 2022

We can only expect that after apple releases their glasses at the end of 2023, according to MacRumors Apple Glasses: Everything We Know So Far And the second model of glasses in 2024/5, as we know, will cause the markets to start “coping “ them, and we can’t forget about the return of google glasses 2. million unique users.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

indoor vs outdoor) USB-C connection to a compact wearable computing pack for the computational power PC version works with Windows, but we’re doing our best to support Android and Linux. Also, people in entertainment, medical, automotive, military training, and other enterprise sectors are interested in our glasses. for fitness).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

The company was one of the first to make it easier for companies of all sizes to start creating entertaining experiences in AR. As Apple continues to explore the potential of Augmented Reality smart glasses, we’re sure to see even more gaming and entertainment experiences introduced with the help of this brand.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Watts was joined by Pearly Chen, Vice-President of HTC VIVE , Brian Vogelsang, Senior Director of Product Management for Qualcomm Technologies , and Maria Pace, Head of XR Hardware, Global Partnerships and Strategies for Google. Maria Pace, Head of XR Hardware, Global Partnerships and Strategies for Google. ” Comfort is Key.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

Jio Glass launched as mixed-reality glasses that serve primarily for education & entertainment. However, some of the underlying technologies, principles and potential paint for a very interesting picture on how a country with over a billion people could have access to consumer grade wearable computing. What about Apple Glass?

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Cats and VR

JUNE 19, 2016

SubPac recently announced the close of $6M Series A financing with notable investors that include veteran DJ, Richie Hawtin, Dada Life, Azure Capital, NBA All Star Carmelo Anthony's M7 Tech Partners, and Andy Rubin of Playground Global and formerly Google Android. SubPac opened my eyes to the power of physical sound.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Industry verticals worldwide leverage AR to complete incredible tasks such as remote guidance, education, surgery, collaboration, and entertainment. Google, Apple, and other map programmes offer this functionality to users. Google also revealed the world’s first smart glasses, Google Glass, in 2013.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2024

Chi Xu has explained that this shipment number is a crucial milestone in revolutionizing people’s day-to-day use cases such as video games, movies, TV shows, in-car entertainment, displays, and work on their desks or on the go.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 14, 2024

What’s more, the ecosystem will allow developers to create a single Horizon OS product they can deploy across a wide range of devices, reducing the expense and time associated with designing dedicated solutions for different wearables. Meta has even invited Google to embed its Google Play store into the ecosystem.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

We wanted to help facilitate lightweight, wearable glasses with comfortable form factors, allowing people to use them for longer periods of time. VR has gone through a rapid transition from a primarily consumer-focused, tethered device for gaming and entertainment, to standalone headsets in similar verticals.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 15, 2024

Augmented reality kits seem to be everywhere, from well-known options like Apple’s ARKit and Google ARCore to Apple’s new collection of AR development tools. They can automatically scale performance to different devices and wearables, giving you room to grow. The simple reason is that demand for AR is growing at an incredible pace.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 1, 2024

2024 will prove to be a defining year for XR; while the wearables are still far from ubiquity, if the current wave of interest pulls through and creates results this year, the ubiquity journey might start – if the 2024 wave falls short. The device will likely appear in another more complete reveal later in the year.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 1, 2017

Announcements today include innovations in entertainment, gaming and cinema, smart wearables, sensing toys, robotics and consumer electronics, cloud, enterprise and business technologies, human-computer interaction solutions, automotive, and high-performance APIs. www.massless.io www.deepoptics.com.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In the United Kingdom, a startup has experimented with a technology capable of predicting faults in the tracks and the infrastructure-train communication system, tracing problems in the field in real time with wearable devices. Similar trials were also carried out in Germany by another startup.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

Ideas on the ground and on board: The airport industry first began toying with wearable technology with the release of the original Google Glass in 2013. Let’s look back: Early trials: Virgin Atlantic ’s 2014 trial at London Heathrow Airport – in collaboration with SITA – included both Google Glass and the Sony SmartWatch 2.

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