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Can Google Jumpstart AR Shopping?

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We’ll start with the company that’s become the front door to the web, and lots of shopping activity: Google. Among other things, Google uses its influential position to incubate and expose AR. Second, it grants prime real estate (the Google homepage) to its visual search tool, Google Lens. But how does AR play in?

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The XR Week Peek (2024.11.05): Google Play Store is preparing for XR, Meta Reality Labs financials released, and more!

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Top news of the week (Image by Android Authority) Google is adding XR support to Play Store in preparation for the launch of the Samsung headset A report from Android Authority highlights that XR support is being added to the Google Play Store. Everyone online tried to interpret these numbers in different ways. in just one quarter.

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Google Advances its Geo-local AR Play

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Though it’s a mature product with a dominant market share, Google Maps’ roadmap resembles that of a younger, nimbler product. And its latest update is to make Live View more searchable (it is Google after all). Again, Google is uniquely positioned to do this given the local business data/details it’s been collecting for years.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.07.25): Google to test AR glasses in the wild, Pico 4 spotted, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Google starts testing its AR glasses in the wild. Google has announced that it is going to start to test the prototypes of its AR glasses in the wild. What is relevant about this piece of news is that Google has just confirmed its strong commitment to augmented reality. More info (Google testing AR glasses?—?Official

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The VRScout Report – AR Magazines, NFL Refs in VR, & Eye Implants

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The NFL uses VR to train referees for football season, MLB expands VR content, Sports Illustrated cover features AR, W Magazine uses AR to bring Katy Perry image to life, eye implant platform wants to power continuous AR, now you show off your real-life DJ skills in VR, and the investment & funding wrapup… 1.

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Can Google Merge AR and AI?

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In all the excitement around generative and conversational AI, Google has gotten lots of grief for missing the party. The common refrain is that these technologies are Google killers. However, there’s just one issue with that take: Google is better positioned than anyone for AI. In other words, where can I buy it locally?

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Google Lens Reaches 8 Billion Monthly Searches

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Last week, Google held its annual I/O developer conference?—?and Buried in all the keynote action, there was also a notable nugget for AR: Google Lens is now used for 8 billion visual searches per month. To put that in perspective, it’s still miles from the 2 trillion+ total annual Google search queries. in Google fashion?—?is

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