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. Follow the Money .

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ARPost

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Like so many conferences and summits in the last few months, the event for enterprise XR and wearables went entirely digital – this one with its own custom-built platform to promote the professional networking that the summit is known for. Why Enterprise XR and Wearables? EWTS is also special in that it prioritizes wearables.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 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. That brings us back to wearables. For more, subscribe to ARtillery PRO.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 20, 2024

In May 2024, the Google I/O event revealed a few interesting insights into the tech giants future product roadmap. The company mainly highlighted AI, introducing new versions of Google Gemini, tools for building AI assistants, and more. With Project Astra, Google introduced its vision for the future of smart assistants.

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AR Insider

APRIL 22, 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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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

But AR/VR solutions are not limited to Google Glass, mobile apps for trying on shoes or accessories, and AR-based games. 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.

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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. More from AR Insider… The post Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars?

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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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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Microsoft debuts their latest mixed reality device at Mobile World Conference 2019. Over these past three and a half years, Microsoft has been listening to their customers, claims HoloLens inventor and Microsoft Technical Fellow Alex Kipman as he took his turn on stage. Microsoft HoloLens 2 / Image Credit: Microsoft.

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MAY 11, 2017

In a keynote today Microsoft is revealing a long-awaited missing piece of its Windows mixed reality platform – motion controllers. According to Microsoft, the controllers would be shown on stage at its keynote but wouldn’t be available for hands-on demos at its Build developer conference this week.

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VRScout

MARCH 20, 2021

Could this wearable device solve the headache that is typing in VR? Developers have explored potential solutions in the past, such as Google Daydream’s ultra-fun Drum Keys or Logitech’s VR compatible keyboards. This is a simple keyboard that allows you to create documents using tools such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

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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

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Part 1 : The two biggest barriers holding wearable displays back are visual quality and device comfort, which hinge on the display and optics technology. Microsoft Hololens 2 attempts to use a laser scanner paired to a diffractive waveguide with disappointing results to the visual quality. Image Source: Microsoft.

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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2020

Although it’s not an augmented reality system as such, the company seems to be making serious inroads to creating a truly wearable heads-up display (HUD), similar to Google Glass in function as opposed to an AR headset such as Microsoft’s HoloLens.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 22, 2020

What’s Holding Wearable Displays Back? Given the unimpressive adoption of Google Glass and everything that has come since, should we assume AR glasses need another couple of decades before becoming good enough for broad adoption? They are not wearable enough or good enough for consumers to be willing to buy them.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Smartglasses are a wearable device separate from augmented reality, and are generally defined by their ability to present useful information to the user, often in the form of a small floating screen or heads-up display (HUD). Think Google Glass or Vuzix Blade—not Microsoft HoloLens or Magic Leap 1. pic.twitter.com/ul748jBS2Y.

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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. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has shaken the company up since arriving in 2014. In 2016 alone, there was over $1.6

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ARVR

APRIL 5, 2021

But another device class could have a greater impact towards that same end: wearables. This possibility is amplified as wearables continue to be one of the fastest-growing consumer tech segments. Beyond consumer demand, tech giants are embracing wearables as they align with road maps and growth strategies.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Image courtesy Google. Smartglasses are to glasses as smartwatches are to watches—that is, they’re a wearable device capable of presenting useful information to the user. Google Glass. Image courtesy Microsoft. Examples of AR Headsets: Microsoft HoloLens. What Are Smartglasses? Intel Vaunt. Magic Leap One.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

This won’t be the year of AR : exactly as I said for virtual reality, let’s not hype the technology and think that this is the year when mainstream adoption of wearable AR glasses is going to happen. This commercial video about Google Glasses led me to immersive realities. Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Starting at $499, these AR wearables are designed to assist with everyday tasks by providing an immersive heads-up display. Recent updates to the app have introduced new features such as a teleprompter, a fitness application, Google Maps integration, as well as translation and transcription capabilities.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 23, 2021

Realizing the issues Google Glass had with gaining consumer traction, it seems Facebook may embrace a unique design for a future wearable. One of the biggest hurdles for augmented reality devices is design: No one wants to wear an obvious gadget on their face. Folks, it’s a baseball hat. Read more.

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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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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. This also comes as headwinds challenge its chief competitor: Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. Next year, the new Quest will help in getting there, but it will be Apple that will really disrupt the market, because it will come up with cool wearable glasses. XR is going to conquer the consumer market. . USA vs China.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Lian Jie Su, Principal Analyst at Omdia , explains where AR glasses providers need to focus their attention to optimise sales: Major technology vendors such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Meta and Qualcomm are looking to bring spatial computing to a range of edge devices, including smartphones, head-mounted displays, AR glasses and robots.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

” For Google, investments in AR are to drive search (visual search, mapping). That’s iPhones today and a wearables suite (including AR glasses) in the longer term. Google will be the knowledge layer , just like its web index serves that purpose on the 2D web. For Apple, AR’s job is to sell more hardware.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 13, 2022

Among the biggest technology brands in the world, and a major name for any company interested in advertising within the digital world, Google has plenty to offer in XR promotion. Most companies investing in concepts like SEO and content marketing will already have a strong knowledge of Google and the company’s wide range of tech resources.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

This week, Google officially announced the retirement of its flagship smart glasses product. In a company document , the firm confirmed the retirement of Google Glass Enterprise Edition effective this Wednesday (March 15). Google will also drop official support for its enterprise-grade immersive hardware on September 15, 2023.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

Google’s investment for a 7.7% Google-Jio joint venture to develop an Android-based platform for an affordable 5G phone. In its personal crusade against Microsoft, optics expert Karl Guttag has listed in 4 articles all the defects of the HoloLens 2. Not a great evolution from Microsoft. India’s first 5G network; 2.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Other evidence of AirPods’ momentum traces back to the broader wearables sector, which could inflect in 2020 based on signals we’re tracking. billion in Apple’s Q4 earnings , while wearables were up 54 percent to $6.52 Meanwhile, others are chasing wearables (including hearables).

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

For Google , it’s all about search, and boosting query volume with more user touchpoints. And for Microsoft , it’s enterprise productivity. That will likely be a suite of wearables , including AR glasses, that achieves the signature Apple platform lock-in. Last but definitely not least is Microsoft.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

However, while rivals like Google , Microsoft and Sony are already well on their immersive way, Apple remains silent on what its immersive projects may be. The patent is for a “wearable information system having at least one camera.” The patent is for a “wearable information system having at least one camera.”

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 10, 2021

What makes these glasses unique is that they put all the functionality of a bulky, high-end augmented reality headset like the Microsoft Hololens into something that looks more like a pair of sunglasses. Still a little bulkier than the Google Glass, the ThinkReality weighs just under four and a half ounces — compared to 1.3

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 20, 2022

With every tech giant from Apple to Microsoft to Amazon rumored to be developing a pair of augmented reality glasses or mixed reality headset, we’ve been wondering whether Google was planning to wade back into consumer headsets. After all, the company gave AR a shot a decade ago and still hasn’t quite recovered from… Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 26, 2021

Nowadays, when you hear the term “wearables”, you probably think of smartwatches like the Apple Watch, fitness trackers, and VR headsets like the Oculus Rift. Several other devices had to crash and burn so modern wearables could flourish. However, these gadgets didn’t just appear out of the ether. Read more.

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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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