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A Tech Investor’s Take on the Apple Vision Pro

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Apple’s entrance into the XR space via their announcement of the Apple Vision Pro was one of the most anticipated events in recent XR history. Years of Watching Apple Neso Brands is an investment company specializing in tech-augmented eyewear. Somehow I’ve been following it for the last seven years,” said Almeida.

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Google Glass Might Get a Second Shot with AI Assistant Integration

XROM

This wearable technology, initially launched in 2013, faced significant commercial challenges. Many viewers commented on the potential of this revival, especially considering the growing interest in wearable technology from competitors like Apple and Facebook.

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Apple Joins the Impending Avatar Wars With Memoji

Road to VR

At Worldwide Developer Conference today, Apple announced a new avatar system, dubbed ‘Memoji’, the company’s next step into the world of iPhone X animated emojis mapped to a user’s facial movements. Move over Samsung AR Emoji , because Apple looks to have gotten the cutesy Pixar-vibe down pat.

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AR 101?—?A brief summary (Part 1)

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2010s : Companies are investing in the potential of this area like Google with ARCore and Apple with ARKit (Papagiannis, 2017). Evolution of Augmented Reality (Craig, 2013) by fernanda rodríguez. Elsevier Science, 2013. Offloading Guidelines for Augmented Reality Applications on Wearable Devices. Jaimini and M.

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The Second Coming of Augmented-Reality Glasses

ARVR

Source: [link] When it debuted in 2013 the Google Glass was the first of its kind. The Smart-Accessory Revolution A Pew Research Center survey conducted at the beginning of 2013 showed that only 51% of adults in the United States owned a smartphone, 6 years after the launch of the 1st-generation Apple iPhone.

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

In a 2013 Time interview , he briefly — and modestly — spoke of The Sword of Damocles, noting, “The name virtual reality might be applied, but it didn’t come along until ten years later.” But building a wearable general-purpose computer with wireless digital-communications capabilities was itself a feat.

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5 Important Health And Fitness Tech Trends For 2023

Bernard Marr

Wearables becoming more sophisticated and powerful Fitness trackers such as the Fitbit wristbands, as well as smartwatches like Apple, Pixel, and Samsung models with inbuilt fitness tracking capabilities, have been with us for a while.

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