AR Insider

JULY 26, 2023

This week on Reality Bytes, we sell our handprint to Amazon, go to camp with Doodles, and X out of Twitter. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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VRScout

JUNE 12, 2022

This past week, the multinational technology company and eCommerce platform Amazon announced a new interactive shopping experience that allows you to “try on” shoes before you purchase using a mobile device. Simply open the official Amazon mobile app on any up-to-date iOS device and select a pair of shoes from the online catalog.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Snap and Amazon have collaborated to bring more shoppable AR lenses to Snapchat. Products can be discovered, tried on and purchased – an end-to-end flow to streamline shopping for AR-forward Snapchat users. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

We continue the narrative this week with Maher’s look at Amazon Explore, Neflix’s new linear TV option, and Disney’s Fortnite collaboration. Amazon Explore is part QVC show, part choose-your-own-adventure. Founder Matt Maher lends his insights from the trenches of AR experience creation. We dive into the implications.

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AR Insider

MARCH 7, 2024

This week on Reality Bytes, we learn to pay better attention with Retainit, turn off calls on X, and inspect Amazon’s new warehouse robot. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Oculus quietly began selling officially refurbished Quest 2 units earlier this month and now Amazon is offering them with an even more generous one-year warranty. Now Amazon appears to be offering the same refurbished units, ‘certified by Oculus’, at the same price but with an even more generous warranty.

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Road to VR

MAY 26, 2021

The company has now made Cybershoes for Quest available through Amazon US though, and has shaved a few bucks off the price too. Now the Vienna-based creators have released their latest Cybershoes wireless model for $350 on Amazon US , which supports Oculus Quest, Quest 2, and SteamVR headsets.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2021

Last week we started seeing reports that users couldn’t find Oculus Quest 2 across a range of Amazon EU websites. The headset is still unavailable in many Amazon Europe sites as of this week, but Oculus isn’t saying why. Consequently the user could suffer from irritation.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 27, 2020

Last month Amazon quietly announced the ‘Wavelength’ platform as part of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) offering. Amazon says the platform is made for “latency-sensitive workloads” including AR/VR streaming, game streaming, IoT and more.

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Anand Tech

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Nowadays many cloud service providers design their own silicon, but Amazon Web Services (AWS) started to do this ahead of its rivals and by now its Annapurna Labs develops processors that can well compete with those from AMD and Intel. It should be noted that Amazon offers up to 64 vCPU cores with its R7g instances (i.e.,

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Slashgear

JUNE 30, 2022

The first phone from Nothing just had a relatively major leak occur, courtesy of a mistake by one of the biggest brands on the internet: Amazon.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 16, 2022

You can quit Amazon Prime. I did it in 2020, in response to Amazon firing user experience designers Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa. Some of those workers went on strike, demanding hazard pay, adequate sick leave, protective gear, and transparency about the number of coronavirus cases in each Amazon warehouse.

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Slashgear

APRIL 5, 2022

Millions of people around the world know the name Alexa, but what about the origin story of the voice of Amazon's own smart assistant?

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Slashgear

JUNE 16, 2022

Amazon Prime Day is back again this year, but this time around, Amazon is plotting weeks of deals centered around small businesses.

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Slashgear

MAY 17, 2022

Amazon's new fleet of Rivian delivery vans are part of a sustainability effort that also takes into account the comfort and needs of drivers.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Amazon, as in the corporation, is investing in the Amazon, as in the rainforest. But in doing so, Amazon conveniently skirted addressing its own role in fueling that crisis. The multinational conglomerate announced the new initiative on Tuesday, saying it will help fight the climate crisis. Surprise, surprise. Read more.

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Slashgear

JUNE 29, 2022

The Amazon Astro is making the possibility of owning a robot into a reality, but there are some privacy concerns that will coming along with it.

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Mashable VR

JULY 16, 2022

Amazon admitted its Ring security cameras have sent recordings to police without the knowledge or consent of the people who own the cameras. Amazon said in a letter dated July 1 that it has handed over private recordings to police 11 times in 2022. SEE ALSO: Amazon's Ring worked with more cops than ever before in 2020. "As

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the engine that powers many of the internet’s most-trafficked websites and apps, appears to be experiencing a widespread outage that is bringing down several popular services. Read more.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

In addition to presiding over our food , the supply chain , and acting as a rent-seeking middleman for retail while quietly picking off the competition , Amazon will now oversee drugs. Today, the behemoth launched Amazon Pharmacy , which is certain to leave more small business owners out in the cold. Read more.

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Slashgear

MAY 22, 2022

Amazon is about to give Fire OS its first big upgrade in two years, though the rollout will push the platform to an older version of Android.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 5, 2022

Amazon and Roomba developer iRobot have finalized a merger agreement that will see Amazon acquiring the consumer robot manufacturer. The true motive behind the acquisition is unclear, but it is likely an attempt for Amazon to develop more autonomous warehouse robots. Read more.

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Slashgear

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Amazon suggests they've taken action against groups that offer fake review services that artificially boost product rankings in their online store.

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Slashgear

JUNE 22, 2022

Amazon has taken the wraps off a couple of new robots that are being put to work in its warehouses, ones the company says will help - not replace - humans.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the web-hosting service that powers, well, most everything online suffered its third outage this month on Wednesday morning, bringing giant chunks of the web crashing down with it. Services like Coinbase , Slack , and the Epic Games store have all had user reports pouring in since roughly 7 am… Read more.

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Mashable VR

MAY 3, 2022

You know how every other ebook reader under the sun supports EPUB files, but Amazon's Kindle stubbornly refuses to do so? Amazon quietly updated its help documentation (via Goodreader ) to state that Kindle devices will start supporting EPUB files. Well, that's changing. There's a catch, though. EPUB) format," says the document.

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Slashgear

JUNE 14, 2022

Amazon Echo has many features you may not have even realized were possible. Test out these to get more use out of your Echo device.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 17, 2022

Amazon, the company notorious for its awful labor practices , is grinding through its potential workforce too fast, according to an internal company research memo leaked to and first reported on by Vox. “If If we continue business as usual, Amazon will deplete the available labor supply in the US network by 2024,” said… Read more.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 29, 2021

Have you noticed a strange army of Amazon employees on Twitter recently, claiming that Amazon doesn’t engage in union-busting and disputing stories that workers sometimes have to p**s in bottles ? Many Twitter users are wondering whether the people are even real. And while there’s some evidence these people could be… Read more.

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Slashgear

APRIL 14, 2022

The next OnePlus phone was just revealed by Amazon, while another new OnePlus smartphone sits in the wings, barely confirmed to exist before launch.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Have you heard of Amazon Sidewalk ? But there is a good chance that you or someone you know has an Amazon Echo or Ring camera. Probably not. And if you own one of those devices and live in the U.S. (or or know someone who does), you need to tell them to opt-out of the service as soon as possible. Read more.

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Digital Trends

JULY 14, 2022

Is your Alexa device not connecting with your Amazon Music account? Let's look at what could be happening, and how to get your Amazon tunes playing again ASAP.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 14, 2022

We've looked through Amazon's catalog for the best shows included with a Prime membership. In no particular order, here are the 19 best shows on Amazon Prime Video that you should be streaming right now. In no particular order, here are the 19 best shows on Amazon Prime Video that you should be streaming right now. The fashion

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Amazon confirmed on Tuesday that it would partner with Snap to trial online shopping via the popular messaging app service. Snap’s service will continue these integrations by allowing users to shop directly using Amazon from its social media platform. per share at closing.

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GizModo VR

JULY 19, 2022

Amazon has filed lawsuits against the administrators of over 10,000 Facebook groups that are allegedly part of a network to recruit individuals to leave fake reviews for products on Amazon in exchange for money or free products. Read more.

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Digital Trends

JULY 19, 2022

Amazon is going after thousands of Facebook groups that it accuses of setting up schemes for the creation of fake reviews for products on its shopping site.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 22, 2020

After spending years promising Congress that the data it collected from third-party sellers wasn’t used to beef up its private-label products, today Amazon decided to roll out a product meant to do exactly that. The Amazon Shopper Panel , as it’s called, promises to pay Amazon customers that offer intel to the… Read more.

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