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Will Wearables Pave the Way For AR?

AR Insider

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.” Part V: Apple.

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Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars? Part VII: Facebook

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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. For one, it includes the thing that kicked off the current AR & VR era: Oculus.

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Will Wearables Pave the Way For AR?

ARVR

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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Which Startups Are Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs?

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billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. Their Oculus app allows real-time collaboration without ever leaving your home. Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1

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Is Facebook Building a ‘Social Layer’ For the Spatial Web?

AR Insider

” 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. Amazon wants AR for product visualization, pursuant to boosting e-commerce sales and reducing returns. to Oculus headsets.

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How Much is Facebook Investing in Spatial Computing?

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We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. More importantly, this aligns with the timeframe that followed its 2014 Oculus acquisition. billion for a representative baseline of pre-Oculus spending.

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Are Ray-Ban Stories AR Training Wheels?

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But that’s the tradeoff for achieving Ray-Ban Stories’ intended style and wearability. To achieve that endpoint, Facebook knows that wearability is the first step to gradually condition users to accept face-worn tech. Among smart glasses to date, including Snap Spectacles and Bose Frames, Stories are the closest to real sunglasses.

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