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Where Are We in AR’s Lifecycle?

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For an indexed library of spatial computing insights, data, reports and multimedia, subscribe to ARtillery PRO. 2002, A Spatial Analogy. But then around 2002, things moved slowly towards measured progress, and the rise of tech giants like Google, Facebook, and the web 2.0 AR has seen its ups and downs.

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2019 AR Funding Exceeds $1.3 Billion

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Data Point of the Week is AR Insider’s dive into the latest spatial computing figures. It includes data points, along with narrative insights and takeaways. For an indexed collection of data and reports, subscribe to ARtillery Pro. This is a common data point measured by investment banks, research firms and VCs.

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ARtillery Briefs: 3 Spatial Predictions for 2020

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In that respect, we’re bullish on Google Lens to gain ad revenue share in beyond 2020. Google is already pushing the technology to future proof it’s core search business. Think of it like the circa 2002 period after the dot-com bubble burst, when things started to move slowly towards measured growth.

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Augmented Reality May Be The Future, But It Still Has Major Limitations

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Underkoffler has been trying to make the vision of the 2002 film Minority Report , where actor Tom Cruise uses “data gloves” and gestures to control a transparent computer, into a reality. Niantic was spun out as an independent company in 2015 with backing from investors such as Google, Nintendo, and The Pokémon Company.

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The Curious Relationship Between DVDs and VR

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In 2002 alone, 17.6 By 2002, the PS2 made up a total of 32% of all DVD players in America. By the start of 2002, 73% of American households expressed a strong desire to purchase a DVD player, and 43% stated a desire to purchase one within the next year. An interesting wrinkle in the data is the arrival of Sony’s Playstation VR.

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A History of Haptics: Electric Eels to an Ultimate Display

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But sometimes, these networks become damaged, and they fail to relay commands to our limbs, with the senses failing to send their complex data back to the brain. When I started my doctoral work at NYU in 2002, I was trying to understand the contemporary, real-world applications of haptics technology.

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How Hollywood Has Predicted VR in Movies

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Head mounted display: Used during the Gibson hack attempt, Dade wears a Google Glass like headset with a drop down heads up display. Making his first appearance in a VR movie, Keanu Reeves (Johnny) lives in a future where one of the only secure ways to transport data is to upload it into storage devices implanted in the brain.