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Will Hearables’ Installed Base Reach 72 Million this Year?

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That last part is key, as devices like Airpods have proven that consumers will indeed walk around most of the day with hardware hanging out of their ears. That’s the first step towards a wearables future. Think of it like the iPhone 1 in 2007 before the App Store. million by 2023. billion of that 2023 total.

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What Does Tech History Tell Us About AR’s Future?

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We often forget that when the iPhone came out in 2007, high penetration levels didn’t happen until about three years later. This could point to a full suite of wearables (including glasses) that succeeds the iPhone as Cupertino’s cash cow. And a constellation of wearables fits another key Apple M.O.:

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The AR Show: What Does Tech History Tell Us About AR’s Future?

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We often forget that when the iPhone came out in 2007, high penetration levels didn’t happen until about three years later. This could point to a full suite of wearables (including glasses) that succeeds the iPhone as Cupertino’s cash cow. And a constelation of wearables fits another key Apple M.O.:

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The New Age of Learning Science with Virtual Reality: A Literature Review

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In fact, computational photography researcher, Steve Mann, invented “wearable computing” in 1980 (Interaction Design Foundation, 2019). Chen, Yang, Shjen, and Jeng (2007) examined how desktop virtual environments provided opportunities for students to interact with and manipulate objects while learning about orbital patterns of the planets.