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How Much is Facebook Investing in Spatial Computing?

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For an indexed library of spatial computing insights, data, reports and multimedia, subscribe to ARtillery PRO. We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. Q4 2014 R&D spend increased to $1.1

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How Will the AR Cloud Unlock the Spatial Web?

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This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including Also known as mirrorworld and other monikers, it’s about data that’s anchored to places and things that AR devices can process into meaningful content. The latter powers Google’s Live View AR navigation tool.

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Tech Giants Prime AR’s Headworn Era

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All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Google was the first major technology company to release a head-worn computer when it introduced Google Glass in 2013. Google’s approach was significantly lighter and simpler than what’s come since.

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Led by Former Oculus Exec, Facebook’s New Cloud Gaming Service Paves the Way to VR Streaming

Road to VR

Rubin joined Oculus in 2014 as was a key spokesperson for the company’s VR before his role expanded into Facebook’s broader gaming initiatives | Image courtesy Jason Rubin. As the only company in the consumer space with a complete tech stack for VR cloud streaming, the strategy seems sound.

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Updates on the Decentralized Metaverse: WebXR, A-Frame, & ‘Supermedium’

Road to VR

spec include Firefox Release 55, Oculus Browser, Samsung Internet, & Microsoft Edge. But Google Chrome and the WebVR developer community has been waiting for the official launch of what was being referred to as the WebVR 2.0 13: Vlad Vukicevic at SVVR 2014. #40: 40: Tony Parisi at SVVR 2014. #81:

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How Will the AR Cloud Unlock the Spatial Web?

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This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including Also known as mirrorworld and other monikers, it’s about data that’s anchored to places and things that AR devices can process into meaningful content. The latter powers Google’s Live View AR navigation tool.

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Amazon willing to team up with Apple and Google

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s Google if it would help improve customers’ experience with its Alexa voice-activated virtual assistant , an executive working on the platform said. The online retailer, which is already working with Microsoft Corp. The online retailer, which is already working with Microsoft Corp. Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s

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