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How Retailers are Using Augmented Reality to Enhance In-Store Shopping

ARPost

The retail sector is changing because of augmented reality technology, which is giving businesses new and interesting ways to interact with customers and enhance their shopping experiences. In 2018, 7-Eleven launched its first-ever augmented reality in-store experience bringing Deadpool into the store.

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5 Industries Which Could Benefit From Augmented Reality Post COVID

ARPost

Augmented reality has been making waves in a number of industries including healthcare, events, and sports. But, with the pandemic accelerating interest in augmented and virtual-related technologies, this figure might have underestimated the potential growth. billion in 2018 and is projected to reach $11.14 Healthcare.

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Which Startups Are Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs?

ARPost

In 2019, the demand growth for augmented reality and virtual reality engineers skyrocketed 1400% from the previous year, surpassing the demand for blockchain engineers (the most in-demand skill in 2018). Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1

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Augmented Reality Disappeared From Gartner’s Hype Cycle – What’s Next?

ARPost

In the AR industry, this news left some open-mouthed: augmented reality is officially out of Gartner’s Hype Cycle. After climbing up the curve steadily year by year in the cycle, augmented reality took a steep ride down to the trough of disillusionment in 2018. Augmented Reality’s Journey in the Cycle.

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Infographic: Augmented Reality Landscape Q1 and Q2 2019

Tech Trends VR

Augmented Reality is hot. The Venture Reality Fund now tracks more than 380 companies on the AR landscape, a 33% increase from 2018. The US Army’s $479M contract with Microsoft Hololens in late 2018 is the biggest validation of enterprise value of AR Click To Tweet. Mobile AR 2.0 is coming Click To Tweet.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

The Ghost Howls

Jokes apart, what has happened in AR in 2018… and what can you expect to happen in 2019? Augmented Reality in 2018. More or less AR in 2018 has gone as I predicted in 2017. This has been an enormous endorsement for augmented reality. Predictions for Augmented Reality in 2019.

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Is the Metaverse Killing Augmented Reality?

ARVR

This, perhaps minus the display, is very close to the specs that Focals by North delivered back in 2018. Is the Metaverse Killing Augmented Reality? Advanced options such as SLAM and LIDAR could wait for future integration. But it has. The AR glasses of today may just be the Apple II that the metaverse needs in order to emerge.