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Apple Maps Update Introduces AR Navigation

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Apple kicked off its annual World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) earlier today with a two-hour keynote detailing several updates to its lineup of iOS products. This includes numerous improvements to Apple Maps, from additional details like elevation and custom-designed landmarks to new road details and a variety of other upgrades.

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Apple is Approaching Social on Vision Pro the Way Meta Should Have All Along

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With Vision Pro, Apple is taking a different approach—making apps social right out of the box. Apple’s vision isn’t about creating a server full of a virtual strangers and user-generated experiences, but to make it easy to share the stuff you already like to do with the people you already know.

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AR Insider’s Best of 2019

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What were the biggest spatial computing trends and events in 2019? Our research arm, ARtillery Intelligence took a deep dive in its latest report on 2019 lessons & 2020 predictions. So as 2019 winds down, we’re featuring the year’s most popular posts. Is Apple Building an Entertainment Wearable?

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Snap Rides AR Into 2019 Rebound

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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. For Snap, 2019 will be remembered for a sizeable rebound.

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XR Talks: Breaking Down Apple VR

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F ollowing our analysis yesterday on the drivers for Apple’s rumored VR play, we continue the narrative in this week’s XR Talks. First, to level set, Bloomberg reported last week that Apple plans for a VR headset to release next year. A bigger question is what Apple’s headset will be and do.

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Apple Could Use Vision Pro To Detect Mental & Physical Health Issues

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Apple could reportedly use Vision Pro to detect health issues. Ma's reporting suggests Apple is hiring health experts to research whether the company could connect face and eye tracking data to health-related features of the Vision Pro. 0:00 / 0:19 1× Apple's Mindfulness visionOS app.

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Apple Study Affirms That Women Do in Fact Have Cramps During Their Periods

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Apple added period-tracking to the iOS Health app and launched a clinical study into women’s health back in 2019. Now, the Apple Women’s Health Study team has some preliminary data that affirms that, yes, there is an incredible variety of period symptoms suffered by menstruating people worldwide. Read more.

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