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Spatial Beats: 2020’s Top Ten

AR Insider

This week, we dive into the top-ten tech stories of 2020. Now what’s going to happen to the malls Amazon doesn’t want as warehouses? B from Google, Disney, AT&T, Alibaba Group, JP Morgan, Kleiner Perkins, Qualcomm, and other brand name investors to make see-through AR glasses, and the content, optics, chips, and AI that go in them.

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Amazon Targets Google, Meta Ad Spending with AR Shopping Update

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Amazon has recently introduced several new features for shoppers to find products from their mobile devices using augmented reality (AR) shopping technologies. Now, the new Find on Amazon function allows people to take photos. Users can ‘share’ the photo with the Amazon Shopping app to locate the item in its marketplace.

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How Can Businesses Prepare for Enterprise VR?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The VR industry has skyrocketed immensely, with immersive headset shipments spiking 92 percent in 2019 and 70 percent in 2020. Affected companies include Meta Platforms, Amazon, and the global cryptocurrency community. According to IDC data, VR headset shipments are expected to increase 42.88 percent YoY for 2023.

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Top 5 XR Communities To Stay Updated With The Latest XR Trends in 2021

ARVR

How To Use the ARLOOPA App: A Step-by-Step Guide (2020) 3. XR Hub There is a high chance that you are already a member of this group. This group has been started by one of the most active XR Developers on YouTube. The top 3 experiences will win Amazon Gift cards. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Join Dilmer Games?—?

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'Contactless fingerprinting' will soon let the police scan your prints with a smartphone

Mashable VR

However, civil liberties experts and privacy groups are understandably worried about the use of such technology. A few years ago, Amazon was slammed by human rights organizations for selling its facial recognition technology to law enforcement.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.07.13): Lynx now aims at the consumer market, App Lab to enable DLCs, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Probably I should tell you that I was busy with VR projects, but the truth is that I have been celebrating a lot lately, especially the recent victory of Italy in the Euro 2020 soccer championship. Amazon Lumberyard becomes opensource. Amazon has launched some years ago its 3D engine called Lumberyard, derived from Crytek’s Cryengine.

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Spatial Beats: Facebook, Snap & TikTok

AR Insider

The seed round was led by KB Partners and TitletownTech, with participation from Greycroft, Verizon Ventures, Haslam Sports Group, 49ers Enterprises, and SC Holdings, and “additional strategic celebrity investors.”. Ball is a former Amazon strategy executive turned investor. It’s available to anyone with a VRChat account.