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Data Dive: Is AR Landing with Everyday Consumers?

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Beyond performance, there’s consumer sentiment data. Survey data from our research arm ARtillery Intelligence signals good and bad news for consumer AR traction. Another data set recently hit our desks from AR shopping tech provider Vertebrae , indicating positive sentiment towards immersive shopping. Are they asking for AR?

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Amazon admits Ring gives cops footage without customers' knowledge or consent

Mashable VR

Amazon admitted its Ring security cameras have sent recordings to police without the knowledge or consent of the people who own the cameras. Amazon said in a letter dated July 1 that it has handed over private recordings to police 11 times in 2022. SEE ALSO: Amazon's Ring worked with more cops than ever before in 2020. "As

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I canceled my Amazon Prime membership. You can, too.

Mashable VR

You can quit Amazon Prime. I did it in 2020, in response to Amazon firing user experience designers Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa. Some of those workers went on strike, demanding hazard pay, adequate sick leave, protective gear, and transparency about the number of coronavirus cases in each Amazon warehouse.

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Amazon Sagemaker Ground Truth can now create virtual objects for AI model training

TechCrunch VR

It takes massive amounts of data to train AI models. But sometimes, that data simply isn’t available from real-world sources, so data scientists use synthetic data to make up for that. Image Credits: Amazon. He cited the example of a customer who makes chicken nuggets.

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Miami to Host Immerse Global Summit 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Immerse Global Summit (@ImmerseSummit) October 13, 2022. Firms such as Amazon, AT&T, Meta Platforms, Magic Leap, Qualcomm, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Unity Technologies, Lenovo, General Motors (GM), and others will take the XR centre stage to discuss how metaverse technologies reshaping enterprises and their operations.

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Mojo Vision Raises Additional $45M to Put Smart Contacts in the Eyes of Athletes

Road to VR

Mojo Lens is ostensibly years away for commercialization, however the company announced at CES 2022 that it’s taking a step forward by partnering with a number of fitness brands to explore how to better integrate its smart contact lenses into sports and training. ” The company is also currently working with the U.S.

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How Different XR Companies Approach Cloud Services

ARPost

The RealWear Cloud also allows data analysis across headsets. Handling this data for an individual on an individual headset is possible but, again, becomes unbearable at scale sans cloud. See Also: Is 2022 the Year for Consumer AR Glasses? “At Likewise, AutoDesk offers its XR cloud services through a partnership with Amazon.