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Amazon Lets You “Try On” Shoes Before You Buy Using AR

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This past week, the multinational technology company and eCommerce platform Amazon announced a new interactive shopping experience that allows you to “try on” shoes before you purchase using a mobile device. Image Credit: Amazon. Virtual Try-On for Shoes currently supports a wide range of popular footwear brands.

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VW’s AR Experience Gives You Three Months Of Amazon Music

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Scan your next Amazon package to unlock a unique WebAR experience featuring the 2022 Volkswagen Taos. Volkswagen has teamed up with Amazon for a super cool 8th Wall-powered AR experience that will arrive on select Amazon boxes during the holiday season as part of VW’s “Joy is a State of Drive” campaign.

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Discover Latin America’s XR ecosystem with Oscar Cartagena

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One of these places is Latin America. For instance… do you know that there are many difficulties related to getting and using a VR headset in South America? It is a currently around 30-company-strong association focused on XR technologies and their impact on Chilean and Latin American societies.

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Amazon's Palm Reader Launches at First Non-Amazon Venue in Sneak Peek of Our Biometric-Based Future

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Amazon’s electronic palm reader technology, known as Amazon One, launched at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver on Tuesday, according to a press release from the retailing giant. It’s the first deployment of Amazon One’s biometric reader outside of an Amazon-owned property and is certainly a sign of things to come.…

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VR Training Company Gemba Secures $18M Series A to Expand Enterprise Metaverse

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Gemba, the corporate VR learning platform, announced it’s closed an $18 million Series A funding round, which the company says will be used to continue expansion into Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. The latest funding round was led by Parkway Venture Capital, now valuing the UK-based company at $60 million.

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4th of July During Covid?—?How to Celebrate Independence Day Safely With the Help of Technology

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How to Celebrate Independence Day Safely With the Help of Technology The 4th of July is one of the year’s biggest holidays, and many people have been looking forward to it all year. Fortunately, many technologies exist to help us enjoy the holiday while adhering to precautions like social distancing and many others as well.

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Apple and Amazon are changing the way we watch live sports

Mashable VR

Folks who love sports and hate technology might want to sit down for this one because your worst nightmares are coming true: Certain MLB and NFL games will only be available via streaming for the 2022 season and beyond. Now it’s just Amazon-exclusive. Hopefully, Apple or Amazon can find a way to bring that number way down.

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