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Reality Bytes: Apple, Amazon & GM

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W hat are the biggest insights and observations in AR and adjacent sectors this week? Welcome to Reality Bytes , featuring lightning-round commentary from AR Insider partner M7 Innovations. Founder Matt Maher lends his insights from the trenches of AR experience creation. More from AR Insider….

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Snap Earns $20m Grant to Back California Tech Industry

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

California has awarded Snap Inc a massive fund worth $20 million USD. Comprised of grants and tax credit incentives, lawmakers have awarded Snap funding to help the company expand its offices globally and boost its augmented reality (AR) smart glasses manufacturing capacity.

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The Most Important Upcoming AR/VR Events This Year

ARPost

After the COVID-19 pandemic made most event organizers cancel their live AR/VR events or host them virtually, in the past year more and more live events are making a comeback. Even the immersive industry needs a real-life environment to discover gadgets and try AR/VR content.

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AR Playdates Could Revolutionize How Families Connect Over Long-Distances

VRScout

USC is connecting families through the power of AR play. ” Although families are living further distances apart and demanding work schedules continue to be demanding across generations, loved ones are still finding ways to spend time and connect through the use of new technologies.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.06.13): Apple doesn’t show its AR glasses at WWDC, Meta delays its AR plans, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Meta delays its plans for AR glasses. Meta has not officially answered this report, but Andrew Bosworth, the CTO of the company, has indirectly commented on it: “ We’re going to ship wrist wearables and AR glasses that bring completely new tech?—?like Other relevant news. Image by Meta). like EMG?—?to This is anyway good news.

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Which Startups Are Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs?

ARPost

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. It comes without surprise that both Silicon Valley titans and newly launched startups are all vying to hire AR developers, designers, product managers, and many others. Guest Post.

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AWE EU 2022 Is Headed for Lisbon

ARPost

And, according to the current iteration of the agenda, Inbar’s keynote has the same theme as the one we saw in California in June. See Also: Get Ready for This Year’s AR/VR Policy Conference. See Also: Geenee AR and Ready Player Me Partner to Bring Full-Body Avatars to WebAR Experiences. There’s a lot to talk about here.

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