AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The tech industry’s next bet is a series of technologies usually called augmented reality (AR) or mixed reality. All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Here’s what the biggest companies in tech are doing to try and make augmented reality the next big thing.

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AR Insider

MAY 29, 2020

Augmented Reality for E-commerce: the Why and How. Rising to the challenge is augmented reality, which promises to reinvent online shopping for customers and drive sales. Augmented reality opens a new dimension to customer engagement. Augmented reality can make all the difference.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Hearables with augmented reality features are becoming ubiquitous thanks to the overall spread of wearables, the contribution of tech giants, and the growing demand for emerging technologies. How Augmented Reality Works. See Also: What Is the Difference between Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality?

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VRScout

MAY 20, 2019

If you’re not familiar with Reach Robotics line-up of kid-friendly robots, MekaMon are programmable machines which players can control via a smart device to battle digital opponents—both real and AI—in an augmented space; adding an additional layer of visual excitement to the conventional playtime experience.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

According to CBINSIGHTS , tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) have all been acquiring AI startups aggressively in the last decade. According to a report by Zion Market Research , the global augmented and virtual reality market was valued at around US$26.7 Mobile Augmented Reality.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Augmented reality is a technology that allows us to superimpose digital information into the real-world environment. In this article, we will discuss on augmented reality. Augmented Reality (AR)  — It overlays digital content in the real world. Pokemon Go is the best example for an augmented reality game.

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 22, 2024

Advancements In AI And Robotics Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning continued to dominate the spotlight at CES 2024. Amazon, for instance, wowed the audience with new generative AI-powered Alexa experiences, enhancing our interactions with voice assistants.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 12, 2023

I can make a render also of the time machine, but this doesn’t mean it is getting real soon… More info Happy Anniversary, Pimax! More info Quest outperformed AirPods on Amazon It seems that on Black Friday, Quest sales were superior to AirPods ones on Amazon in certain countries. Learn more (Watch the trailer) Get Gibby’s Guide!

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

patents done by Fairview Research reveals that Facebook has made a significant surge in its year-over-year ranking for patents granted in 2019, something partly owed to its increased number of patents surrounding augmented reality. International Business Machines Corp. Amazon Technologies Inc. An analysis of U.S.

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ARPost

APRIL 17, 2023

The event audience includes senior executives focused on XR, automation, IoT, 5G, the future of work, AI, machine learning, and edge computing. Some of the most important Fortune 500 companies will be represented at the event, including Boeing, Canon, Shell, Amazon, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

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VRScout

MARCH 30, 2018

This likely explains why you won’t see, apps like the Amazon app with its AR View, or Pokémon GO as part of the data. Other apps that established themselves as standouts early on, such as IKEA Place , GIPHY World , The Machines , and My Very Hungry Caterpillar AR , continue to be among the most-downloaded since last fall.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

More info Some news about content Fast Travel Games and MoonHood are partnering to create a VR game that aims to replicate the look and feel of claymation Soul Covenant is a tactical VR action game set in a desolated near-future Japan that features the usual battle of men vs machines. Learn more Volumetrics secure $1.1M

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

If you want to experiment with XR cloud rendering , you won’t need to buy a powerful workstation and experiment with the settings anymore: you just buy a dedicated EC2 machine on AWS supplied by NVIDIA and everything is ready out of the box. You activate the machine, pay for its usage and you can have cloud rendering. Learn more.

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TechCrunch VR

APRIL 13, 2019

New machine learning technologies, user interfaces and automated content creation techniques are going to expand the personalization of storytelling beyond algorithmically generated news feeds and content recommendation. He currently is product lead at Yle, one of the leading media houses in the Nordics. A new hope: AI for news media.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 2, 2018

His current position as Technical Fellow of the Windows and Devices Group enables him to maintain a hands-on approach to building the HoloLens and related Windows Mixed Reality software platform. Consulting firm Digi-Capital estimated the world market for augmented- and virtual-reality devices at EUR 3.3 billion in 2016.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 31, 2023

These include Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The Plantation, Florida-based enterprise aims to become a major provider of augmented reality (AR) headsets to the global healthcare industry.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Tender Claws , the creators of the award-winning interactive VR narrative Virtual Virtual Reality , premiered a new, site-specific, interactive AR narrative experience at the Sundance New Frontier called TendAR. What is the potential for some of anonymized physical data to end up being personally identifiable using machine learning?

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 27, 2020

Millions of us now own some sort of room-based voice device such as Google Home or Amazon Echo and the global voice and speech recognition market size is estimated to reach USD 31.82 Millions of us now own some sort of room-based voice device such as Google Home or Amazon Echo Click To Tweet. billion by 2025.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Going forward, we can expect to see it becoming an enabler of even more technologies, including virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), the metaverse , cloud gaming, and even quantum computing. The AI and ML-powered cloud. Low-code and no-code cloud services.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

To let me put a spotlight on the LATAM (Latin American) XR ecosystem, I interviewed the Chilean XR professional Oscar Cartagena and asked him a lot of questions about the difficulties and strengths of immersive realities in his part of the world. It’s been a very interesting chat, and I’ve learned a lot from it.

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VRWorld

APRIL 4, 2017

and deep learning, virtual reality and self driving vehicles. Topics include deep learning and AI, data center and cloud computing, analytics, healthcare, self-driving and AI cars, life sciences, defense, virtual and augmented reality, computer and machine vision, smart cities, robotics and IoT.

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Bernard Marr

JULY 11, 2023

You can already try on clothes, makeup, and accessories on many retail sites (without leaving your home) thanks to augmented reality technology. Historically, the dot-com crash led directly to the rise of Google and Amazon. And you can already socialize with your friends in Meta’s virtual Horizon Worlds.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 30, 2019

Sam is a co-author of the book “Marketing New Realities: An Introduction to Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Marketing, Branding, and Communications,” and is a contributing author to Charlie Fink’s book “Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted With Data,” with a chapter focused on augmented reality for brands.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 30, 2019

Sam is a co-author of the book “Marketing New Realities: An Introduction to Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Marketing, Branding, and Communications,” and is a contributing author to Charlie Fink’s book “Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted With Data,” with a chapter focused on augmented reality for brands.

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Bernard Marr

MARCH 11, 2024

Amazon is just one retailer beginning to experiment with AI-generated summaries of reviews – in Amazon’s case, condensing customer reviews into one digestible paragraph. Metaverse Stores With augmented reality and virtual reality becoming more mainstream, generative AI can help to create immersive virtual shopping experiences.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 15, 2023

While virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) applications are just beginning to be used in industry, gamers have been using headsets to enter fully immersive worlds for years. Amazon and Netflix also entered the market, with Netflix taking a different approach by offering downloadable game content on users' devices.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. Learn More. Expectations vs reality for 2020. Some XR fun. Funny link.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

And extended reality is the term that we are using at Accenture, and I think across the industry others are also using this term “XR” to include virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D experiences; all different types of experiences that blend the digital and physical worlds, and work on extending your reality.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

And extended reality is the term that we are using at Accenture, and I think across the industry others are also using this term “XR” to include virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D experiences; all different types of experiences that blend the digital and physical worlds, and work on extending your reality.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 30, 2019

Sam is a co-author of the book "Marketing New Realities: An Introduction to Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Marketing, Branding, and Communications," and is a contributing author to Charlie Fink's book "Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted With Data," with a chapter focused on augmented reality for brands.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2022

What is relevant about this piece of news is that Google has just confirmed its strong commitment to augmented reality. If you want to read all his insights, you can buy his book on Amazon, which has very positive reviews. Learn more (New policy on 18+) Learn more (Horizon is theoretically all 18+). Learn more.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

And a lot of companies – anybody who’s got vehicle-based businesses, machine businesses – there was a fantastic example, up South by Southwest. But in my opinion, I don’t think the killer app of virtual reality is games. You have to look at the segment specific-elements of it that can be augmented.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

And a lot of companies – anybody who’s got vehicle-based businesses, machine businesses – there was a fantastic example, up South by Southwest. But in my opinion, I don’t think the killer app of virtual reality is games. You have to look at the segment specific-elements of it that can be augmented.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

It is not on sale on US HP Store and will be on Amazon US next month. More info (Interview video) More info (UploadVR’s selection of most interesting XR things) More info (John Carmack on augmented reality) More info (John Carmack on LBVR multiplayer SDK). VR is an empathy machine, but this is not always the case.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

More info (Official Sony blogpost) More info (Summary by Upload VR) Pimax works for the release of Portal Pimax Portal, the Nintendo Switch-like console by Pimax , has just been released on Amazon. After more than 2 years of wait, the Lynx R1, the French mixed reality headset, may be close to shipping to its backers.

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VRWorld

APRIL 17, 2017

Secondly, the skills learned by watching best of the best in every field imaginable are being trickled down to the new generation (and old) of viewers who then move to implement those skills themselves. Taking the form of human dealers on webcam, live streaming can enhance players’ experience at the digital tables.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

We’ll be learning about the challenges and learnings from his experience. It’s very exciting to meet somebody as passionate as you are about bringing augmented reality to the enterprise. Frustrated with the lack of companies deploying augmented reality at scale. Lance, welcome to the show.

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