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Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars? Part I: Amazon

AR Insider

Like in our ongoing “ follow the money ” exercise, they’re each building wearables strategies that support or future-proof core businesses where tens of billions in annual revenues are at stake. We’ll start this Wearables Wars series by looking at Amazon. where Amazon leads. Ulterior Motive. Out of Home.

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The AR Location Wars, Part I: Google

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That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” This is the theme of our new series, Location Wars , where we’ll break down who’s doing what… starting with Google.

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Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars? Part III: Google

AR Insider

Like in our ongoing “ follow the money ” exercise, they’re each building wearables strategies that support or future-proof core businesses where tens of billions in annual revenues are at stake. After examining Amazon and Microsoft , it’s time to zero in on Google. For Google that of course means search.

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Google’s ‘Internet-of-Places’ Inches Forward

AR Insider

Facebook wants to be the social layer to the spatial web, while Amazon wants to be the commerce layer and Apple wants a hardware-centric multi-device play. Where does Google fit in all of this? That includes its “search what you see” Google Lens , and Live View 3D navigation. Planet Scale.

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Google’s Internet of Places Materializes

AR Insider

Facebook wants to be the social layer to the spatial web, while Amazon wants to be the commerce layer and Apple envisions a hardware-centric multi-device play. Where does Google fit in all of this? That includes its “search what you see” Google Lens , and Live View 3D navigation. Level-Setting.

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Peloton would be so much better if it let you stream stuff like Netflix and Stadia

Mashable VR

Nothing against exercise or even filling up some of my precious house space with a large and expensive stationary bike. But structured, hosted exercise time isn't what I want when I climb on a machine like this. In fact, the report notes that Peloton's video game, Lanebreak , is powered by Google.

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Is Facebook Building a ‘Social Layer’ For the Spatial Web?

AR Insider

So predicting AR’s trajectory becomes an exercise in “ following the money.” ” For Google, investments in AR are to drive search (visual search, mapping). Amazon wants AR for product visualization, pursuant to boosting e-commerce sales and reducing returns. The Social Layer.

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