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Will Wearables Pave the Way For AR?

AR Insider

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.” Part V: Apple.

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Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars? Part VII: Facebook

AR Insider

Wearables Wars” is AR Insider’s mini-series that examines how today’s wearables will pave the way and prime consumer markets for AR glasses. Each installment will profile a different tech leader’s moves and motivations in wearables. For one, it includes the thing that kicked off the current AR & VR era: Oculus.

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Will Wearables Pave the Way For AR?

ARVR

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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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. Their Oculus app allows real-time collaboration without ever leaving your home. Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1

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Interview with Robert Scoble about Oculus Quest 2, Apple Glasses and more!

The Ghost Howls

In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! But of course, the technology is still not there: the Oculus Quest is still uncomfortable, we can’t read texts in it, and so on.

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Oculus Finds New Head of Computer Vision in Amir Frenkel

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Oculus has had a few weeks of transition, losing some major staff and just yesterday saying goodbye to its Story Studio division, but the changes aren’t ending there. Dov Katz, the company’s previous Head of Computer Vision, has parted ways with Oculus. Tagged with: oculus Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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

AR Insider

” For Google, investments in AR are to drive search (visual search, mapping). That’s iPhones today and a wearables suite (including AR glasses) in the longer term. Amazon wants AR for product visualization, pursuant to boosting e-commerce sales and reducing returns. to Oculus headsets.

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