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Case Study: MAC Cosmetics Augments Makeup Try-Ons

ARVR

Executed with the help of creative agency Valtech, its “pick & try” feature employs mirrors that virtually apply cosmetics to shoppers’ faces to simulate the real thing. Indeed, Amazon is already experimenting with such technologies as it continues its physical retail conquests. AR will play a key role in its road map.

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What is the Metaverse

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What is Extended Reality Extended Reality (abbreviated as XR) is the category for all technologies that use computer graphics to enhance the real world around you, or enable you to enter and interact with a fully simulated digital world. A diagram showing where XR technologies fit in between the ‘real world’ and ‘computer-generated’.

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Top 10 TV Shows that Feature Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality

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Rent or own it : Amazon 3. Rent or own it : YouTube | Google | iTunes | Vudu | Amazon Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Present |Action/Sci-fi | 7 Seasons One of Marvel’s most successful TV series presents us with a variety of AR/VR applications, from camouflage tech to VR training simulation.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.01.30): Vision Pro prepares to ship, PSVR 2 sales are stagnating, and more!

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The same analyst, though, added an important note to these statistics that has been ignored by many magazines: “shipping times remained unchanged 48 hours after pre-orders opened. It indicates that demand may quickly taper off after the core fans and heavy users place their orders”.

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Shopify Dives Deeper Into Camera Commerce

ARVR

This gives it an inside track to develop product simulations, not to mention a channel for distribution and monetization. To attract them to the platform as an alternative to selling on Amazon, these distribution flows include Walmart , Google , Facebook , BuzzFeed. It otherwise reaches consumers through its iOS app.

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Can AR Transform Entertainment?

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Throughout the course of human history, we’ve shared stories to connect, simulate alternative realities and find deep meanings. For example, Amazon recently rolled out their own AR game for Prime Video in promotion for their television show, The Boys, in an effort to augment the viewer experience.

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Discover Latin America’s XR ecosystem with Oscar Cartagena

The Ghost Howls

Do you know that there are some XR blogs and magazines all in Spanish to cater to Spanish and Southern American markets? As for the agency, we did some cool stuff for Lenovo Chile earlier this year: worked on a very intense motoGP simulator for Oculus and also did this awesome screen pillar with Kinect.

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