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Augmented Reality and Hearables: Where the Two Technologies Meet

ARPost

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. While visual forms of AR communicate with screens or glasses, smart hearables as a subset of wearable technology introduce audio augmented reality.

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Who Will Own the Metaverse?

AR Insider

AR is being applied in training and education, healthcare, heads-up wayfinding and navigation, tourism, retail, field service, real estate sales, design and architecture. Some recent acquisitions include AltspaceVR (Microsoft), and Escher (Niantic). Its wizarding successor grossed $12M in its first month.

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Getting started with Augmented Reality (AR)

ARVR

Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. Amazon Sumerian   — Amazon Sumerian enables users to create and run virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and 3D applications quickly without requiring any specialized programming expertise. Travel and Tourism  — AR can be used to augment the travel experiences.