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Reality Bytes: Amazon, Warner Bros & Digital Assistants

AR Insider

We continue the narrative this week with Maher’s look at Amazon’s Wondery purchase, Warner Bros’ new film release strategy and Alexa learns to text. Amazon plans to acquire Wondery, the popular independent podcast maker, in hopes it will be the steroid shot Audible (owned by Amazon) needs to take on Spotify.

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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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Facebook Surges in U.S. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy

Road to VR

Amazon Technologies Inc. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy appeared first on Road to VR. Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC. Intel Corp. LG Electronics Inc. Ford Global Technologies LLC. Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. Facebook Inc. The post Facebook Surges in U.S.

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Nreal AR Glasses Now Support PS5, Xbox, Steam Deck

VRScout

This past September , Nreal released its Nreal Air glasses in the US through Amazon , quickly gaining the attention of the gaming community. According to Peng Jin, the company’s co-founder, Nreal Air’s ability to support multiple gaming platforms is a key component of its strategy to serve the community.

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Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization

TechCrunch VR

Sindhya Valloppillil. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Sindhya Valloppillil is the founder and CEO of Skin Dossier, a venture partner at Next Gen Ventures, a freelance writer and formerly a beauty industry executive and marketing professor. More posts by this contributor. It may not be as glamorous as D2C, but beauty tech is big money.

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Amazon Workers Won an Historic Union Vote, And It Wasn't Even Close

GizModo VR

Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse facility voted in favor of forming a union Friday, notching a momentous victory a growing U.S. labor movement. Read more.

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ARtillery Briefs, Episode 44: Wearables Pave the Way for AR

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Beyond consumer demand, tech giants are embracing wearables as they align with road maps and growth strategies. Wearables also represent a long-term strategy to future-proof Apple’s multi-device ecosystem approach , consisting of Watch, AirPods and (soon) smart glasses.

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