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How Much is Facebook Investing in Spatial Computing?

AR Insider

We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. More importantly, this aligns with the timeframe that followed its 2014 Oculus acquisition. billion for a representative baseline of pre-Oculus spending.

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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 Apple, AR’s job is to sell more hardware. Microsoft wants to double down on a longstanding position in enterprise productivity, and Facebook wants AR (and VR primarily) to boost social engagement and ad revenue.

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

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. The story is similar for Amazon , Microsoft and Bose (kind of), and the 800-pound gorilla in wearables, Apple.

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The AR Show: Projecting AR’s Fate in 2020

AR Insider

AR Insider’s ongoing coverage of The AR Show episodes is an exercise in deconstructing and synthesizing the musings of spatial computing’s top minds. This “ follow the money ” exercise is a key AR confidence signal. Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Snap and Qualcomm are all making significant investments.”

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Editorial: Apple Reality may aim to replace the iPad, while Meta…

The Ghost Howls

I was reading Mark Gurman’s latest rumors about the upcoming Apple headset, and I found his article very intriguing. Fitness+ : will let users exercise while watching an instructor in VR. Apple’s products are very popular among content creators (e.g. Let me explain to you why. The seamless transition iPhone X.

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Best Places To Learn AR and VR Development Online in 2020

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Examples are HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Cardboard and other that are now very popular VR platforms for building experiences. WebVR is also becoming a formidable force for those who love HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or Google Cardboard, in a web browser. This brings the point home about the need to learn how to develop content on other platforms.

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Getting started with Augmented Reality (AR)

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Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. ARKit  — ARKit is one of the powerful AR SDK released by Apple on 2017 to build AR solutions using iOS devices.