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Epson Adds Two New AR Smart Glasses To Its Moverio Lineup

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Epson already has a solid lineup of AR smart glasses with their Moverio series, each designed for enterprise use. That lineup is about to get larger with the addition of two new next-generation AR glasses, the Moverio BT-40 and BT-40S. Everything is managed through Epson’s Moverio Link app, available free on the Google Play Store.

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XR Talks: Defining the AR Cloud, Part I

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T he AR cloud has turned three. This traces back to the principle’s origin in a 2017 landmark editorial by AR veteran and thought leader Ori Inbar. Before diving in, what is the AR cloud? It’s all about data that’s anchored to places and things, which AR devices can ingest and process into meaningful content.

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Google Releases AR Geospatial Creator for Unity

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Google has unveiled its Geospatial Creator for Unity platform, allowing developers to preview 3D assets via the Unity Editor. Viewing spatially-linked assets on a hyperrealistic 3D planet map, the toolkit powers ARCore and Photorealistic 3D Tiles via the Google Maps Platform, it said on its website.

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Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars? Part III: Google

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“Wearable Wars” is AR Insider’s mini-series that examines how today’s wearables will pave the way and prime consumer markets for AR glasses. Common wisdom states that mobile AR is the forbear to smart glasses. There, it can seed user demand for AR and get developers to start thinking spatially. Sound Investment.

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Will iOS 14 Lessen AR Friction?

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“Trendline” is AR Insider’s series that examines trends and events in spatial computing, and their strategic implications. As AR struggles to get off the ground and find a path to mass-market scale, there are a few confidence signals for the sector’s long term health. Marker-based AR is one of those things.

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Keynote Triple Shot: Google, Apple & Facebook

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The most notable updates came from Google, Apple and Facebook, in order of recency. This includes Google’s updates to its visual search efforts; Apple’s Lidar-powered iPhone 12 Pro; and Facebook’s developments in Live Maps, experimental AR glasses … and of course Quest 2.

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Case Study: Boeing Cuts Production Time with AR

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hough we spend ample time examining consumer-based AR endpoints, greater near-term impact is seen today in the enterprise. But the greattest area of enterprise AR impact today is in industrial settings. This includes AR visualization to support assembly and maintenance. High Stakes. Cognitive Load.