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The XR Week Peek (2021.08.02): Facebook creates Metaverse group and prepares to launch its smartglasses, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The leader of the group will be Vishal Shah, Instagram VP of Product, that will report directly to Andrew Bosworth. David Heaney has written a good article on Upload VR where he tries to hypothesize what could this group of people work on, but in the end, he has no idea as well of what can be the most probable outcome. Kudos to them!

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5 INNOVATIVE WAYS TO SHOWCASE YOUR PRODUCTS USING AR

Digitalnauts

For example, a car manufacturer could create an AR app that allows customers to explore the different features of a car, such as the engine, transmission, and safety features. Many social media platforms, such as Snapchat, TikTok, and Instagram, offer AR filters that allow users to add virtual effects to their photos and videos.

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Breaking Down Facebook’s XR Road Map

AR Insider

2021+: Drive VR Costs Below All Competitors. On the other hand, if (and I’m not saying they are) they are intentionally taking losses to drive competitors out of business, saturate the market, lock-up suppliers or lock-in customers, then I’d focus more on antitrust probes. Instagram-ready) cameras, and possibly eye-tracking too.

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EDITORIAL: Meta Drops the Facebook Requirement for Its Virtual Reality Hardware—And Why I Am Still Wary

Ryan Schultz

Instead, you can update your Oculus account to a Meta account, which lets you log into your VR devices and view and manage your purchased apps in one place. Illustration from UploadVR article. Meta has already indicated that it will let users attach Facebook and Instagram credentials if they want.)

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The XR Week Peek (2022.02.07): Meta has invested more than $10B on XR, Hololens 3 may have been canceled, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Facebook is losing users , because of its bad reputation, and because of the fierce competition of social media that attract more the younger generations like TikTok and Snapchat. Facebook can’t appeal to younger audiences, it has a bad reputation, and it is trapped inside competitors’ platforms. It makes totally sense.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

We can safely say that “2020 was the year of AR”, that is when the use of AR on the smartphone has exploded, because of Instagram and Snap, but also because of the pandemic that has forced companies to release many try-before-you-buy augmented solutions. million AR effects on Facebook and Instagram.

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The Down-Low on What You Need to Know (To Be Competitive in XR), with SuperData’s Carter Rogers

XR for Business Podcast

One of the stats here is that social media AR apps are the most popular among mobile AR users. A sizable percentage of users; 41 percent of users report using AR features in online shopping apps. Really, virtual try-ons is the killer app. We’ll see if any true competitor stacking emerge, maybe in 2020. Carter: Yeah.