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8 Augmented Reality Trends in 2021

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The concept of augmented reality is no longer new. In the last couple of years, AR has experienced tremendous growth and popularity as big technology giants like Google, Amazon, Apple have adopted the technology. It is worth exploring the different trends that are surging in the augmented reality market.

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Which Startups Are Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs?

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In 2019, the demand growth for augmented reality and virtual reality engineers skyrocketed 1400% from the previous year, surpassing the demand for blockchain engineers (the most in-demand skill in 2018). Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1

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Post-Pandemic, Augmented Reality Serves Entertainment With Its Re-Emergence

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Most people don’t know augmented reality was first created and tested in the late 1960s: by a Harvard professor, with a wired head-mounted display. Incredibly secular and in need of the right software and hardware components to get off the ground, AR as we know it wouldn’t see major leaps in the public sector until the mid 2010s.

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Top 5 AR SDKs for Building Augmented Reality Mobile Apps?

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Augmented reality is among the biggest trends these days, and you may hardly meet anyone who is not familiar with it. An AR software development kit or AR SDK is the key to AR app development. In this blog, we will cover some highly popular software development tools used for AR app development. Google ARCore.

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Google ARCore Brings Augmented Reality to Android

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Apple’s massive leap into augmented reality with no additional sensors or hardware, only the phone in your pocket, seemingly opened up the largest AR platform in the world overnight. Google has been investing heavily on the hardware side with Tango, requiring specialized devices to augment our reality.

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The Quick Guide to Augmented Reality Deployment in the Enterprise

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In the last five years, augmented reality technology has evolved far beyond its most widespread adoption ever – killing digital critters on Pokémon Go. No wonder research from Markets and Markets predicts that augmented reality is going to be a 72.7 Know What Augmented Reality Can Do – And What You Can Do With It.

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Metaverse and Investing – Opportunities for Retail Investors Part 2: Software and Infrastructure

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This implies an enormous variety of software that will be used for its construction and for its application in our lives. Snap’s augmented reality filters likely place it as one of the leading companies in the AR industry. Virtual and augmented reality can work even without a network.

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