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

AR Insider

After examining Amazon and Microsoft , it’s time to zero in on Google. For Google that of course means search. Several Google moves over the past decade had that same underlying goal. Meanwhile, Google’s AR play is visual search , which similarly traces back to the goal of driving search volume.

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Keynote Triple Shot: Google, Apple & Facebook

AR Insider

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. Let’s dive in… Google .

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Google Releases AR Geospatial Creator for Unity

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

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

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In the first part , I dealt with investing possibilities in hardware that will take us to the metaverse. This implies an enormous variety of software that will be used for its construction and for its application in our lives. Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) and Google (Nasdaq: GOOGL) for Servers.

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Google MediaPipe Offers ML-Based Hand-Tracking Tools

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Google debuted MediaPipe, an artificial intelligence (AI) framework that detects people and objects in 3D space, in 2019 and the machine learning (ML) solution accurately tracks targets to transform 2D media as 3D spatial data. The service delivers end-to-end ML acceleration, enhancing MediaPipe content distribution on standard XR hardware.

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Will 3D Cities Unlock Immersive Experiences?

AR Insider

It let you essentially fly around a city, sort of like Google Earth but in three dimensions. In fairness, Google Earth offers 3D features. In fairness, Google Earth offers 3D features. And Google Earth VR , lets users fly around cities in strikingly immersive ways. Geospatially Sound.

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What’s Google’s Wearables Master Plan?

AR Insider

After covering Apple last week, what moves is Google making in wearables? And like Apple, Google’s motivations for wearables are to protect and future-proof its core business. For Google that of course means search. Several Google moves over the past decade had that same underlying goal. Google also wins on sheer scale.

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