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Can Google Jumpstart AR Shopping?

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We’ll start with the company that’s become the front door to the web, and lots of shopping activity: Google. Among other things, Google uses its influential position to incubate and expose AR. Second, it grants prime real estate (the Google homepage) to its visual search tool, Google Lens. But how does AR play in?

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How Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) can transform Education

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After packing up classrooms and settling into new teaching settings like living rooms and kitchen tables, teachers, students and parents are beginning to question whether this is the start of a drastic change in the education system. © Google, Inc. A list of over 900(!) available VR expeditions can be found here. © zSpace, Inc.

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Can Google Mainstream Visual Search?

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Represented by tools such as Google Lens, Pinterest Lens, and Snap Scan, it’s all about pointing your phone at physical world objects to contextualize and identify them through informational overlays. Google calls it “search what you see” — a use case that carries a practical and high-frequency value proposition like web search itself.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.03.22): Quest to feature new parental control tools, Google acquires Raxium, and more!

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It was even featured on Google News. Many big magazines have talked about this problem, and all our efforts together made sure that Meta took action. Image by Google). Google acquires micro-LED startup Raxium. This week Google has performed another strategic move towards the development of its future XR glasses.

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Augmented Reality in Education: Use Cases, Benefits & Examples

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Modern AR apps are used for various purposes, from entertainment to enterprise applications, and their usefulness has prompted thousands of organizations to utilize augmented reality in education and training, while educational establishments implement AR in teaching classes. Ready to begin? Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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How is Google Cultivating AR Marketing?

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But greater impact could come from the web’s most traveled destination: Google. More specifically, Google continues to enable search results to come to life in 3D and AR. This is the Way Google’s AR efforts have played out so far with topics that are conducive to visualization. How is Google Cultivating AR Marketing?

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“Augmented” Learning: Quick Guide On How AR Is Transforming Education

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Nowadays, this kind of technology is being desired, if not used already, in education. With that said, this guide will explore 5 different ways that AR can benefit education?—?no The intent is to make educational curricula interesting for students so that they’ll want to be more immersed in the learning process.

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