AR Insider

MARCH 30, 2021

But another device class could have a greater impact towards that same end: wearables. This possibility is amplified as wearables continue to be one of the fastest-growing consumer tech segments. Beyond consumer demand, tech giants are embracing wearables as they align with road maps and growth strategies. Part V: Apple.

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AR Insider

APRIL 8, 2020

“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. Each installment will profile a different tech leader’s moves and motivations in wearables. After examining Amazon , Microsoft , and Google , it’s time to zero in on Bose.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The wearables sector is approaching an inflection point. But before going into the AR implications, let’s step back and look at the activity in the broader wearables sector. Wearables sales this year are projected to hit $41 billion, up 28 percent from $32 billion last year. Follow the Money .

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

“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. Each installment will profile a different tech leader’s moves and motivations in wearables. It recently entered the wearables race with the Surface Earbuds.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device. Samsung was one of the first truly massive tech companies to develop VR hardware.

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AR Insider

MAY 11, 2021

This thinking holds up, but a less-discussed product class could have a greater impact in priming consumers for AR glasses: wearables. Meanwhile, tech giants are motivated toward wearables. For example, Apple’s wearables offset iPhone sales declines. Wearables: Paving the Way for AR Glasses. percent ($2.1 percent ($2.1

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AR Insider

AUGUST 14, 2020

“Wearables Wars” is AR Insider’s mini-series that examines how today’s wearables will pave the way and prime consumer markets for AR glasses. Each installment will profile a different tech leader’s moves and motivations in wearables. Spectacles represent a long-term investment in augmented reality hardware.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 11, 2024

This week, reports revealed that Google is laying off a significant portion of its 1P AR hardware team, casting doubts upon its in-house XR product portfolio. In a statement, Google announced: A few hundred roles are being eliminated in DSPA, with the majority of impacts on the 1P AR Hardware team.

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ARVR

MAY 24, 2021

This thinking holds up, but a less-discussed product class could have a greater impact in priming consumers for AR glasses: wearables. Meanwhile, tech giants are motivated toward wearables. For example, Apple’s wearables offset iPhone sales declines. For Google that of course means search. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

This week, Google officially announced the retirement of its flagship smart glasses product. In a company document , the firm confirmed the retirement of Google Glass Enterprise Edition effective this Wednesday (March 15). Google will also drop official support for its enterprise-grade immersive hardware on September 15, 2023.

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AR Insider

JUNE 23, 2020

“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. Each installment will profile a different tech leader’s moves and motivations in wearables. Meanwhile, the story is flipped for wearables, as that division is on its way up.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2017

Google launched the Daydream View headset late last year, the company’s first virtual reality hardware product. A slew of recent job postings however suggest significant new AR/VR hardware in the works from Google. ” SEE ALSO Google Daydream Review: Casual VR Closes the Gap.

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ARVR

JUNE 7, 2021

This thinking holds up, but a less-discussed product class could have a greater impact in priming consumers for AR glasses: wearables. Meanwhile, tech giants are motivated toward wearables. For example, Apple’s wearables offset iPhone sales declines. Its Spectacles camera glasses have had ups and downs.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

During today’s Samsung Unpacked event, Samsung announced plans to create new ‘Extended Reality’ (XR) hardware in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. This new XR platform was far from the main focus of the event, which centered around the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra phone and other hardware announcements.

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Next Reality AR

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Last December, Google unceremoniously killed off Google Glass Explorer Edition with a final software update, leaving the Glass Enterprise Edition 2 as the only remaining AR wearable from Google.

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ARVR

APRIL 5, 2021

But another device class could have a greater impact towards that same end: wearables. This possibility is amplified as wearables continue to be one of the fastest-growing consumer tech segments. Beyond consumer demand, tech giants are embracing wearables as they align with road maps and growth strategies.

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Anand Tech

OCTOBER 18, 2023

As part of a broad collaborative agreement with Google, Qualcomm this week said that that it will be adopting the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) for a future Snapdragon Wear platform. Notably here, the announcement is for " a RISC-V based wearables solution," rather than a complete pivot to RISC-V with multiple solutions.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

But AR/VR solutions are not limited to Google Glass, mobile apps for trying on shoes or accessories, and AR-based games. Hearables with augmented reality features are becoming ubiquitous thanks to the overall spread of wearables, the contribution of tech giants, and the growing demand for emerging technologies.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 23, 2020

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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 18, 2024

Recently, Google released an update to its Quest 3 YouTube application, which allows users to stream 8K videos to their Meta Quest 3 – at least in theory. Will Meta introduce 8K hardware this year? Despite the update, Quest 3 headsets cannot stream up to 8K video, as the device’s quality is capped at 4K.

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XROM

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The Ai Pin is among the first wave of wearable devices expected to launch in the coming months. However, it remains uncertain whether these wearable devices can gain widespread acceptance or overcome scrutiny from fashion critics. The Humane Ai Pin represents a significant leap in wearable technology.

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VRScout

MARCH 1, 2023

New filings point towards new XR hardware on the way. The trademark for the Galaxy Ring was granted by KIPRIS, which describes the wearable as a “smart device for measuring health indicators and/or sleep in the form of a ring.”

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As shown in the Google Glass era, cultural receptivity and comfort levels for face-worn hardware (with a camera, no less) will be a years-long uphill climb. The iPhone succession plan is meanwhile accomplished through a suite of wearables that replaces the iThings at the center of our computing lives.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. They’ve raised over $22 million in funding for their AR wearables from seasoned investors like Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, Greylock Capital, and Marc Benioff.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 21, 2023

After months of tinkering and testing, Project Iris, Google’s latest AR innovation, appears to be another “Google Glass Failure.” For years, Google has been toying with the idea of becoming a real competitor in the extended reality market. But for all its innovation and resources, Google’s AR ideas never really seem to pan out.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 1, 2024

According to reports, Meta reportedly snubbed a potential partnership with Google that would have seen the pair collaborate on an extended reality platform. First reported by The Information, Meta and Google executives are rumoured to have met late last year about the proposal to build “Android XR” together, with Meta ultimately walking away.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 12, 2024

Google Axes Hundreds of AR Hardware Jobs Recent reports suggest that Google is downsizing a significant part of its 1P AR hardware team, which raises doubts about the future of its in-house XR product portfolio. Apple Vision Pro is the most advanced consumer electronics device ever created.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 16, 2024

This OS can be a valuable income source and provide services for Meta’s XR hardware ecosystem, allowing it to compete with Apple’s Vision Pro offerings. It is reasonable to assume that the upcoming Samsung headset will feature Qualcomm’s XR2+ Gen 2 Platform, developed in partnership with Samsung and Google.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 16, 2022

Last Monday, Google published a European patent filing for its upcoming augmented reality (AR) smart glasses product. In the filing, Google secured a smartglasses design containing “beamforming” microphones for enhanced spatial audio. Google also outlines other uses for the beamforming microphone.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Today at MWC 2024, Samsung unveiled an upcoming XR headset the firm created alongside partners Google and Qualcomm, with a scheduled release window coming in 2025. Moreover, with Google’s involvement, genAI integrations may also be present on the Samsung headset, partly due to the XR2+ Gen 2 Platform that supports AI-ready wearables.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Commodity players will follow as is often the case; and the ensuing hardware penetration will be the first step to audio AR. Bose is already there with Bose AR, while Google has developed live language translation apps and Apple will enter a bit later, as it often does. Its wearables unit reported $5.5 Touch Point.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 23, 2022

Looks like Google’s making a smartwatch. In incredibly unsurprising news, 9to5Google reported that Google filed a trademark on Tuesday for "Pixel Watch." ” Google has yet to officially announce any kind of smartwatch to add to its product portfolio, but the signs have been there for a while.

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ARVR

JULY 30, 2020

There are lots of AR apps in the App Store and Google Play store. Hardware Modern AR devices include iOS/Android phones, glasses and headsets, and even contact lenses in prototype form. different sorts of wearables that will bring AR to us. link] Technology, hardware or content: Which will shape the AR market?

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AR Insider

JUNE 8, 2021

At one end of the spectrum is hardware that’s graphically compelling but stylistically untenable (think: Hololens). At the other end is hardware that’s sleek but underwhelming in graphical intensity (think: North Focals). This is why it simultaneously fuels mobile AR lens initiatives and wearable hardware.

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AR Insider

MARCH 24, 2021

That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” Apple’s AR play — as with most endeavors — is to sell hardware. ” But it’s not alone.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 17, 2019

But for any of that to happen, the hardware installed base has to come first, as it goes with emerging tech. As often happens when premium players lead early markets, commodity hardware follows to fills demand gaps down-market, thus accelerating aggregate sales. Meanwhile, others are chasing wearables (including hearables).

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GizModo VR

JUNE 30, 2020

Google may have been one of the first companies to the smartwatch scene, but its Wear OS platform has so far been a journey of unfulfilled potential. For a long time, that was partly because most Wear OS watches were running on outdated hardware : the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 chip. That was supposed to change in… Read more.

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