ARPost

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This was certainly the case of Google Glass back in 2012. Many argued that Google Glass was too expensive and sought to meet a non-existing need. Over at Google, the AR glasses project didn’t die completely. Boeing recently adopted AR glasses to simplify their assembly process and reduce training time.

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AR Insider

MARCH 22, 2021

This week, Facebook Reality Labs goes haptic, VR training and SXSW updates. KLM is increasing VR training for train workers after success with airlines. The pandemic has accelerated the testing of XR technologies in training workforces for transportation. W elcome back to Spatial Beats.

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ARPost

MAY 14, 2020

As the XR technology showcase gets closer, the news gets more exciting. While I was looking for background on the Auggies, AWE’s XR technology awards, AWE founder Ori Inbar shared some anecdotes from the early days of AWE. AWE is, of course, an XR technology event bigger than just the Auggies. The Auggie Awards started in 2010.

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

The rapid development of technology could not but affect the educational process. Although virtual reality technology is not that new, it is being used in education since relatively recently. There are several reasons for the spread of virtual reality technology in education: Reduced price of technical equipment. Visibility.

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ARVR

MARCH 17, 2023

In all the excitement around generative and conversational AI, Google has gotten lots of grief for missing the party. The common refrain is that these technologies are Google killers. However, there’s just one issue with that take: Google is better positioned than anyone for AI. In other words, where can I buy it locally?

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 24, 2019

AR Wins With “Training Wheels”. AR Wins With ‘Training Wheels’ The spatial computing industry is learning that its circa-2016 ambitions aren’t translating to mainstream adoption. This is mostly due to confusion over the technology, or the fact that its proposed use cases are a mismatch with mainstream interest.

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ARVR

MAY 13, 2021

Cloud computing is the foundation beneath some of the fastest growing industries in the world, So it’s not difficult to get lost in all the buzzwords that are thrown around cloud computing and digress from actual technological advances and benefits that are achievable with smart and efficient use of the cloud. So what’s behind the hype?

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

TL;DR: The 2022 All-In-One Google Ads and Productivity Training Bundle is on sale for £22.12, saving you 98% on list price. This 37-hour Google productivity training features courses on Google Ads, Analytics, Slides, Docs, Sheets, Chat, Meet, and more. What was trending this morning may no longer be relevant.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 8, 2018

The UK attracts some of the best global talent and has a strong culture of entrepreneurship leading it to be viewed as one of Europe’s technology hubs. The growth in VR/AR sector is set to increase following a new deal between the UK Government and the Creative Industries Council (CIC) to invest £33m in immersive technologies Click To Tweet.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Image by Google). Google performs interesting AR news at I/O conference. At Google I/O, no executive of the company has talked about the M-word, but they have anyway showed interesting AR updates, which will be relevant for our future M-world. Another cool announcement has been the one of Immersive View for Google Maps.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This week has seen its fair share of tricks and treats ahead of the Halloween season, where companies like Warpin Reality, HTC VIVE, Google, Shopify, and Apple, among others, have offered a powerhouse of insights to XR Today on their latest innovations. This has led Google to slash jobs across its operations in recent months.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 17, 2023

More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Road To VR) More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Upload VR) More info (Roblox on Quest may increase scrutiny on the platform) Other relevant news (Image by WIRED) Mark Lucovsky has left Google Mark Lucovsky has just left Google. More info iVRy makes the PSVR2 work with SteamVR!

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 29, 2023

AI is, without question, a powerful force within the technology industry. While the world is getting used to general-purpose AI in various forms, the XR industry already understands the technology and how to utilise it to optimise immersive solutions. What is Google’s Project Starline?

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ARVR

APRIL 13, 2022

Point your phone at a jacket a friend is wearing using Google Lens or Snap Scan , then buy it right on the spot. This is the theme of our AR and Shopping Collide series, continuing here with Google. Well-Traveled Touchpoints After covering Snap, Pinterest and Shopify in earlier parts of this series, What’s Google doing in AR shopping?

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GizModo VR

JULY 21, 2021

Some helpful new Google Maps features could help us all navigate through this time, both literally and figuratively. The world is slowly opening back up. You might be finding yourself using public transit for the first time in ages and trying to figure out how to get around. Read more.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

How immersive technology is changing education for the better. What is more, the recent pandemic has significantly accelerated the development and adaptation of technologies in the educational process. The same technology could be applied to a range of other professions, including firefighting and various rescue services.

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ARPost

APRIL 28, 2022

Teachers see this technology as the best option for personalized differentiated learning. Educators can either struggle against technologies or use them to their advantage to teach kids more productively. So, it’s clear that the prospects for this technology are stunning. VR is not a new technology for colleges and universities.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Let’s call it Facebook’s AR training wheels. Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Highly Motivated As background for Facebook’s training wheels play, one of its motivations traces back to its failure to build and market a hardware device in the smartphone era. link] Are Ray-Ban Stories AR Training Wheels?

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ARPost

OCTOBER 9, 2021

If you want to build a career in immersive technologies , you can start by getting your degree in this field. Throughout the program, students will learn how to use modern immersive technology primarily for communication purposes, with a focus on the aspects of ethical and social improvements.

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Road to VR

MARCH 5, 2024

Speaking to The Verge late last year, Meta CTO and Reality Labs Chief Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth described the company’s AR glasses as having been built on a “prohibitively expensive technology path.” Find out more about the difference between AR and smartglasses in our handy primer.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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Road to VR

MAY 22, 2023

The company has raised over $4 billion, with minority investors including Google, Alibaba, Qualcomm, AT&T, and Axel Springer. Meta started real-world testing of Project Aria in 2020, a platform for training its AR perception systems and asses public perception of the technology.

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ARPost

MARCH 16, 2023

With over 45 member companies representing the XR industry, the XR Association (XRA) has led the way in accelerating the growth and adoption of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality technology. 2022 also saw much progress in the immersive technology space, with several product launches that showcased new use cases for emerging technologies.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 17, 2017

VR and AR headsets are heading to market from Microsoft, Google, Facebook and others that have a wide range of capabilities. Just last week we learned about Facebook’s plan for a $200 headset that occupies the low end of the market while Google continues work on a six degrees of freedom standalone headset.

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VRScout

MAY 11, 2023

Sort of… Pokémon GO creator Niantic has released a number of location-based augmented reality (AR) games since the launch of its first title, Google Ingress , back in 2013. I blame Niantic’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology for this surprise infatuation. Tamagotchi’s are back!

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VRScout

MAY 16, 2023

Collaborating with teammates in a virtual space is as easy as opening a Google Doc. We’ve seen our fair share of remote collaboration tools powered by immersive technology over the past few years, from Horizon Workrooms , Meta’s virtual coworking platform for Quest headsets, to Spatial’s augmented reality (AR) holograms.

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ARPost

AUGUST 25, 2020

Virtual reality is one of those technologies that has been hyped for several years. Especially with a host of low-cost VR devices such as the Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear headset, it’s already speculated that marketers will take advantage of this new messaging channel. Classrooms and Training. But they are wrong.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Since starting VIVE in 2015, we’ve integrated technology with humanity. Viverse is taking the next step in making our vision a reality by creating a world of possibilities to learn, create, explore, train, play, and unwind,” said Cher Wang, Co-Founder and Chairwoman at HTC. Image Credit: HTC Vive.

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AR Insider

APRIL 28, 2021

W hen it comes to emerging technologies, some companies are in a unique position to accelerate adoption. That can often happen by tapping into large established networks or user bases to expose and distribute the technology in question. But greater impact could come from the web’s most well-traveled destination: Google.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

News reports have revealed that a new extended reality (XR) tool has now become integral to Germany’s European Under 17 (U17) football training programme, leading to enhanced sports training. Ten players trialling the virtual reality (VR) training module were on the team that earned the championship title.

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GizModo VR

MAY 24, 2022

After 15 years, Google Street View has become the defacto destination for people trying to get a feel for where they’re going. If not for Street View, I would have spent countless days and nights wandering around foreign locales, wondering where my hotel was or which side to cross the street to enter the train station. Read more.

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VRScout

AUGUST 26, 2021

VR technology has only served to further enhance the language learning process. You’ll make friends with a stranger on a train to Berlin, order dinner in a Spanish restaurant, check into a hotel in Paris, take a taxi ride through Hong Kong, and more.

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2023

Speaking of text prompts, some have even called this the death of the Google-dominant era of search. Though that could be overblown or premature — Google itself is well positioned for AI as we’ve examined  — there’s ample promise in the underlying technology from the likes of OpenAI. In other words, they’re more conversational.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Google, Sony, Oculus, Samsung, Acer and HTC have combined their efforts in order to create a healthy and equal industry for virtual reality hardware and software to develop and expand. We will also host and participate in international discussions on important topics in VR to shape the public discussion on the technology.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

To sidestep tech jargon, Google sometimes calls it “search what you see.”. Speaking of Google, it’s the front runner for visual search. It has a narrower use case than Google — mostly around consumer products — but that focus aligns with monetization. Though in fairness, Google announced that figure a year ago.

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Bernard Marr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

New battery technology has also enabled Apple to extend the battery life – not a strong point of earlier models – to a useful 36 hours. Google Pixel Watch 2 Rumors have it that the second iteration of Google's smartwatch will feature an enhanced version of the Body Response stress detection system featured in the Fitbit Sense 2.

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AR Insider

MARCH 17, 2021

It’s also naturally monetizable and Google is highly motivated to make it happen. As background, visual search has dual meanings including reverse-image search on Google desktop. One place this takes form is Google Lens. But visual search may not be a winner-take-all market, nor one that is Google-dominant. Training Set.

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