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The Top Five Retail Technology Trends In 2023

Bernard Marr

It and the related technology of AR (both rely on head-mounted displays) are also making inroads with retailers via innovations such as the virtual dressing room trend, which is also going to become more prevalent during 2023.

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The Curious Relationship Between DVDs and VR

VR Playhouse

If this fact isn’t enough to convince you of the terrifying speed at which ideas and technology move, here’s another: A hundred years ago, the first supermarket was opened in Memphis, Tennessee. One day, we will all regularly consume media through head mounted displays, just as we all watch television today.

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Can the Industrial Metaverse, XR Build Future Smart Cities?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

My mom [who recently experimented with the Meta Quest 2] started to understand this because she was in the form of an avatar in this app, looking at her hometown of Ireland while sitting here in Memphis, Tennessee. It was like the light bulb went off. XR Today: How have you applied creative approaches to developing smart cities?

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