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What’s Apple’s Wearables Master Plan?

AR Insider

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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Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars? Part IV: Bose

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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. We’ll be back with more breakdowns of players developing wearables strategies.

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Toward Truly Glasses-sized AR: First Look at DigiLens’ AR HUD Reference Headset

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DigiLens , a developer of transparent waveguide display technology, is creating a reference headset aimed at wide FOV AR with hand-tracking, dubbed AR HUD. While the company is focused on automotive and wearable HUD devices in the near term, it’s also focusing on longer term on enabling AR headsets with more immersive fields of view.

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Leaked Concept Videos Show Samsung’s Take On AR Glasses

VRScout

Referred to in the videos as ‘Samsung Glasses Lite,’ this proof-of-concept represents what a pair of AR glasses made by the company could look like in the years ahead. On the surface, the Glasses Lite looks like your standard pair of sunglasses. Image Credit: WalkingCat.

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Will Headworn AR Revenues Exceed $17 Billion by 2025?

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Moreover, its V1 design target will be style and wearability versus graphical immersiveness; and its appeal will lie in elegant integration with other Apple hardware and wearables. Always see chart date for context, and refer to newer projections if applicable. Think of it like the iPhone 1 – evolving over several years.”.

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Apple Files Augmented Reality Patent for a ‘Wearable Information System’

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The patent is for a “wearable information system having at least one camera.” ” According to the abstract: “The invention is related to a wearable information system having at least one camera, the information system operable to have a low-power mode and a high power mode. .”

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Scientists Develop Artificial Skin That Allows You To Feel In VR

VRScout

Referred to as “Closed-Loop Haptic Feedback Control Using a Self-Sensing Soft Pneumatic Actuator Skin,” the device is composed of a stretchable material only 500 nanometers thick, allowing it to form to a users body. This is ideal for wearable applications, such as for testing a patient’s proprioception in medical applications.”.

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