The AR Space Race, Part VIII: Startups

How will geospatial AR materialize? What are its active ingredients, including 5G and the AR cloud? This is the theme of our new series, Space Race, where we’ll break down who’s doing what, continuing here with a focus on startups.

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Is Ubiquitous AR a Decade Away?

What’s the timeline for ubiquity in AR’s fully-actualized form? By that, we mean all-day AR glasses with stylistic viability and wearability. We’ve assembled quotes from tech leaders that signal the 2030’s as AR’s decade.

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Apple Glass: Chasing Clues for the ‘What’ and ‘When’

After covering the „why“ of Apple’s AR glasses last week, the next question is „what?“ What will „Apple Glass“ look like, and what will be its primary features? We examine the evidence in this week’s report excerpt.

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The AR Space Race, Part VII: Microsoft

How will geospatial AR materialize? What are its active ingredients, including 5G and the AR cloud? This is the theme of our new series, Space Race, where we break down who’s doing what…continuing here in Part VII with Microsoft.

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The AR Space Race, Part VII: Microsoft

How will geospatial AR materialize? What are its active ingredients, including 5G and the AR cloud? This is the theme of our new series, Space Race, where we break down who’s doing what…continuing here in Part VII with Microsoft.

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Is AR Evolving from Novelty to Utility?

Emerging technologies often follow a common evolutionary path from novelty to utility. It’s all about fun & games before settling into lasting value in everyday mundane utilities. The web and mobile followed this progression… will AR do the same?

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The AR Space Race, Part VI: Amazon

How will geospatial AR materialize? What are its active ingredients, including 5G and the AR cloud? This is the theme of our new series, Location Wars, where we’ll break down who’s doing what… continuing here with Amazon.

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Snap Unveils AR Glasses

Snap today unveiled developer-facing AR glasses. As the next generation of its Spectacle camera glasses, the hardware features optical and display systems for the first time. That’s right, Spectacles are now true AR glasses.

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What’s Google’s Wearables Master Plan?

After covering Apple last week, what moves is Google making in wearables? So far, it has entered in several ways including its Pixel Buds. But what’s driving these investments and how does it trace back to Google’s AR master plan?

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Niantic’s Seals Its Fate as an AR Platform

Niantic’s Lightship is part rebrand of the Real World Platform and part functional transition to an SDK (or ARDK). As such, it will be made available to developers on a broader scale. Moreover, it seals Niantic’s longstanding fate as an AR platform.

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