Black Forest Labs raises an AI-sized round, while execs make big moves and Meta backpedals. We have these and other items from from AI and XR worlds through the lens of Charlie Fink.
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Spatial Beats: Big Funding, Exec Shakeups & Meta Pivots
2026 Predictions: Next Year Sets the Table for AR’s 2027 Inflection
2026 will see several AR device launches… but they’ll mostly come later in the year, thus setting the table for an AR market inflection in the full sales runway of 2027. We examine the evidence in our 2026 predictions.
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Survey: How Much Will Consumers Pay for VR?
After the last installment of this series examined consumers‘ most desired VR use cases, we switch gears this week to look at how much they’ll pay. For both hardware (headsets) and software (games/apps), how does price sensitivity stack up?
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Where Do XR and Retail Media Intersect?
As XR continues to make its way through adolescence, it’s finding new areas of applicability. One that’s starting to become evident is retail media networks. Where do these two technologies intersect and what are potential outcomes?
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New Study Projects Mobile AR Revenue to Reach $15 Billion by 2029
ARtillery Intelligence released a new report that projects mobile AR annual revenue to grow to $15.6 billion by 2029. How will it get there and what subsectors will fuel it? We break down the findings.
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Spatial Beats: Bezos Joins the AI Race, Funding Flows
Jeff Bezos returns to an active operating role as co-CEO of Project Prometheus, while HaptX‘ decade-long effort to build high-fidelity VR haptics is realized. We have these and other items from XR and AI realms through the lens of Charlie Fink.
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2026 Predictions: Your Face is AI’s Next Battleground
Most of AI’s advancement has been confined to digital domains. But does greater value reside in the physical world? And if so, is your face the ultimate vantage point to augment human intelligence? Our 2026 predictions pull on that string.
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New Study Projects Headworn AR Revenue to Reach $14 Billion by 2029
How big is the AR glasses market today and what are its revenue projections? ARtillery Intelligence’s latest forecast dives into AR glasses and all their revenue subsegments.
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Spatial Beats: Meta’s Visual AI Goes Live, Valve’s VR Returns
In this week’s roundup, Meta’s „look & ask“ visual AI runs in real time, while the long-awaited Steam Frame is unveiled. We have these and other items from XR and AI realms through the lens of Charlie Fink.
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VITURE and NVIDIA Unlock Agentic XR
As XR continues to integrate and be elevated by AI, a partnership between NVIDIA and VITURE unlocks a new convergence point for the two technologies. We examine their work in achieving agentic XR.
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