Google recently held its Immersive Geospatial Challenge, letting developers compete for the best AR app built on its Geospatial API. We preview the best of the bunch.
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What’s Being Built with Google’s Geospatial API?
2024 Predictions: Vision Pro Propelled by Wearables
Given the installed base enjoyed by Apple Watch and AirPods, will they’ll be enlisted to add utility and appeal to Vision Pro through several integrated use cases. We examine in our annual predictions.
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Apple Uplevels its AR Navigation
Apple continues to make moves to catch up to Google’s leading position in online mapping, including immersive features like AR navigation. Its latest move involves collecting 3D mapping data while people use Apple Maps.
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AR Insider’s Top 23 of 2023
What were the biggest XR trends and events in 2023? A barometer of the year’s activity can be seen in the top AR Insider posts. So as the door closes on another year, we’re spotlighting the year’s 23 most popular posts.
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2024 Predictions: MR Becomes Table Stakes in VR
Led by Quest 3 and Vive XR Elite, mixed reality is becoming a new standard in VR. Will this broaden VR’s appeal and use cases to the point that it could become table stakes? We examine in our annual predictions.
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2024 Predictions: New APIs & SDKs Elevate AR
Like other emerging tech, AR is all about developer tools that can democratize advanced functionality. What APIs and SDKs could we see released in 2024? We examine the evidence in our annual predictions.
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2024 Predictions: A Smart Glasses Turning Point
As we enter 2024, signs point to a potential turning point for smart glasses. These include XReal Air 2 and Ray Ban Meta Smartglasses. We examine the evidence in our 2024 predictions
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2024 Predictions: AR & AI Get Hitched
Where do AR and AI converge? Generative AI will assist AR creation workflows while conversational AI provides natural-language interfaces. We break it down in the first of five big predictions for 2024.
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Amex Brings AR to SMBs
Amex’s Small Business Saturday promotion this year will feature AR product try-ons for local merchants in Chicago, New York, and LA. Will this start a trend for AR among SMBs?
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What Sits at the Intersection of AR and Food?
AR continues to prove itself as a marketing medium in categories from furniture to footwear and cosmetics to cars. Joining that list more recently is food. We dive in with food-focused AR innovator QReal given its recent integration with Denny’s.
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