This week in artificial intelligence, Big Tech invests in AI, Meta rethinks its metaverse pivot and DeepSeek poses a potential security threat. Big Tech Plans Big Spending on AI This Year The AI arms race is getting pricey. Meta, Google, Microsoft and Amazon announced they...
Four years after Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta after the metaverse, which it believed was the next big thing in tech, the tech giant looks to be ready to pull the plug on this money pit. In a memo seen by Business Insider,...
A decade after the debut of the original Google Glass — frame-only glasses with a small computer in the place of lenses — a new wave of next-generation smart glasses has emerged. Meta, Amazon, Snap, Samsung, Baidu, Xiaomi and Google, through its Android XR operating...
Meta’s investments in virtual and augmented reality projects could reportedly exceed $100 billion this year. This spending comes as CEO Mark Zuckerberg sees 2025 as the “defining year” for the company’s smart glasses, the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (Feb. 3). Meta last year invested nearly $20 billion...
October 25, 2024
Shoppers may soon browse digital clothing racks and try on virtual jewelry from their living rooms with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) as Meta pushes its vision of a new augmented reality headset. Retail analysts say the company’s combination of AI and augmented reality could change how consumers shop. It would allow them to […]
September 30, 2024
Will consumers one day wear commerce on their faces? Meta, which last week debuted its highly anticipated Orion augmented reality (AR) glasses, appears to think so. Due to advances in technology and...
September 25, 2024
On Wednesday (Sept. 25), the first of Meta’s two-day Meta Connect 2024 conference, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled an ambitious vision for the future of wearable technology. The event showcased...
September 19, 2024
The augmented reality and smart tech wearable market is heating up as Google, Snap, and Meta have recently either unveiled products or announced partnerships to develop wearables and adding artificial...
February 03, 2025
Meta’s investments in virtual and augmented reality projects could reportedly exceed $100 billion this year. This spending comes as CEO Mark Zuckerberg sees 2025 as the “defining year” for the company’s smart glasses, the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (Feb. 3). Meta last year invested nearly $20 billion in its Reality Labs unit last year, the report said, […]
January 31, 2025
Apple has reportedly shut down plans to develop augmented reality glasses connected to its computers. The project, cancelled this week, would have created a product that resembled normal glasses but...
December 12, 2024
Google has introduced a new Android operating system built for extended reality (XR) devices like headsets and glasses. The new Android XR was created in collaboration with Samsung and will first launch...
December 05, 2024
Filmmaker James Cameron’s venture, Lightstorm Vision, will help scale the creation of 3D entertainment experiences for Meta Quest mixed reality (MR) headsets. The two companies have formed a multiyear partnership...
