Statista recently posted a chart outlining Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Software Market Projections. The chart is based on data from Goldman Sachs and is one of the first Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality market projections to solely focus on AR/VR software. You can view the chart below.
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Our Facebook Augmented Reality Community has reached it’s latest milestone – 10,000 Members! The Facebook Augmented Reality Community features latest Augmented Reality News and Virtual Reality News. We also share latest news with the Natural User Interface, Computer Vision and other areas that pertain to Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality worlds. Kickstarter campaigns and latest ...
Continue Reading →eMarketer released their Worldwide Ecommerce Sales Report with projections through 2019 showing that in-store retail sales will still command an 87% share. While worldwide retail sales continue to grow, it’s a bit surprising that ecommerce related sales still trail by that large of a margin (especially in the North American market). From the executive summary of the eMarketer report:
“Worldwide retail sales—including in-store and internet purchases—will
surpass $22 trillion in 2015, up 5.6% from 2014. ...
This past week, Zugara presented Augmented Reality Retail opportunities for the Enterprise at the SAP Augmented Reality for the Enterprise event. The event was held at SAP and featured speakers from Zugara, NGRAIN, Blippar and Atheer Labs. There were some interesting discussions around Augmented Reality’s role in the enterprise – especially for manufacturing, industrial design, ...
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Recent news from Digi-Capital showed that in the 1st quarter of 2016, investment in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality grew to $1.1 billion ( compared to $700m total in 2015). As we’ve noted in the past, investment in Augmented Reality has been particularly slow in comparison to other technologies on the Gartner Hype Cycle. ...
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We are pleased to announce that Zugara has been selected as an initial HoloLens developer. Zugara was selected as part of the first limited release of Microsoft HoloLens units to the developer community.
We have posted HoloLens news on the Zugara blog before here. Hololens is a next generation Augmented Reality headset from Microsoft that ...
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Ever since Augmented Reality Virtual Dressing Room Technology debuted on the scene in 2009, there has been both excitement and letdown from the technology. Initial excitement revolved around how retailers could use these solutions to determine a shopper’s fit, show a shopper inventory (virtually) matched to their size, and even have a shopper buy directly from the Virtual Dressing Room kiosk or site. However, that excitement eventually turned to letdown as early Augmented Reality technology ...
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Lessons Virtual Reality Startups Can Learn from the Augmented Reality Hype Cycle
Back in 2008, AR could do no wrong. There was unbelievable hype around the technology and a growing amount of interest from just about every brand, company, and investor. Fast-forward three years and by 2011, if you were an AR company, you might as well have worn a ...
Continue Reading →“How Much Do Virtual Dressing Room 3D Models Cost?” is a question we get asked about every day. Since we have answered this question in detail more times than we’d like to count, we thought it best to create a graphic and breakdown of the variables that affect the cost of various 3D items for Virtual Dressing Room technology.
Note: We have a new blog post outlining when to use 2D vs. 3D Virtual Dressing Room Technology. This post covers ...
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3D model support and virtual background subtraction are some of the new and exciting features for Zugara’s WSS for Kiosks Virtual Dressing Room Platform. During 2015, we added ...
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