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Augmented Reality Startups and Venture Capital

Posted by: Zugara

This is a recent VentureBeat OpEd from Zugara titled “Augmented Reality: Where’s the Venture Capital”.

A Wall Street Journal article recently proclaimed that, “Augmented Reality Is Finally Gaining Traction.” Though AR and similar technologies such as Gestural Control are gaining traction with brands and customers, why has AR been unable to attract major investment capital to date?

Gartner’s Hype Cycle is one method to track emerging technologies and ...

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4
JUN

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Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality Data, Augmented Reality Patent, Augmented Reality Research, Kinect, Natural User Interface, NUI, Zugara OpEd

Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality Startup, Augmented Reality Venture Capital, Gartner Hype Cycle, Gesture Control, Gesture Recognition, Google Glass, Kinect, NUI

Amazing Oculus Rift and Kinect Video

Posted by: Matthew Szymczyk

3 Kinects setup to map his body. Wears Oculus Rift device to see his mapped body in the virtual view. Video below speaks for itself. You can find additional details on Engadget and see experiences like this at the Augmented World Expo in 2 weeks!

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Cool Stuff, Kinect, Natural User Interface, NUI

Kinect, NUI, Oculus Rift, Virtual Reality

Augmented World Expo – May 27 – 29

Posted by: Matthew Szymczyk

Only 3 weeks are left before the Augmented World Expo (AWE) comes alive for 2014. Held every year in Santa Clara, California, AWE is the largest global event for Augmented Reality. Over the last few years, AWE has expanded beyond Augmented Reality to feature Gesture control and sensors (for the Natural User Interface), wearable technology, ...

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7
MAY

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AR, Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality Retail, Kinect, Natural User Interface, NUI, Zugara News

3D Camera, Augmented Reality Conference, Augmented Reality Event, Augmented Reality Retail, Augmented World Expo, AWE, Emerging Technology Conference, Gesture Control, Google Glass, Kinect, NUI, Wearable Technology

Mobile Augmented Reality & Natural User Interfaces Data (eMarketer)

Posted by: Matthew Szymczyk

A recent study from eMarketer highlighted some encouraging data for Mobile Augmented Reality and Natural User Interface technology use in retail. The first bit of data comes from a Mobile Shopping Tools study:

“Few consumers use augmented reality tools when shopping via mobile, but those who do are finding them extremely useful. In fact, while just 9% of US internet users surveyed by Catapult Marketing in November 2013 used mobile augmented reality tools when shopping ...

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APR

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Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality Data, Augmented Reality Research, Augmented Reality Retail, Natural User Interface, NUI, Retail

Augmented Reality Data, Augmented Reality Retail, Mobile AR, Mobile Augmented Reality, NUI

Samsung UK Fashion Zone & Virtual Style Sense

Posted by: Matthew Szymczyk

Samsung UK recently released a video that shows Samsung’s Fashion Zone at RBTE with Zugara’s Virtual Style Sense Virtual Dressing Room technology in London. A video of the Fashion Zone experience is embedded above. The Fashion Zone was a great platform to show how different technologies ...

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25
MAR

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AR, Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality Retail, Event Marketing, Experiential Marketing, Kinect, Natural User Interface, NUI, Retail, Virtual Dressing Room, Virtual Style Sense, Zugara News

Kinect, NUI, RBTE, RBTE 2014, Retail Analytics, Samsung, Virtual Dressing Room, Virtual Style Sense

Zugara and PayPal Bring Mobile Payments To Virtual Dressing Room Experience

Posted by: Matthew Szymczyk

As mobile devices become more prevalent, so too is technology such as mobile payments. One such method for mobile payments is through Beacon from PayPal. Late last year, we partnered with PayPal at the LeWeb conference in Paris to show how Beacon would transform retail through a ‘hands-free’ shopping experience.

For the event, Zugara worked with PayPal to create a unique experience for attendees. We customized the WSS For Kiosks software to work on a local network with ...

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23
JAN

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AR, Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality Retail, Event Marketing, Experiential Marketing, Kinect, Natural User Interface, NUI, Retail, Virtual Dressing Room, WSS For Kiosks, Zugara News

Augmented Reality, Beacon, Experiential Event Marketing, Kinect, Mobile Payments, NUI, PayPal, Virtual Dressing Room, Webcam Social Shopper, Zugara

WSS For Kiosks at South African Fashion Week

Posted by: Zugara

Our virtual dressing platform, The Webcam Social Shopper, has recently been optimized for Kiosk and Kinect use. To see how “WSS For Kiosks” can be utilized for events and OOH use, please see the image below. This is an image of a WSS for Kiosks unit Virtuelle, our South African reseller, developed and deployed at SAFW. Features of the unit include a Kinect-based camera for gestural control and an additional ...

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7
OCT

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AR, Augmented Reality, Event Marketing, Experiential Marketing, Kinect, NUI, Retail, Virtual Dressing Room, WSS For Kiosks, Zugara News

Augmented Reality, Event Marketing, Experiential Marketing, Kinect, NUI, Virtual Dressing Room, Webcam Social Shopper, WSS For Kiosks, Zugara

Natural User Interface – Reading List

Posted by: Zugara

Here at Zugara we follow a couple of “emerging spaces” very closely. Chief among them: the natural user interface, augmented reality, wearable computing and the internet of things. Here are a few recent articles that caught our eye:

Leap Motion and HP to embed gesture controls in PCs – link
Gesture-control device racks up almost $4 million in pre-orders – link
Google Releases Glass Specs – link
Amazon Reportedly Buys Siri Competitor for $26M –

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18
APR

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Natural User Interface, NUI, Virtual Dressing Room

NUI

The Natural User Interface – In The News

Posted by: Zugara

Looks like 2013 is shaping up to be the year of the Natural User Interface (NUI). Here at Zugara we’ve been following this space closely for a few years now, and thought you might be interested in seeing some of the recent headlines that caught our eye:

Leap Motion sensor control to ship in May, be sold at Best Buy (LA Times)
A Look At The New “Kinect” For Smartphones (Fast Company)
Thalmic Labs launches MYO, an ...

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26
MAR

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Natural User Interface, NUI

NUI

Come See Us At The Augmented World Expo

Posted by: Zugara

If you’re interested in AR, you’ll want to register for AWE (Augmented World Expo) soon (register before April 9th to receive a $200 discount). Like always, it looks like it’ll be a great event, and we’d love the chance to meet you (we’ll be presenting and exhibiting).

If you aren’t familiar with AWE, here’s a bit more information about the 2013 event, scheduled for June 4-5, 2013 in Santa Clara, California:

“Now in its 4th year, Augmented World Expo™ (formerly ...

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28
FEB

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Augmented Reality, Virtual Dressing Room, Zugara News

Augmented Reality, Augmented World Expo, AWE, Mobile AR, NUI, Wearable Technologies