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This Optical Player May Have Just Won An Exclusive Supply Deal With Apple
Thursday, August 31, 2017 - 11:26am | 269Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has signed an exclusive supply deal with Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LITE) for components that will make augmented reality and 3-D photography a central element of its upcoming of Apple iPhone 8, said Rosenblatt analyst Jun Zhang. "The deal is for the supply of...
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Facebook Continues To Prove It Can Monetize Its Users
Friday, August 11, 2017 - 8:59am | 603Tigress Financial Partners said in a note Thursday Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) continues to prove it can monetize its users. The firm said the company's business performance continues to increase, driven by greater monthly and daily active users, which is fueling strong gains in advertising revenue...
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Scientists Store Film Clip In DNA, Pave The Way For AR Experience Sharing
Sunday, July 23, 2017 - 5:21pm | 864From VHS to DVD to Blu-ray ━ to skin cells? The holding device of motion pictures has evolved to machinery less and less cumbersome, and last week, researchers from Harvard Medical School revealed a new method of video transfer: DNA encoding. The scientists embedded a film clip of a galloping horse...
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Apple Will Become The Leading AR Platform
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 - 10:42am | 550For Loup Ventures co-founder Gene Munster, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)’s WWDC keynote address only confirmed what he already knew: Apple’s future lies in augmented reality. The Monday talk highlighted a number of software and hardware updates that will enhance the AR experience for both...
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Snap's Pain Is Augmented Reality's Gain, According To Gene Munster
Friday, May 12, 2017 - 1:49pm | 435Investors weren’t pleased by Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP)’s 1.2-percent daily active users miss posted in its Wednesday earnings release. But Loup Ventures’ Gene Munster sees a silver lining. “That’s bad news for Snap, but good news for the field of Augmented Reality [AR],...
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Google Earnings Reiterate 'Out Of This World' Ambitions
Friday, April 28, 2017 - 3:14pm | 437Following Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s first-quarter results, Loup Ventures' Gene Munster said the results reiterate the company's artificial intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality ambitions. AI-First Mantra Munster noted Google CEO Sundar Pichai emphasized on the...
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Is AR All It's Cracked Up To Be?
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 - 3:56pm | 941Fantasy embedded in a real world setting: This best summarizes Augmented Reality, or AR in short. Recall the craze when Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY) launched its Pokémon Go, developed by Niantic. The whole world went gaga over it when it was launched in July 2016, giving the...
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The Biggest Players In Augmented Reality
Saturday, December 10, 2016 - 9:52pm | 437One of the most hyped and often thrown around tech phrases in recent times is Augmented Reality, or AR. The term means integration of digital information with the user's environment in real time. A comparison with virtual reality, or VR, shows that VR creates an altogether different environment,...
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Nintendo's Next Big Innovation
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 10:25am | 457How will Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) overcome the confusion and misinformation that hurt Wii U's sales figures? Investors shouldn't hold their breath for an immediate turnaround. The company's latest game console, Wii U, struggled at retail before Xbox One and PlayStation 4 were released. Now that...
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Report: Google Glass Will Save Businesses $1 Billion Annually
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 10:44am | 582A new report from market research firm, Gartner, suggested the use of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Glass might save businesses as much as $1 Billion annually by 2017. So far, most of the attention on Google’s new smart eyewear has been on the consumer market. Gartner said that overlooks the impact...
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Google to Augment Your Reality?
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 11:35am | 596The dot-com giant wants to bring a little something extra to Google Play. For those of you who haven't visited Google.com (NASDAQ: GOOG) today, here's a quick update: the company is now promoting Android Market – which has been renamed Google Play – on the main page with a “Play NEW” icon...