iew with Apple’s ARKit Below is a recording from the call: Glasses was greeted with great fan fare when it went on sale for $1,500 in 2013. tech blogger became the public face of AR when he changed changed his profile picture to a photo of him showering with his Google Glasses. Google Legendary Robert Scoble We all know how that ended. Sales of Google Glasses were halted in January, 2015, and the AR hype faded. While lots of progress was being made with AR technology, the world didn’t hear too much about AR until Pokemon Go took off in July, 2016. While the Pokemon Go fad has waned, there are still 65 million monthly active users. Over the last few months we’ve seen meaningful consumer AR announcements from and , and the re-emergence of . But the biggest recent news in the AR world was Apple’s introduction in June of ARKit. It’s estimated that there are over 380 million iPhones in the world today that have A9 (or more powerful) chips, including all iPhone 6s or greater, that are compatible with ARKit technology. And that number is expected to grow to grow to over 850 million in 2020. Facebook Google Google Glasses for the Enterprise Here’s a 4 minute video of 10 cool ARKit experiences: With all the activity over the last few months, are we finally at an AR inflection point? Is AR finally ready for primetime? Is AR really tracking to be an $80 billion industry in 2020 ? What industries are most likely to be impacted in the near term by AR? What new industries will emerge? as projected by Digi-Capital To answer these questions, and others, we’ve put together a great panel of industry thought leaders who are all approaching AR from different vantage points, who will share their views on where AR is today, and where it’s going over the next few years: The hour long call will leave 20 minutes at the end of for questions from the audience. Click here to register for the call at GoToWebinar Speaker Bios: , which is dedicated to helping brands develop their Mixed Reality strategies. Robert also recently published “The Fourth Transformation How AR and AI Will Change Everything”. Robert Scoble — Partner at The Transformation Group is an experienced entrepreneur, technology pioneer, media professional, and public speaker. He has played a part in the tech industry for over 30 years and has been hailed as a technology visionary for pioneering and predicting many innovations and industry trends. VR evangelist for 20+ years, AR for 4 years. Fred Davis — which enables AR experiences for anything that moves at high speed, including drones, cars, trains, and wearable devices, for both and commercial applications. Adam Kaplan — Co-founder and CEO of Edgybees, consumer a venture capital firm focusing on companies developing AR/VR technology. Don Stein - Co-Founder & Managing Director at Candela Paramount, Click here to register for the call at GoToWebinar If you liked this post, click the💚 below so other people will see it on Medium!
