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3 technology trends set to revolutionize retail

CIO Business Intelligence

As per RBR London’s Mobile Self-Scanning and Checkout-Free 2022 study , there has been a threefold increase in the number of stores leveraging checkout-free technology worldwide. Realistic 3D visualizations provide a good idea of how a product would look like when viewed from different angles.

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“Shoezam” app mimics Shazam to image, identify, and replicate shoes on the street

Trends in the Living Networks

With 3D printing and other customized manufacturing techniques, apps that allow the essence of items to be captured through images will mean that anything can be duplicated virtually at will. But will fashion designers, among others, see their earnings plummet, as they have for many musicians? The implications of this are profound.

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Epic Games buys Seattle-area video game development toolmaker RAD

GeekWire

.” Other major RAD products include Granny 3D, a toolkit for building 3D games; Telemetry, a profiler for real-time application performance; and Miles, a middleware sound system named after its primary developer. Epic bills its Unreal Engine as “the world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool.”

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What is the metaverse, and do I have to care?

The Verge

It’s partly a dream for the future of the internet and partly a neat way to encapsulate some current trends in online infrastructure, including the growth of real-time 3D worlds. Neal Stephenson famously coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash , where it referred to a 3D virtual world inhabited by avatars of real people.

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‘Tears in my eyes’: Seattle startups sound off on Apple’s Vision Pro headset

GeekWire

(Apple Photos) Entrepreneurs developing augmented and virtual reality apps and games are optimistic that Apple’s new headset will turbocharge adoption of the technology, much like the iPhone did for mobile computing in 2007. Apple unveiled the Apple Vision Pro on Monday after a lengthy development process.

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CES 2024: Here are the Washington state companies taking tech innovation to Las Vegas

GeekWire

based, sells mobile chargers, audio, home entertainment, home security, robotic appliances, and more. AYL Tech The Sammamish-based company is parent to Happysite, a brand that offers tech-enabled and fashionable products such as LED-enhanced backpacks. for consumer, mobility, and industrial markets. T-Mobile The Bellevue, Wash.-based

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A short history of every time Apple CEO Tim Cook praised augmented reality

The Verge

We’ve talked to IKEA, and they have 3D images of their furniture line. Instantly education becomes much more powerful when every subject comes to life in 3D. We’re building it into iOS 11, opening it to ­developers—and unleashing the creativity of millions of people. Even we can’t predict what’s going to come out.

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