AI Assistants Alexa and Cortana are Now Close Friends and Can Easily Talk with One Another – Artificial intelligence (AI) voice assistants Amazon Alexa (the voice-controlled AI assistant that powers the Amazon Echo smart home speaker) and Microsoft Cortana (the voice-controlled AI assistant that powers the Microsoft Windows operating system) have joined forces to offer users of cloud-connected smart devices access to the combined skills from both assistants. For example, a Windows user can simply say, "Cortana, open Alexa" to access Alexa's core competencies in online commerce and smart-home cloud services, such as Amazon.com, smart thermostats, door locks, window blinds, light bulbs, and refrigerators. Similarly, an Echo user can simply say, "Alexa, open Cortana" to access Cortana's core competencies in productivity apps and professional cloud services, such as Excel, Word, Outlook, and LinkedIn.
Apple iPhone Sales to Peak in 2019, Annual Apple iGlass Sales to Accelerate to $30 Billion by 2022 – According to a recent research note published by Loup Ventures, a research-driven early-stage venture capital firm, a new form of AR-focused intelligent eyewear, referred to simply as Apple Glasses in the note, is forecast to become the dominant product growth engine for Apple by the early 2020s. The new AR wearable device from Apple is expected to capitalize on the strong positive trends in augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI) assistants, and cloud computing services. Loup's annual unit sales estimates may be overly conservative if the ratio of internet-connected glasses per user assumed by the firm is near unity, rather a more optimistic ratio approaching some modest fraction of the number of designer shoes per person.
Microsoft Offers a Glimpse into the Future of Intelligent Eyewear – Microsoft Research has released a paper describing new eyeglass-like designs for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) near-eye compact holographic display systems with wide fields of view (80 degrees), embedded eye tracking, and optical correction capabilities.
Apple Expected to Enter Intelligent Eyewear Market with Apple iGlass AI Powered Wearable Device – Apple is developing normal-looking, smart, cloud-connected Internet glasses focused on augmented reality (AR) and powered by the Siri artificial intelligence (AI) assistant to compete with Snapchat Spectacles (smart video glasses powered by the Snapbot AI assistant for capturing and wirelessly sharing photo and video snaps) and the next generation of Google Glass (intelligent Internet glasses powered by the Google AI assistant for accessing information from the Internet, AR location-based learning and navigation, and live photo and video streaming via the cloud).
Snap CEO Shares First Experience with Smart Video Glasses – With the announcement of its new smart social video-sharing sunglasses, called Spectacles, Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel describes one of his first experiences with the wireless wearable device while walking through the woods along the California coast with his social supermodel fiancee: "Internet-connected photography is really a reinvention of the camera. It’s one thing to see images of an experience you had, but it’s another thing to have an experience of the experience." The core value proposition of Snap Spectacles is to capture and share memories with friends on Snapchat. Spectacles are part of a broader class of intelligent eyewear, or inocles, which enable cloud-connected hands-free users to capture and share live life experiences and historical memories, instantly access information and conduct transactions via the Internet, and learn about immediate surroundings using augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies. While Spectacles are currently limited to memory sharing, the innovative wearable device may add live experience streaming, Internet cloud connectivity, AR, and VR capabilities in future releases.
Ultralight Intelligent Eyewear Powers Olympic Athletes to Know More, Win More – Smart, lightweight, voice-controlled wearable headsets with ultra-small, high-resolution optical displays and long battery life are powering an entirely new approach in sports performance management, especially during highly competitive Olympic-class events, such as distance running and road and track cycling. By combining biometric data from a smart watch, fitness band, or body sensor with motion data, weather information, and navigation services from a cloud-connected smart phone and visually presenting it in real-time to the athlete through a simple heads-up, hands-free, see-around, see-through, near-HD display forever changes the way in which world-class athletes train for, compete in, and ultimately win global sporting events, such as the Olympic Games.
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