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Report: Meta Rejects Partnership With Google on Virtual Reality Headsets
Big Tech // March 01, 2024

Meta reportedly turned down Google parent company Alphabet’s suggestion that the companies partner on virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) headsets. Alphabet had suggested that Meta use Google’s Android XR software platform to power Meta Quest headsets, Reuters reported Friday (March 1), citing a paywalled article by The Information. Reached by...

Lipstick Goes AI at CES
artificial intelligence // January 10, 2024

CES 2024 is shaping up to be a watershed event for artificial intelligence (AI) and the connected economy. After the pre-show hype focused on robotics and the connected home, the event’s first two days were packed with consumer brands declaring their intentions to build AI...

Healthcare Platforms Integrate More Devices, Data as Sector Rushes to Modernize
Healthcare // March 21, 2022

Healthcare is leaning further into platform models as device and app proliferation and new technologies upgrade a system long in need of digital transformation. In one of several recent developments, General Electric (GE) announced March 15 the coming debut of its Edison Digital Health Platform,...

LG Adds More Unmanned Retail Shops to Meet Contactless Shopping Desires
Retail // December 29, 2021

LG Electronics is expanding the number of its unstaffed retail stores from the original nine, which opened in May, to 19 as of Wednesday (Dec. 29), AJU Business Daily reported. The Seoul, South Korea-headquartered electronics giant plans to have 30 unstaffed stores up and running...

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Lipstick Goes AI at CES

January 10, 2024
CES 2024 is shaping up to be a watershed event for artificial intelligence (AI) and the connected economy. After the pre-show hype focused on robotics and the connected home, the event’s first two days were packed with consumer brands declaring their intentions to build AI into everything from search engines to car engines to lipstick. […]

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Report: Meta Rejects Partnership With Google on Virtual Reality Headsets

March 01, 2024
Meta reportedly turned down Google parent company Alphabet’s suggestion that the companies partner on virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) headsets. Alphabet had suggested that Meta use Google’s Android XR software platform to power Meta Quest headsets, Reuters reported Friday (March 1), citing a paywalled article by The Information. Reached by PYMNTS, a Google spokesperson declined to comment on the report. […]

LG Adds More Unmanned Retail Shops to Meet Contactless Shopping Desires

December 29, 2021
LG Electronics is expanding the number of its unstaffed retail stores from the original nine, which opened in May, to 19 as of Wednesday (Dec. 29), AJU Business Daily reported....

Auto Industry Sees Windshields As New Augmented Reality Platform

December 22, 2021
Drivers can expect to see augmented reality images on the windshields of more vehicles in the coming years. Three partnerships announced over the last month aim to produce head-up displays...

Korean Food Delivery Platform Debuts Robot Waiters

June 12, 2020
If restaurants, bars and cafes come roaring back after months of being shuttered worldwide, LG Electronics could be one of the big winners. The South Korean global electronics company headquartered...