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Is AI-powered computer vision getting a sense of common sense? Maybe so, says Facebook.

Also, you can now turn your friend into a musical instrument and add immersive effects to your Clips videos.

Augmented reality (AR) enables us to utilize our surroundings better. We can visualize ideas that are difficult to understand and hear sounds that have drowned under all the noise. We can even smell, taste, and feel things that might not physically be near us.

For the AR content to become genuinely immersive, we need to engage all of our senses. A virtual experience doesn't feel real if it only teases, for example, our vision. 

Zoom is making virtual conferencing more immersive!

Also, Snap plans to take a bite of the AR Cloud cake, and Adidas enters the AR glasses game.

The world has changed drastically in a short time. We are all familiar with virtual group meetings. Either everyone is shouting on top of each other to get their point through, or only one person is talking, and everyone else silently agrees. The outcome in both is the same - no one is actually paying attention.

We see some light at the end of the pandemic tunnel and hopefully can meet face-to-face sometime soon. However, the pandemic and social distancing have taught us that not all meetings, presentations, and discussions need to happen face-to-face. Even if we can have physical meetings, we probably won't as often as we used to. 

Ikea launches an improved version of its AR app for people to design whole rooms. 

Also, Amazon opens a salon with augmented reality hair color try-ons, and Samsung is turning the world into an AR canvas.

Augmented reality helps in preserving history and enables you to create your own trip down the memory-lane.

Also, a new player enters the AR glasses game, and Audi adds AR to its windshields.

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In the year 2020, we saw significant progress in AR wearables. 2021 has started strong as well.

It is time to update our list of state of AR, MR, and smart glasses from last year. A lot is going on, and the future of eyewear looks bright!

Find you lost items easily with AR!

Samsung is releasing a device to help people find their lost items with augmented navigation. Also, musicians promote their new music and themselves in AR, and Google rolls out a range of XR experiments.

Is there a new player coming in the AR smart glasses game? Maybe, and it might be Niantic.

Google's Live View AR navigation spreads to malls and airports, Snap's Spectacles are getting displays for true AR experience, and Niantic rolls out another AR game.

Hooray, we have yet another new face here at Arilyn! Zakke started as a Pre-Sales Manager at the beginning of March. Let's welcome him with our batch of random questions!