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Must-reads 📰

1. Google launches AR beauty ads for lip and eye products

   (TechCrunch) | 3-minute read | Commerce

2. Ross Rosenberg, former executive at Belden, Inc. and First Solar, has been appointed chief executive officer of Magic Leap

   (TechCrunch) | 3-minute read | Hardware

3. Steve Aoki is partnering with move-to-earn app Stepn to launch an exclusive collection of digital sneakers via Solana NFTs

   (Decrypt) | 2-minute read | Web3

4. Google is bringing its AI-augmented reality app Lens to Maps, helping users navigate understanding your surroundings and locating nearby ATMs, eateries, and more

   (TechCrunch) | 5-minute read | Apps

5. Form launches HeadCoach real-time coaching for AR swim goggles

   (VentureBeat) | 8-minute read | Hardware

6. Chinese augmented reality firm Xreal launches next-gen glasses in challenge to Meta and Apple

   (CNBC) | 7-minute read | Hardware

Recently funded startups 🦄 

1. Animoca Brands acquires Azarus to bring streaming to Web3 games

2. Brilliant Labs raises $3M for generative AI-based AR glasses

3. Neom, a $500 billion future city project, will invest $50 Million in Metaverse Giant Animoca Brands to consult on blockchain use cases.

4. Oxolo bags €13M for generative AI-driven video platform which can optimize engagement on the fly

5. Viso, a low/no-code end-to-end platform that lets companies roll their own computer vision stack, has raised $9.2 million in seed stage funding, led by Accel and with various angels participating.

Research 🔬

Quick Bytes ⚡️

What we’re reading 📚

Is supervised learning dead for computer vision?

I wore smart glasses that made me excited for the future

Virtual stores drive sales for 88% of retailers

I did my expenses in VR and I liked it

Coming up with a standard definition for AR/MR/XR is hard

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