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Snap acquires Th3rd that creates digital 3D counterparts of people, products
Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has quietly acquired 3D-scanning studio called Th3rd for an undisclosed sum.
Snap top ad executives exit amid report on staff cut plans
Snap shares fell 4% in extended trading as Wall Street turns wary of the future of its advertising business, which brings in a large chunk of its revenue.
Snap plans to cut staff by 20%: report
Snap's hardware division, responsible for Spectacles and the Pixy camera drone, its team working to help developers build mini apps and games inside Snapchat and Zenly, the social mapping app it bought and runs separately, will be hit by the layoffs
Digital divide: Are we already in the early stages of metaverse?
Some tech enthusiasts argue that a more modest version of the metaverse is already here.
Apart from Facebook, who else is building the metaverse?
The metaverse broadly refers to the idea of a shared virtual platform that people can access through different devices.
Who's building the metaverse?
Well before Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's splashy demos featuring giant robots and digital time travels to ancient Rome, dozens of companies were crafting the software and hardware that could be used for this "Ready Player One" future.
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Smart glasses, VR headsets: The face computer is coming ... but is the world ready for it?
There are enormous social, cultural and legal reasons to worry about face computers becoming ubiquitous.
Facebook launches 'Ray-Ban Stories', smart glasses that can take pictures, videos & more; priced at $299
The smart glasses will be available in 20 different styles such as Wayfarer, Round, Meteor and more.
Tick-tac-toe
Four months ago, we exposed the black market where blue ticks for social media profiles are bought and sold. Pardon the clickbait, but you won’t believe what happened next.
Snap to buy augmented reality company WaveOptics for over $500 million
Snap, along with other tech giants like Facebook and Apple, are racing to build AR devices as the next technological frontier after the smartphone.
Snapchat parent makes a big augmented reality push
The Spectacles will have dual 3D waveguide displays that will allow wearers to overlay the company's augmented reality filters, called Lenses, onto the real world
Govt vs Twitter
From the government's escalating battle with Twitter to Clubhouse bringing its Android app to India and Snapchat's growth in India, here's a quick look at the top tech news today.
Snapchat introduces feature to help users earn money; plans new augmented reality glasses
The new version of the Spectacles glasses will not be sold to the public. `
Snapchat's India daily user base more than doubled in Q2: CEO Evan Spiegel
Spiegel attributed this growth to the company's investment in localization and improving the performance of its app to make the service more accessible to consumers across the world.
India user base grew 120 pc; focus on developing culturally relevant products: Snapchat
"We have seen significant user growth in India with a 120 per cent increase of our daily active users, comparing March last year to March this year.
Turf war: Google wants to prevent Amazon crashing its party
What happens when one of the most technologically advanced companies in the world squares off against the world's most consumer obsessed corporation?
Google Glass gets it right the second time
Now, though, the Alphabet Inc. unit has recognized Glass's potential in an unexpected place: the factory floor.
Apple's next big thing: Augmented Reality
Hundreds of engineers are now devoted to the cause, including some on the iPhone camera team who are working on AR-related features for the iPhone.
Rewind 2016: Nine innovative technologies that made a mark
Here's a recap of the most important tech innovations that caught our fancy this year.
Here's why it's not easy to start a gadget company
It brought a renaissance of consumer hardware startups, and thousands of great consumer hardware ideas bloomed. But it turns out it's not easy to make it as a standalone company based on gadgets rather than software.
Spotlight: Snapchat Spectacles is the brand's first hardware offering
Spectacles with a built-in video camera with a 115-degree, wide angle lens. Each pair is priced at $130.
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