Gene MunsterApple’s Dream Car: Hardware + SoftwareFriday’s news of Apple’s permit to test self-driving cars in California should not have come as much of a surprise given the poorly kept secret of Project Titan. But the permit begs the question of whether Apple is building a…Read more Apple, Artificial Intelligence , Robotics
Gene MunsterCan Anyone Catch Alexa?Amazon’s third-party developer strategy has Alexa looking like the Gingerbread Man of digital assistants. After taking over CES in January with multiple Alexa-enable devices, there’s been little pause in Alexa skills and device-enabled growth. As of this writing, we count more…Read more Amazon, Artificial Intelligence , Google
Doug ClintonApple’s Glucose Monitor Better Delivered via AirPods Than the WatchMedia reports suggest Apple is aggressively pursuing the creation of a non-invasive blood glucose monitor. The most obvious device to leverage this monitor may seem to be the Apple Watch; however, as we wrote two weeks ago, we think that,…Read more Augmented Reality
Gene MunsterDon’t Write Microsoft OffTypically, when we talk about the future of AR and VR, the first companies that come to mind are Apple, Google, Facebook, and Snapchat; however, Microsoft does not receive enough credit for the strong positioning it has already built.Read more Augmented Reality, Microsoft , Virtual Reality
Loup VenturesAR Is Going to Be Apple’s Next HitApple is increasingly focused on being a dominant player in augmented reality (AR), and for good reason: The future of the company depends on it. AR includes any technology that uses digital information to seamlessly enhance the real world. Over…Read more Apple, Augmented Reality , Google , Meta , Microsoft
Andrew MurphyFeedback Loup: ClipsYesterday Apple released Clips, a new app for iPhone users. Apple describes Clips as, “A new iOS app for making and sharing fun videos with text, effects, graphics, and more.” And Clips is fun, but it doesn’t show us the kind of augmented reality…Read more Apple, Augmented Reality , Feedback Loup
Gene MunsterApple Services Tracking To 20% Of Revenue In Five YearsApple Services Through 2022. We have written about the need for Apple to reinvent itself in the next decade through services and AR. The Services reinvention is already underway, accounting for 11.6% of revenue in 2016, and closer to 18%…Read more Apple, Augmented Reality
Gene MunsterApple’s Progress With Apple PayOver the next 5-10 years, we believe augmented reality will emerge as the next dominant computing paradigm and that Google and Apple will provide the operating systems that power AR computing. The OS will need to incorporate core technologies including artificial intelligence,…Read more Apple, Augmented Reality
Doug ClintonAirPods Are More Important Than The Apple WatchAt this point, it might not even be that crazy to say it, but we think AirPods are going to be a bigger product for Apple than the Watch. After using AirPods for the past month, the Loup Ventures team…Read more Apple, Artificial Intelligence , Audio , Augmented Reality , Future , Loup Ventures Podcast , News
Andrew MurphyThe Five Senses of ComputingThe trend in computing towards more natural user interfaces is unmistakable. Graphical user interfaces have long been dominant, but machines driven by more intuitive inputs, like touch and voice, are now mainstream. Today, audio, motion, and even our thoughts, are the basis for the…Read more Amazon, Apple , Artificial Intelligence , Audio , Augmented Reality , Google , Loup Ventures Podcast , Virtual Reality