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Amazon is so convinced of the future of augmented reality glasses that he will put one to all his drivers

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Amazon intends to get on to the car of augmented reality glasses With a two -step strategy: a model for consumers and another specifically designed for their distributors. And is that According to sources Near to the company, its intention would be to manufacture 100,000 units of the professional model to launch it in 2026, while the commercial version would arrive between 2026 and early 2027. The fashion device. As the medium points out The InformationAmazon would have decided to enter the market of augmented reality with two differentiated products but with the same base technology. Consumer glasses, with a “Jayhawk” key name, would include microphone, speakers, camera and a full color screen in one eye. For its part, the model for distributors, internally called “Amelia”, will have a more robust design and will be focused on showing instructions on where to deliver the packages directly on the glasses screen. There is competition. The play would place Amazon in direct competition with goal, which next week will present at its Connect conference a new version of its increased reality glasses. Goal already markets The smart Ray-Ban From 329 euros, which include its assistant to AI, audio and camera, but without screen. The new Meta S glasses, with a “Hypernova” code name, would also have a screen in a single eye, according to sources in the sector. Meanwhile, Chinese companies such as Xreal, Rokid and Rayneo already sell glasses to the public, and Google also works for similar prototypes, which We could try during the past Google I/O. Between the lines. Amazon’s decision to first develop a specific model for its workers reveals a strategy that would first go to use its own logistics infrastructure as a test bank before an alleged commercial launch. This would allow you to improve technology in a controlled environment and demonstrate specific use cases. Also, according to The informationAmazon would be using screens technology from the Chinese company Meta-Bounds, which already use brands like Meizu on their AR devices. The technical challenges. Unlike virtual reality glasses, which completely block the vision of the real world, they argue digital information about the user’s physical environment. Amazon would have opted for a screen in a single eye to reduce costs and complexity, although this makes the experience less immersive than double screen models. The consumer version will be more stylized and less voluminous than the professional model but, according to points The medium, both would share base technology. And now what. The success of this great bet will be decided by acceptance among its distributors, the battery life, the accuracy of the instructions and their software and, above all, if Amazon manages to create a user experience superior to that of the competition. The good thing is that the company has the perfect testing field to prove the technology before a massive deployment to the commercial public. Cover image | Eva Rodríguez de Luis In Xataka | One more year, we have new iPhone. And one more year, Apple is far in generative for mobiles

Less weight, more speed and augmented reality helmets

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China has seen during the essays of its great military parade a new combat car that breaks with the established. It appears to be lighter and mobility oriented. Mainly he has drawn attention for his aesthetics and for visible technological details in the disseminated photographs. American sources As Chinese identify him as ZTZ-201an “middle tank” that aims to combine advanced electronics, active defense and possible hybrid mobility. For now, what is known proceeds exclusively from indirect observation. The alleged ZTZ-201 has been photographed during the essays of the event that will be held on September 3 in Beijing, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Its identification and technical characteristics, from weight to propulsion, come from Osint Fuentes. At the moment, it is a visible armored, not a formally presented system. What changes. Army Recognition points out That the most relevant is not the shape of the armor, but the category to which it points: an average tank with modular design, capable of assuming different configurations according to the operational environment. This flexibility, unusual in armored vehicles, suggests a change in the way of understanding the role of the combat car. Instead of designing a closed system for all scenarios, it is committed to a base platform that can adapt and evolve more quickly. A hybrid vehicle? Defense Blog adds other details. The vehicle would use a diesel-electric train of more than 1,500 horsepower of combined power. Beyond the speed, the relevant of this architecture would be its use in pure electrical mode for covert operations or silent displacements, especially in urban environments. This modality would reduce noise, thermal signature and fuel consumption in specific missions. Ambitious weapons system. We are facing a shielded that would bet on a new generation 105 mm caliber. The initial velocity of certain APFSD projectiles is estimated at 1,706 m/s, a figure that, in theoretical terms, could bring its energy closer to that of largest guns. However, this equivalence is only indicative: there are no public ballistic evidence that supports a real equivalence in penetration or terminal effects. One of the most significant aspects of the armor observed in the trials is its approach to electronic protection. Some images disseminated in Weibo and other networks show Perimeter sensors distributed in the chassis. These devices would probably be connected to an Active GL system, for which there are precedents In public tests of the G-6 intercepting ammunition released from drones. In the upper part there is also a remote weapons station that would be oriented to face aerial threats, including FPV drones. What to look at September 3. The military parade in Beijing could clear several unknowns. Among them, the official name of the vehicle, its technical file, the confirmation of the hybrid system and the armament used. It will also be relevant to know if some increased reality helmets are part of the operational equipment. The sensor configuration, the remote tower and the active defense could offer more clues if the armor occurs in detail. For now, everything indicates that it will be one of the main foci of the event. With or without formal presentation, what China has seen is already significant. The appearance of an average tank with modular architecture and perimeter sensors marks a possible inflection in the evolution of the battleship. In the absence of official data, everything indicates that the ZTZ-201 is not a simple technical exercise, but one more piece in the transformation of the Chinese army. Images | Weibo @恩宇- In Xataka | We have been reading rumors about amazing robotic prototypes in the war in Ukraine for years. Today we know they are real

The future of his army goes through augmented reality

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The Chinese military state has been suffering for years An important process of technological modernization. The country led by Xi Jinping increased by 7.2% its defense budget by 2025, and is currently considered as The third largest military power in the world. For about a decade, China proves augmented and virtual reality technologies for military logistics. One of its most recent strategies goes through the Mars system (Military augmented reality system), one that seems taken from a science fiction film, or the last installment of ‘Call of Duty’. Inside a video game. Soldiers of the popular liberation army have augmented reality devices at their disposal. Teams that allow the units to use this technology to see through the walls, obtain third -party information (drones, colleagues, position of other combat elements, etc.) and expedite combat operations. They have thermal, night vision and cameras to track the environment They are able to delineate humanoid objectives for their best detection They can actually show 3D maps of the territory They label and establish markers shared with other team members They project a digital cross in the eye to point more precision Reading the device functions list, it seems closer to what we would find in ‘Call of Duty’ than what an average user would understand as military technology. Mars technology, from the beginning, is focused for real combat use. Through Chinese networks, such as Bilibili, The design and operation of some recent versions of the device has been seen. In test phase. China has been testing this type of devices for two years, and it is clear that the future of military operations goes through AI. Despite this, it is important to highlight that these types of technologies have not been deployed in real combat, and that both physical impact and cognitive load that entails using them is being studied in depth. They are not just for war. Although the most advanced own devices have combat guidance, China has been using augmented reality for other military purposes for years. In 2023, the Chinese Air Forces made the use of Hololens 2 for Areonautio maintenance tasks. AR devices have also been used for training Paracharidism units and out -of -combat tactical training tasksthrough completely virtual or live environments by augmented reality. An answer to the US. The United States, first military world power, has a calendar similar to that of China. He closed his first contract with Microsoft For system development Ivas (Integrated Visual Augmentation System) In 2018, one that has been in evidence since then. It is the system with which China tries to rival, and one that is also trying to finalize its test phases. The biggest challenge? American soldiers complained about the first final versions (2022) for dizziness, nausea and neck injuries after the continued use of these heavy devices. In 2024, the American army deployed about 3,000 test devices, in this case improved to avoid these problems. Intensive tests are being carried out in this first half of 2025, and conclusive results are expected before the end of the year. It is not the only plan. At the end of 2024, Reuters revealed that China had been using old Versions of the Meta Models for Military Purposes. Specifically, it was pointed out that Chinese investigation institutions linked to the popular liberation army used the publicly available goal model to create a chatbot with military applications called Chatbit. An unauthorized military assistant according to goal, since its technology can only be used with military applications in the United States and some agencies from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. China as a military superpower. China has been consolidating as a military and nuclear power for years, having deeply modernizing its nuclear arsenal in recent years. He US Department of Defense He estimates that China currently has an arsenal made up of More than 600 nuclear eyeletsand that plans to increase this figure until reaching 1,000 eyelets in 2030. Something that, added to the construction of the largest military center in the world 30 kilometers from the southwest of Beijing, it makes clear the strategic response to the arms development of the United States. Image | United States Army In Xataka | Online anonymity no longer has a place in China. His new virtual identity card is assured of this

In the fierce war for augmented reality, China has five “dragons” willing to win it

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I’ve been observing from the barrier how the career of The augmented reality. And, I must be Franco: so far no one had taken it seriously, not even Apple. Vision Pro It is a brilliant product, but niche. Very niche. Google herself renocated in her most important event of the year, the I/or 2025 which believes to recognize as a key to democratize access to this product category. “We know that glasses can only be really useful if you want to wear them all day.” And Android XR arrived Android XR marks a before and after. It is the first real effort to create an accessible mass platform for every manufacturer that bets on augmented or mixed reality glasses. What seemed An initial project in conjunction with Samsung To develop a VR helmet, it has ended up materializing in a paradisiacal garden on which any manufacturer can walk. This operating system will play a fundamental role in the popularization of A format with great sale potential: Traditional glasses with augmented reality. A platform through which users can use (naturally) apps such as Google Maps, photos and, the most important, Gemini, on reduced size devices. Google is not winning only the race when developing an open platform that gives life to a product that free us (at least partially) of the smartphone, is also leading Who offers the best assistant driven by AI. The Gemini native integration In augmented reality glasses it makes even more sense than a mobile. The voice command becomes almost an essential when the physical interaction with the device is minimized. It is, in fact, Google’s goal. Free ourselves from the smartphone in daily tasks How to call, follow addresses towards some point or something as simple as adding a reminder to the calendar. The friction is minimized to remove the mobile from the pocket for any of these purposes. Glasses, voice command, effective execution. THE BATTLE FOR PRICE AND FORMAT Vision Pro or even Quest target are born as niche products. Apple sells mixed reality at almost 4,000 dollars (taxes included), with results below analysts’ predictions. About 175,000 units sold in a year. Goal has been Selling the Oculus Quest as hot breadwith an accumulated of 20 million units. Perhaps the quality-price has something to do. So much that Apple considers to focus efforts on more economical vision. “We know that glasses can only be really useful if you wanttake them all day. “ Virtual reality has its niche, But the augmented opens to products mainstream (glasses that you can wear almost all day), a formula that starts working. Not satisfied with Meta Quest figures, the company started four years ago an incursion into the world of traditional format glasses next to Ray-Ban. First with Ray-Ban Storiesand Three years later with Ray-Ban Meta. A new product, a “new” format, and One million sales in their first year of life. The “traditional glasses with headphones and things” works. But the goal is missing a platform adapted to this format and less limited hardware (these glasses can barely record some video, receive notifications and call). And there China comes into play China has been engaged in a career to lead the technologies necessary to create traditional format glasses with augmented reality. And there are five big names in it: XREAL Rayneo Rokid Immobile Meizu It is curious how, beyond giants like Huawei (whose platform Harmonyos does not currently prioritize AR devices) innovation in this territory is in the hands of small businesses. XREAL It is a start-up that already works in some Badge glasses Under the Android XR platform. It will be a product to take into account and relevant to China, since Most hardware is produced nationwide (currently 65%, with the aim of reaching 100% on a two -year horizon). Instead of betting on Qualcomm technologies, Xreal has its own chip for glasses, the X1. Rayneo It may sound more, and it is a subsidiary of the Chinese giant TCL. He is working with Alibaba to take AI models to smart glasses and, for the 2028 Olympic Games, they plan collaborate with COI to create promotional videos in which the perspective of athletes (which will wear scratch glasses) is the protagonist. A look at your website It lets us see that they are focused on markets beyond the Chinese, with the focus currently on the projection of content. Rokid It is founded by an ex-alibaba, and manufactures glasses that use the QWAN model (precisely Alibaba) to translate into real time. It has enough state support, and works with national companies. Although it has a consumer product, it is quite focused on specific solutions. Immobile He is one of China Mobile’s main collaborators in his attempt to develop one of the great national language models. Jiutian LLMone of the first models, and is being tested in the glasses of augmented reality of immobile. Their abilities are multimodal (voice, text, compression of what you are seeing), and the connection is direct by 5G to the cloud of China Mobile, without the mobile as an intermediary. Finally we have Meizua historic Chinese manufacturer who tried in Spain with its mobiles but could not with Huawei and Xiaomi. The company has developed Llm Flyme a multimodal AI engine that vertebra both its XR devices and its connected car systems. They also combine text, voice and visual recognition, integrated in recent launch glasses, such as their Starv Air 2. A company recently acquired by the Geely engine giant, with expansion plans outside China. The keys to winning this format race Although Google has put the platform on the table and has set your hand to companies that want to collaborate with it, this It is still a war to dispute And in which there are still no proposals for attack to the generalist public, beyond the first goal approach with Rayban … with glasses that do not even execute augmented reality. Google has important strategic advantages: its Android ecosystem is unbeatable … Read more

Samsung will develop augmented reality glasses together with Google

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Samsung is capturing all eyes with the launch of the Galaxy S25, S25+ and S25 Ultrabut he doesn’t want to stop there. TM Roh, head of the South Korean company’s mobile devices division, confirmed to Bloomberg who are working together Google in the development of augmented reality glasses. The executive did not provide details about the technical characteristics, design or capabilities of the device in question. So if you’re hoping to see it right away, be patient because it will most likely take a few months before the company gives us an official first look. As explained by Roh, Samsung and Google will continue to work side by side in order to strengthen the ecosystem of equipment powered by Android XR. Let us remember that Google announced said operating system at the end of 2024and that aims to take advantage of the vast catalog of apps that are already part of the conventional version of Android. In addition, it aims to provide it with advanced AI functions by Gemini and Project Astra. It is worth clarifying that the augmented reality glasses will be a separate product from Project Moohanthe mixed reality headset that Samsung announced in December. This prototype, which has airs of Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest Pro, will become a device for consumers that, in theory, will hit the market this year. Samsung prepares augmented reality glasses with Android XR Regarding the augmented reality glasses that he is developing together with Google, the executive of Samsung preferred not to give details about when they could be launched. However, Roh mentioned that the goal of both companies is to achieve the desired level of “quality and readiness” as soon as possible. It would not be unusual for a prototype of this wearable to be seen during Google I/O 2025, as it is expected that those from Mountain View will take advantage of their traditional event to reveal deeper information about Android XR and its hardware ecosystem. For now it is not known if Qualcomm is also part of this project along with Samsung and Google. Let’s keep in mind that Project Moohan is being developed using the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 as a platform. So it would not be surprising if said technology, or something similar, was part of this initiative. The augmented reality glasses segment is gaining more and more prominence. In 2024, Goal showed an advanced prototype called Orionwhich works together with a wireless processing unit and depends on a kind of wrist strap for gesture control. And for years it has been rumored that Apple works in a similar devicealthough without any real details of its capabilities. With Project Moohan and augmented reality glasses on the way, Samsung and Google want hit the table from the hand of Android XR. We’ll see if they succeed.

These are Samsung’s augmented reality glasses. Project Moohan is coming, and it will be governed by Android XR

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The celebration of Samsung Unpacked 2025 has provided not one, but two surprises. The first, the fleeting presentation of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edgethe ultra-thin mobile that we were able to see in the exhibition area after the event. The second, the augmented reality glasses that Samsung has been developing for some time. They are the result of Project Moohan that Samsung spoke briefly about at the event, and that will precisely compete with devices like the Apple Vision Pro or the striking Orion of Meta. The design of the glasses is in fact very similar to that of Apple’s glasses, although it also has certain design lines apparently inherited from the Meta Quest Pronow discontinued. During the presentation, Samsung mentioned its intention to bring AI options to other form factors such as connected glasses – Ray-Ban Meta type, we imagine – and augmented reality glasses. Samsung actually announced that it was working on augmented reality glasses in collaboration with Google. That is the goal of Project Moohan, who also stands out for be governed by Android XR. This operating system will be a competitor to visionOS, Apple’s proposal in the Vision Pro. At the moment the augmented reality glasses could be seen on display and we were able to photograph them, but there are no more details about them: we have to wait. In Xataka | Mark Zuckerberg believes that in 2030 we will not take our smartphones out of our pockets so much: we will do almost everything from our glasses

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