Apple shifts focus from consumer AR glasses to enterprise adoption of Vision Pro. The tech giant faces challenges in its AI development while Meta finds success with AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses. Google prepares for potential job cuts as it prioritizes AI, while Olas and Riffusion showcase the growing potential of decentralized and generative AI.
Apple is reportedly halting development of its augmented reality (AR) smart glasses, despite only introducing its $3,500 Vision Pro headset a year ago. The tech giant is now focusing its efforts on enterprise adoption of the Vision Pro , seemingly learning from Microsoft's struggles with its HoloLens. While Apple continues to invest heavily in hardware projects like the Vision Pro , its AI endeavors, spearheaded by the underwhelming Siri, lag behind competitors.
Meta, with its AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses, demonstrates a more successful approach to incorporating AI into consumer products. Despite high marketing costs, Meta's Ray-Bans achieved a million units sold in Q4 2023, showcasing the potential of AI-driven hardware. Meta's Reality Labs division, responsible for the metaverse, reported a record $1 billion in revenue for Q4 2023, but still incurred a $4.4 billion loss during the same period. The division's total losses over the past year reached $17.7 billion, raising questions about the long-term viability of Meta's metaverse investments.Meanwhile, Google is reportedly offering voluntary buyouts to employees in its hardware and platform divisions, signaling potential job cuts as the company prioritizes AI development. The company acknowledges that AI can enhance productivity, making human intervention in certain tasks less necessary. In the world of decentralized AI, Olas, an autonomous agent developer, secured $13.8 million in funding to launch Pearl, a blockchain-based marketplace for AI agents. The platform aims to facilitate the development and integration of AI agents into various applications. Another AI startup, Riffusion, has released a free web platform that allows users to create original music using its AI model, Fuzz. This move demonstrates the growing accessibility and potential of AI-driven music creation
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