Windows' Holographic and Google's Daydream represent early attempts to establish their platforms as key places for developers and content producers to create new AR/VR apps and media.
Robots replacing human workers, 3D-printed organs, AI "directors" steering corporate boards — the tech-fueled future has been writ large. Consumers and corporates alike are caught up in the promise of Industry 4.0.
Machine learning, artificial intelligence, deep simulation — or, as IBM’s CEO insisted, cognitive computing — were front and center for nearly every Code Conference speaker.
Amazon is pursuing the same vision as Google — that of a virtual assistant that’s truly virtual, inhabiting all the different devices we interact with throughout the day.
Expect to see several efforts that allow VR/AR capabilities to be delivered in a thin computing-style application delivery model over the next 12 to 18 months.