{"id":133223,"date":"2021-12-28T23:24:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T07:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/verizon-partners-with-ar-hardware-maker-vuzix-for-some-reason"},"modified":"2021-12-28T23:24:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T07:24:23","slug":"verizon-partners-with-ar-hardware-maker-vuzix-for-some-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/verizon-partners-with-ar-hardware-maker-vuzix-for-some-reason","title":{"rendered":"Verizon partners with AR hardware maker Vuzix for some reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/verizon-partners-with-ar-hardware-maker-vuzix-for-some-reason2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a few years since we\u2019ve heard from AR company Vuzix. In early 2019, it came out with its first pair of. After staying relatively quiet over the past two years, it\u2019s now <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.vuzix.com\/news-events\/press-releases\/detail\/1932\/vuzix-announces-agreement-with-verizon-to-deliver-augmented\" target=\"_blank\">partnering with Verizon<\/a>. The two didn\u2019t share many details about their collaboration. What they did say is that they plan to find ways to commercialize AR technology for use in sports and gaming scenarios, especially those involving the need for training. The partnership will combine Vuzix\u2019s new Shield smart glasses and the capabilities of Verizon\u2019s 5G network.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to say if we\u2019ll see anything impactful come out of this agreement, but it\u2019s not a surprise to see Verizon. Augmented, virtual and mixed reality wearables have been consistently positioned as one of the primary beneficiaries of the speed and latency enhancements promised by 5G networks. Likewise, the focus on gaming and sports isn\u2019t surprising either. Some of the earliest locations where Verizon had 5G service was in. They\u2019re one of few places where the carrier\u2019s mmWave deployments shine since there\u2019s enough density there to justify building out all the small cells required to blanket even a small area with ultrafast 5G coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a few years since we\u2019ve heard from AR company Vuzix. In early 2019, it came out with its first pair of. After staying relatively quiet over the past two years, it\u2019s now partnering with Verizon. The two didn\u2019t share many details about their collaboration. What they did say is that they plan to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1498,418,1977],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-augmented-reality","category-internet","category-wearables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}