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COVID-19 has had a significant impact on online shopping. According to statistics, the pandemic added $102.08 billion to US e-commerce. People started to spend more time on the Internet, including online shopping. Today, about 22% of people shop online every week, and 27% do it every two weeks.

According to Bloomberg, the AR/VR market will reach $455 billion by 2030. Compare this to the same stats from 2020, when the market was valued at only $15 billion. Impressive, isn’t it? This tremendous success comes thanks to the ability of AR/VR mobile apps to bring benefits to almost any industry. As you already know, these technologies can interrupt nearly any business. Today, we’ll take a closer look at one such industry you may not have thought of:  museums.

Virtual and Augmented Reality are two different types of technology that can be combined to create a new immersive training experience. By using VR in safety training, you can simulate dangerous situations and experiences while also immersing trainees in the scenarios, so they feel more connected to the action.

July Digest: AR/VR news. Use cases, industry updates, new hardware and tools on the market.

The COVID pandemic had the largest impact on the digitalization of shopping experiences — since the whole world was going remote and the concept of the metaverse was becoming extremely popular, why not include supermarkets?