Voice, VR, AR, and AI: Hype or Hope for Marketers? (Thinks Out Loud Episode 186)

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Voice, VR, AR, and AI: Hype or Hope for Marketers? (Thinks Out Loud Episode 186) – Headlines and Show Notes

VR/AR

• The Marketing Promise Of Virtual And Mixed Reality Is Now Here – Brand Quarterly
• Experience Design: The Next Evolution Of Brand Development – Brand Quarterly
• VR Will Be A $38 Billion Industry By 2026: Report | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
• VR, AI, and UX: 7 Posts Highlighting Top Trends for 2016
• A Far Too Quick Look at the Metaverse, web3, and the Future of Digital (Thinks Out Loud Episode 349)
• The Future of the Metaverse? (Thinks Out Loud Episode 363)

AR will be bigger

• 3 Trends Driving Your 2017 Digital Strategy
• The reality of VR/AR growth | TechCrunch

AI/Machine Learning

• The Growth of Artificial Intelligence in Ecommerce (Infographic)
• Machine Learning Algorithms: The Next Stage For Successful Marketers – Brand Quarterly
• 9 Great Posts Focused on Digital Transformation, Strategy, and AI: E-commerce Link Digest
• Tomorrow’s Artificial Intelligence Demands a Unified User Experience Today – ‘Net Features – Website Magazine
• World’s largest hedge fund to replace managers with artificial intelligence | Technology | The Guardian
• How mixed reality and machine learning are driving innovation in farming | TechCrunch
• 5 ways AI will impact the global business market in 2017
• “OK Facebook”—Why stop at assistants? Facebook has grander ambitions for modern AI | Ars Technica
• AI System Can Generate High-Res Images Based On a Text Description | Digital Trends
• New $27 million fund backs AI research for the public interest

Voice and/or Audible Computing

• How Amazon won the voice war — for now
• Alexa: Amazon’s Operating System – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
• Expedia Turns to Amazon Alexa for Its First Attempt at Voice Search – Skift
• Are You Listening to Your In-Store Shoppers? Amazon Is
• Alexa and Google Assistant have a problem: People aren’t sticking with voice apps they try – Recode

5G

• Mobile and tablet internet usage exceeds desktop for first time worldwide | StatCounter Global Stats
• When 5G and VR collide, it will change the face of marketing and advertising | ClickZ

Where We’re Headed

• Gartner’s 2016 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies Identifies Three Key Trends That Organizations Must Track to Gain Competitive Advantage
• How Can You Succeed at Digital Marketing Next Year? 17 Great Posts Offer Answers
• Your Mantra for Digital? “We Can Figure This Out” (Thinks Out Loud Episode 180)
• An Agile Attitude Is Key To Digital Innovation
• Amazon Go Shows How E-commerce Will Work in the Future (Thinks Out Loud Episode 182)
• A Quick Postcard from the Future of Digital (Thinks Out Loud Episode 164)
• The State of Technology at the End of 2016 – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

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