AI, Machine Learning, AR Combo ‘Incredibly Potent’: ABI

Augmented reality will leverage AI to “engage” 200 million active users by 2026, reported ABI Research Wednesday. It expects nearly 20 million pairs of AR smart glasses with “local on-device” AI chipsets will ship in 2026, for 70% of total smart glasses shipments that year. “Many companies in the AR space have been leveraging AI in numerous ways for years, and this usage is growing both in number of companies and scope of usage,” said ABI. This bodes well for AI becoming “a valuable enabling technology that is harmonious with the entire augmented reality value chain,” it said. “The combination of AI, machine learning and AR is an incredibly potent one.”