It Seems That Amazon Is Working On An AR Smart Home Product

JAKARTA - Amazon appears to be the next big tech company poised to enter the world of Augmented Reality (AR), as it appears that Amazon is recruiting new smart home products into the world that use "XR" technology in some fashion, according to a job listing reported by Protocol.

Not many specific details are included in the job listing. One of them is as an XR/AR software engineer who says the work includes concept and development of key software and architectures for new smart home products.

The other list is for Sr. Technical Program Manager, New XR Products, who explains how you will develop advanced XR research concepts into magical and useful new world consumer products.

Launching The Verge, previously many large technology companies have started to dive into the VR/AR world. Meta, Facebook has made Quest headsets and smart glasses that are planned to be released in 2024.

Apple's long-rumored AR/VR headset will launch in 2023. Google hopes to ship its AR headset in 2024. Snapchat announced actual AR glasses in May. And Microsoft has been selling HoloLens for years.

Amazon recently introduced a home robot called Astro. That said, Amazon may have some similarly interesting ideas for these new AR/XR devices.