Augmented Reality Stocks: What to Watch in 2018

Augmented Reality Stocks: What to Watch in 2018

Augmented reality made some huge strides in 2017. On the mobile side, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) updated iOS so that developers could build augmented reality (AR) apps and games, which instantly gave millions of mobile users access to AR like never before, all without having to buy a new device.

Social media didn't escape the AR craze in 2017, either. Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) tweaked its flagship app, Facebook Messenger, and updated Instagram to bring in more AR features to all three. And with the company's more than 2 billion monthly active users, Facebook is setting itself up to be one of the most influential AR companies around.

And, of course, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) continued to plow ahead into the AR hardware space with more use cases for its Hololens headset, announcing that it will bring a redesigned version in 2019.

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Source: Fool.com