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03-27-2017, 11:43 AM
Amazon eyes VR and AR homewares stores to show you products in your virtual home
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SEE ALSO: Amazon launching physical bookstores in Chicago, San Diego, Portland, report says (http://mashable.com/2016/08/27/amazon-bookstore-chicago/)
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We already k**w that Amazon is keen to go wide with brick-and-mortar bookstores (http://mashable.com/2016/08/27/amazon-bookstore-chicago/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) and grocery stores (http://mashable.com/2017/02/21/amazon-go-*******/), but a new report from the New York Times says the e-tailer is looking at doing the same with appliances and furniture.
SEE ALSO: Amazon launching physical bookstores in Chicago, San Diego, Portland, report says (http://mashable.com/2016/08/27/amazon-bookstore-chicago/)
Citing a "person briefed on the discussions," the report (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/tech**logy/amazon-wants-to-crush-your-store-with-its-tech**logy-might.html) claims that VR and AR are being looked at as possible features of a chain of Amazon homewares stores.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/26/amazon-vr-augmented-reality-furniture-appliance-stores/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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