Amazon is hiring to build an “advanced” and “magical” AR/VR product

Enlarge / The "Sword of Damocles" head-mounted display, the original augmented reality headset, circa 1968. (credit: Ivan Sutherland)

Amazon plans to join other tech giants like Apple, Google, and Meta in building its own mass-market augmented reality product, job listings discovered by Protocol suggest.

The numerous related jobs included roles in computer vision, product management, and more. They reportedly referenced "XR/AR devices" and "an advanced XR research concept." Since Protocol ran its report on Monday, several of the job listings referenced have been taken down, and others have had specific language about products removed.

For example, Protocol wrote that the description for the role Sr. Technical Program Manager, New Products contained the phrase "you will develop an advanced XR research concept into a magical and useful new-to-world consumer product." Now simply reads, "you will develop a magical and useful consumer product," though it also says, "our team specializes in inventing new-to-world, category creating products using advanced sensing, display, and machine learning technologies."

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