With virtually all smart devices having a voice assistant AI: Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, Cortana, and Bixby. It is not difficult to predict that AR glasses manufactured by the Big Tech will also include this technology. While usage of voice assistant is not popular due to privacy concerns and still unnatural responses, it is slowly becoming more and more ubiquitous in our every life. The most popular products with voice assistant AI’s are smartphones and smart speakers.
By far the most popular is the Amazon Alexa with about 69% share of the U.S. smart speaker market, reported the Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) in January 2018. With already 29% U.S. adults under the age of 50 reported to own a smart speaker, as the product become cheaper, we will see this number increase. Amazon also allows internet-of-things (IoT) developers to access its Alexa voice assistant service through Alexa Voice Service (AVS), more devices will have Alexa built-in, which further accelerate the improvement of the voice assistant AI.
These AI will continue to improve as users interact with them more, allowing them to learn and improve on their voice recognition models. By the time AR glasses are re-introduced, touch interface may even be obsolete.
