Nextech AR also supports virtual events, although it’s just one of many uses for its augmented reality technology.  Their latest venture is to add the ultimate real-world touch to their event experiences: advertising!  Yep, they’ve set up a network to sell ads to virtual event attendees.   Perhaps they can add some stale pastry and luke-warm coffee to complete the simulation.

Advertisers can hope, but the odds against person-based targeting keep falling.  Firefox just extended its already-strong anti-tracking features by adding “cookie jars” that prevent websites from sharing cookies with each other. And privacy-centric browser firm Brave just bought independent search engine Tailcat, which promises not to track users.

It barely feels like news when industry giants add AI features, since that’s what they’re expected to do. But lots of people use their products, so their announcements are probably of higher interest than most. With that in mind, let’s note that Adobe has just announced general availability of agents for audience creation, journey orchestration, experimentation, journey insights, website optimization and agent support.