<ul><li>J Allard, the mind behind the Zune, is leading a new team at Amazon named ZeroOne.</li><li>ZeroOne is a special projects team focused on inventing breakthrough consumer product categories, possibly working on computer vision techniques for smart-home products.</li><li>Allard previously led unsuccessful projects at Microsoft, including the Zune, Microsoft Kin, and Courier, but also co-created the original Xbox.</li><li>ZeroOne will be part of Amazon's devices and services division led by Panos Panay, indicating Amazon's focus on product development by hiring experienced talents from Microsoft.</li></ul>

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