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6 Spatial Computing Trends to Watch in 2024

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Spatial computing trends, and the trends influencing both the extended reality landscape and metaverse ecosystems are closely connected. We’re already seeing aspects of spatial computing emerge in everything from collaborative platforms like Microsoft Teams to smartphones. With a projected value of $544.6

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6 Spatial Computing Trends to Watch in 2024

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Spatial computing trends, and the trends influencing both the extended reality landscape and metaverse ecosystems are closely connected. We’re already seeing aspects of spatial computing emerge in everything from collaborative platforms like Microsoft Teams to smartphones. With a projected value of $544.6

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Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars? Part II: Microsoft

AR Insider

After examining Amazon last week, it’s time to zero in on Microsoft. In addition to standard audio fare like music and phone calls, they’ll integrate natively with Microsoft products like Office. ’ It turns out that its motivations are similar to Amazon’s. Microsoft had a similar fate in smartphone era.

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Spatial Beats: Microsoft Mesh, Niantic & VR Training

AR Insider

This week, we look at takeaways from Microsoft Ignite, Space X, Pokemon Go and VR training from Bank of America. The company is going all in on Mixed Reality, to paraphrase its chief executive Satya Nadella, who used Microsoft’s AltspaceVR platform for his keynote. W elcome back to Spatial Beats.

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Report: TikTok Parent Lays Off Hundreds at VR Subsidiary Pico Interactive, Tencent Scraps VR Plans

Road to VR

This follows a widening trend of layoffs which have affected nearly every big name in tech, including Google, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft. Microsoft recently announced it was shuttering its social VR platform AltspaceVR in addition to its XR interface framework, Mixed Reality Toolkit.

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Power and Responsibility: Highlights from Microsoft Build

Tech Trends VR

Live from Seattle, Tech Trends scoops up all the tastiest bites from the #MSBuild2018 developer’s conference. “We We need to ask ourselves not only what computers can do, but what they should do,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in his opening keynote at Build. Microsoft sees the “intelligent cloud” as the backbone of this revolution.

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6 AR trends to watch in 2020

ARVR

In this article I’ll describe the 6 most important AR trends to watch in 2020. Big names such as Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google are rapidly developing the technology, making it accessible to many industries. Trend 1: Mobile AR Since 2017, mobile AR has grown immensely. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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