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Microsoft May Leapfrog Facebook and Google in VR With HoloLens Tracking

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Microsoft’s play for command of next generation personal computing can be seen today with the announcement of a series of Windows-powered VR headsets starting at $300. The headsets planned from HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, and Acer will use what’s known as “inside-out” position tracking.

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First look at HTC Vive Sync

Hypergrid Business

The headset came out last year , starts at $800, and is hands-down the best VR headset I’ve used to so far, and that includes various incarnations of the Oculus Rift, the Microsoft Hololens, the original HTC Vive, Oculus Go, and dozens of different smartphone-based headsets. VIVE Focus Plus. Image courtesy HTC Vive.).

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

For example, the armed services must instruct men in the operation and maintenance of extremely complicated and potentially dangerous equipment, and it is desirable to educate the men with the least possible danger to their lives and to possible damage to costly equipment. They were slick, they were robust.

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Go XR or Go Extinct, with Super Ventures’ Ori Inbar

XR for Business Podcast

I think there’s an inherent risk of collecting eye tracking data, and positional head tracking data, and more data about individuals. So if you look at the investments done by Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Facebook and a bunch of other, Lenovo, Valve[?]. Ori: I’ll give you a simple example.

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Cinematic VR: 10 Avoidable Rookie Mistakes

Headjack

All the big names in tech are working on their own devices, including Apple, Sony, Samsung, and Google. Even Microsoft decided to join the club. While having a clear example to work towards helped us avoid many common mistakes, we still encountered plenty facepalm moments. 2015 is going to be an exciting year!

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Go XR or Go Extinct, with Super Ventures’ Ori Inbar

XR for Business Podcast

I think there’s an inherent risk of collecting eye tracking data, and positional head tracking data, and more data about individuals. So if you look at the investments done by Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Facebook and a bunch of other, Lenovo, Valve[?]. Ori: I’ll give you a simple example.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

Give us some examples of some of the ways people are using VR to exercise. One example is retail employees. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. We’re not tied to Microsoft. You talked about exercising in VR.

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