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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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GE USES AR TO TALK TO MACHINES IN MICROSOFT PARTNERSHIP. Using human-computer interfaces, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, employees are communicating and interacting with machines via the Microsoft Hololens augmented reality device. and is continuing to lead the enterprise space with augmented reality.

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‘FlyInside Flight Simulator’ Preview – A Promising Start in VR-native Flying

Road to VR

FlyInside FSX , the crowdfunded VR plugin for Microsoft Flight Simulator X (2006) , was built well before first-party VR motion controllers existed, developed back in the DK2-era of 2015 as an ad hoc way of jumping into an already highly-detailed flight sim. Some will be added to the base simulator, as free updates.

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Microsoft Research Demonstrates VR Controller Prototypes With Unique Haptic Technology

Road to VR

Microsoft Research has devised two novel methods for more realistic haptic feedback on virtual reality controllers. This is commonly available through force-feedback controllers, which tend to be designed for a specific task, such as joysticks for flight/space simulators, and wheels for driving simulators.

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Combining the Best of AR and VR with Varjo’s XR-1, featuring Niko Eiden

XR for Business Podcast

He’s formerly held top product leadership positions at Microsoft and Nokia. At Nokia, Niko led a product program team in 2006-2007, and together with researchers from Nokia Research Center, his team developed the basis for the optical technology that later became the Microsoft Hololens.

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Combining the Best of AR and VR with Varjo’s XR-1, featuring Niko Eiden

XR for Business Podcast

He’s formerly held top product leadership positions at Microsoft and Nokia. At Nokia, Niko led a product program team in 2006-2007, and together with researchers from Nokia Research Center, his team developed the basis for the optical technology that later became the Microsoft Hololens.

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Combining the Best of AR and VR with Varjo's XR-1, featuring Niko Eiden

XR for Business Podcast

He's formerly held top product leadership positions at Microsoft and Nokia. At Nokia, Niko led a product program team in 2006-2007, and together with researchers from Nokia Research Center, his team developed the basis for the optical technology that later became the Microsoft Hololens. Today we have Niko Eiden, CEO of Varjo.

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

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Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. He served as design director for consumer experience at Microsoft mixed reality, before establishing his own design consultancy earlier this year. 25- Pankaj Raut. 29- Clyde Dsouza.