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Microsoft’s Meandering XR Strategy Could Lead to Another Zune Moment

Road to VR

At least from the outside, it appears Microsoft isn’t actively competing for a seat at the XR table, which is fairly odd coming from a company that pioneered enterprise AR while simultaneously wrangling some of its top OEM partners to make a fleet of PC VR headsets for consumers in 2017. If Microsoft goes in half-cocked, maybe.

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Sony Just Invested $250 Million in Epic Games, Here’s What it Could Mean for VR and Beyond

Road to VR

SEE ALSO Pressure Mounts for Xbox's Missing VR Strategy as PSVR Revenue Exceeds $2 Billion. Mega-game publisher Electronic Arts pulled a similar move when it acquired DICE, the studio behind Battlefield , back in 2006. What It Could Mean for VR. Image courtesy PlayStation.

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Metaverse! Transformational Challenges Ahead…

ARVR

Microsoft has done well in the mixed reality space as it relates to enterprise adoption. Second Life many years ago is one such example where digital assets within 3D environments were first monetized, and this was taking place as early as 2006, Anshe Chung was first among the generation of digital millionaires .

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

XROM

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. Has been at the forefront when it comes to XR, earlier he was VP, Platform Strategy & Dev Community at #HTC and is currently working at Facebook Reality labs. 16- Vinay Narayan.