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Alex Kipman Nominated for Inventor’s Award

Tech Trends VR

The Brazilian-born inventor gets recognition for his groundbreaking work with the Microsoft Hololens. Built-in machine learning and AI-algorithms enable the HoloLens to be contextually aware of its surroundings and interpret user commands Click To Tweet. The European Patent Office (EPO) announced that it has nominated U.S.-based

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It’s Time To Develop A Consent Framework For Virtual Beings

VRScout

With innovations in the machine learning space, virtual beings can be given characteristics that are used to generate novel, unique responses, rather than predetermined, pattern-matched ones. A scan of Sir David Attenborough in a VR app (Image Credit: Microsoft ). Basing virtual beings on real people is not a new concept.

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Breaking Down Facebook’s XR Road Map

AR Insider

Machine learning algorithms for avatars will use tracking data from our eyes, mouths, and bodies. What they need to learn is how to make the eventual consumer glasses cheaper and more power-efficient for all-day use. They’ll learn when people break the law, how hard they actually work, and how often they lie.

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Getting started with Augmented Reality (AR)

ARVR

Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. Projection based  — Directly overlays digital projections onto the physical world by making use of varied machine vision technology, often by combining visible light cameras with 3D sensing systems such as depth cameras. Mixed Reality (MR)  — It is a combination of both AR and VR.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

The devices will use positional tracking (which will not require any external sensors) developed from expertise learned through creating Google’s Tango mapping technology and optimized for virtual reality. MICROSOFT’S UPCOMING MOTION CONTROLLERS. MICROSOFT SHOWS OFF A NEW AR GLASSES DESIGN. WEIRD OR AWESOME? WHAT THE CLUCK?

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3 Ways Generative AI Is Making Our World A Better Place

Bernard Marr

Project Gutenberg – the oldest digital library of ebooks, established in 1971 – collaborated with Microsoft to turn 5,000 books into free audiobooks, all narrated by AI-generated (but human-sounding) voices using text-to-speech technology. The books are all public domain, and include classic works by William Shakespeare, Jules Verne, and T.S.

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The IKEA of AR: Making Content Effortlessly, with EON Reality’s Dan Lejerskar

XR for Business Podcast

How did you get involved in VR and learning? But we managed to navigate those water until I would say 2011, 2012, when the hardware became available for mobile devices. It is transforming education by experiential learning. And again, that is to help students learn faster, retain information longer, and make better decisions.

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