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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

The Ghost Howls

On the contrary, Microsoft has worked a lot on the platform, to make it more appealing to enterprise customers. It has released experiences like Microsoft Remote Assist, that let different teams in a company work together to solve maintenance problems. Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here.

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What is MRTK-Unity? – Mixed Reality ToolKit

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK) by Microsoft is an open-source toolkit that has been around since the HoloLens was first released in 2016. Microsoft-driven MRTK-Unity is a suite of components and capabilities used to speed the creation of cross-platform MR applications in Unity. Oculus (Unity 2019.3

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.09.22): Oculus working on AR glasses with Luxottica, Apple glasses FOV discovered and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Probably we will also hear some news on hands tracking, solutions to create multiplayer LBVR installations with Oculus Quest and accessories for Quest&Rift S. CEOs means a lot for a company: think about how Microsoft has changed going from Ballmer to Nadella. A game launch in 2019 is far different than a game launch in 2016.

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Experiential Technology Event Shows How Far VR Has To Go

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Above: David Holz, founder of Leap Motion, shows off hand-tracking in VR. The headset used sensors to detect my fingers, using software from Leap Motion. We saw 40 percent more VR startups created in 2016, but the headsets that debuted during the year only generated about 6.3

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

And this case with VR, starting in 2016, everybody thought it would be games again. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. There are three storey gray buildings.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

And this case with VR, starting in 2016, everybody thought it would be games again. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. There are three storey gray buildings.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

And this case with VR, starting in 2016, everybody thought it would be games again. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft's best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It's not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. Hand tracking is a kind of universal input system.