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Altspace VR to Shut Down Following Microsoft Layoffs

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Last Friday, Microsoft-owned immersive social platform Altspace VR (virtual reality) announced the closure of its service effective March 10, 2023. The decision comes following recent lay offs at Microsoft. The entire division faces an uncertain future following Microsoft laying off 11,000 workers this month.

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Altspace VR to Shutdown Following Microsoft Lay Offs

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Last Friday, Microsoft-owned immersive social platform Altspace VR (virtual reality) announced the closure of its service effective March 10, 2023. The decision comes following recent lay offs at Microsoft. The entire division faces an uncertain future following Microsoft laying off 11,000 workers this month.

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This AR App Teaches You How To Play The Piano

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Learning to play the piano is getting an immersive upgrade with a new augmented reality (AR) piano training software called Music Everywhere. Founded in 2017, Music Everywhere began at Carnegie Mellon’s ETC with Seth Glickman, Fu Yen Hsiao, and Byunghwan Lee realizing the nascent technology could be used for skills training.

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Unlocking The Potential Of Enterprise XR

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Volvo Trucks and Novartis began to implement VR into their workflow in 2017, and in the same year, HSBC began market research in the VAR (VR & AR) market. “We Volvo initially used VR as a delivery platform for training sales teams on new truck models. Image Credit: Microsoft Corp, Volve Car Group, LUCASFILM LTD.

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What to Expect From VR at VRDC and GDC 2017

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The 2017 Game Developers Conference (GDC) and accompanying Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC) are right around the corner. There’s a lot going on at GDC every year, but with VR’s first big consumer year in the books last year, 2017 should be bigger than ever for our industry. What to Expect from Microsoft.

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GDC 2017 Was The Best Week Ever for Virtual Reality

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GDC 2017 is over. As I write this I’m sitting on a train heading home feeling the familiar mixture of exhaustion, dehydration, and satisfaction that often accompanies the conclusion of a major trade show as a journalist. At GDC, however, Microsoft and LG demonstrated new hardware for the very first time.

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VR & AR 2018: A Year In Review

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While this past year may have seemed like a quiet one when compared to the more exciting releases featured in 2017 and 2016, these past 12 months have been crucial in the development of the immersive entertainment sector. ENTERPRISE & TRAINING. Unfortunately, all that potential comes at a fairly steep price of around $800.

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