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Report: Microsoft Braces for Negative Field Tests of Military HoloLens

Road to VR

Microsoft is supposedly gearing up to field test its HoloLens-based military AR headset, however a new report contends the company is bracing for impact, as it’s expecting negative feedback from soldiers. Prototype testing (2019), Image courtesy CNBC. On our private roadmap.

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Data Dive: Did the U.S. Army 2X the AR Market?

AR Insider

Army’s renewed contract with Microsoft. We’re crunching the numbers for this week’s Data Dive. First, as background, the deal calls for 120,000 units of Microsoft’s Hololens-based IVAS design. It follows the 2018 contract with Microsoft for $480 million over 2 years. AR is working.

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Personalizing Learning with Data

Tech Trends VR

They will enter a workforce where job functions, roles and even categories will be significantly altered, and will face social and global challenges beyond what we can imagine today,” says Steve Liffick, General Manager of Education Strategy and Platforms at Microsoft. Its Clarity platform currently serves over 25,000 schools globally.

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The most important XR news from MWC 2019

The Ghost Howls

The MWC 2019 in Barcelona has finished some days ago. In my opinion, there are 3-4 pieces of news that are really worth a mention and I’m going to tell you about them in this post so that reading it you will have a clear picture of what has happened at MWC 2019 for what concerns XR. Image by Microsoft). HoloLens 2.

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Microsoft Says it Hasn’t Given up on the VR Side of Windows Mixed Reality

Road to VR

While Microsoft has been full steam ahead on the augmented reality side of Windows Mixed Reality via HoloLens, the company has had very little to say in the last year about the VR side of its platform. While it may look like Microsoft has largely given up on the effort, the company tells us that it remains committed.

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Track The Global Spread Of Coronavirus Using This Terrifying WebXR App

VRScout

Because statistical data is always more compelling when presented in 3D. First identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan towards the tail-end of 2019, Chinese authorities are now reporting thousands of confirmed cases across the massive country. But just how bad are things exactly? .

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Taqtile Partners with Microsoft at Eurosatory 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

At the Eurosatory show in Paris, taking place from June 13 to 17, Taqtile will unveil plans to integrate its augmented reality (AR) remote guidance service Manifest into Microsoft’s Azure Remote Rendering platform. Microsoft, XR for Defence. Manifest delivers: – Reduced error rates in workflows. Taqtile, Inc.