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MARCH 17, 2021

Microsoft says however that the error message was inaccurate, and that VR for Xbox is still not a happening. Some prognosticated that Microsoft has mistakenly leaked VR support for Xbox, something it has repeatedly rebuked in the past. This tracks with Microsoft’s long-term stance on VR for Xbox consoles going back to Xbox One.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2019

At Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona today Microsoft unveiled HoloLens 2, the next iteration of the company’s standalone AR headset. ” We’re here at MWC 2019 and will be going hands-on with HoloLens 2 soon, so check back for more breaking news, previews and all things AR/VR.

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MARCH 24, 2020

With all the hype surrounding yesterday’s release of Half-Life: Alyx, many may have missed HP’s announcement regarding a mysterious new VR headset built in partnership with Microsoft and Valve Corporation. Released in 2019, the Windows Mixed Reality headset was met with mixed reviews due to multiple reports of faulty hardware.

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ARPost

JUNE 22, 2020

See Also: A Comprehensive Review of 2019 and 2020 VR Headsets. Unreal worked with the Microsoft HoloLens 2 to create an AR experience based around Apollo 11. That doesn’t mean that the larger public isn’t benefiting from VR-2 ’s presence in the market. NASA, Boeing, and Varjo.

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MARCH 4, 2019

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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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

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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ARPost

JANUARY 13, 2020

2019 was a big year for XR headsets, applications, and technology. Here, we’ll be taking a look at the AR and MR headsets and glasses that caught our attention in 2019 and that we’ll be keeping an eye on going into 2020. Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 is one of the most advanced MR headsets on the market. MR Headsets.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Although now that Microsoft’s new and improved HoloLens 2 is in the mix, Spatial CEO Anand Agarawala and CPO Jinha Lee took the stage today at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) HoloLens 2 unveiling to show off what’s next for the platform.

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JULY 29, 2022

Microsoft’s big defense contract that looks to supply the US Army with modified HoloLens AR headsets isn’t going so well. Concept testing in 2019, Image courtesy CNBC. Even then, that was allegedly $200 million short of what Microsoft needed to recuperate development costs.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

After a mixed year for VR hardware sales in 2016, two new separate reports are painting a more optimistic outlook for the VR market going forward. In a new consumer VR report just released by SuperData Research , the findings show that global VR hardware revenue is expected to hit $3.6 billion in 2017, up 142% year-over-year.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

Microsoft hinted HoloLens 3 will happen but said its customers “don’t need a successor yet” HoloLens 2 shipped back in 2019, three years after the original headset. Evans said Microsoft is pushing forward on all core hardware technologies: display, tracking, sensors, battery life. That causes too much churn.

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MARCH 18, 2019

OpenXR is a work-in-progress standard that aims to unify the underlying connections between VR and AR hardware, game engines, and content, making for a more interoperable ecosystem. The post OpenXR Standard Ratified, Microsoft, Oculus, & Others to Release First Implementations appeared first on Road to VR.

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AR Insider

APRIL 16, 2021

M icrosoft’s Hololens2 isn’t a new device, having released in November 2019. XR Talks: Microsoft Doubles Down on AR. This is the reason that Microsoft has solely targeted the enterprise for HoloLens 2. One of the ways that the above hardware challenge manifests is through design tradeoffs. Double-Edged Sword.

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MARCH 17, 2023

Google will also drop official support for its enterprise-grade immersive hardware on September 15, 2023. Following its debut and during the early days of the modern XR landscape, Google debuted Glass Enterprise Edition 2 for £999 in 2019. However, Google will not release any future updates.

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Road to VR

JUNE 9, 2019

With the curious case of Microsoft initially announcing VR support for Xbox One X and then later pulling the plug before launch, it wasn’t clear if the company would use its next console as its opportunity to finally jump into VR. We’ve reached out to Microsoft for comment on plans to support VR on Xbox Project Scarlett.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Originally released back in November of 2019, the cloud gaming service developed by Google failed to capture the initial attention of mainstream consumers due in large part to a lack of exclusive content and continuous connection issues. It’s been a rough year or so for Google Stadia.

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MARCH 28, 2019

EON Experience Fest 2019 brought with it exciting news and updates from across the Augmented and Virtual Reality (AVR) industry. Thursday maintained the high-level momentum with featured the likes of Microsoft, Samsung, University of Bologna (UNIBO), HP, and Festo Didactic.

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AR Insider

APRIL 29, 2021

At a high level, headworn AR revenue is projected to grow from $822 million in 2019 to $13.4 Headworn AR Revenue Forecast, 2019-2024. This is the starting point for the headworn AR opportunity, as other revenue categories like software build on the hardware base. Army’s $22 billion contract with Microsoft. percent CAGR.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

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. Still, nCoV-2019 Tracker serves as an excellent example of VR’s potential as a data visualization tool.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In 2019, the demand growth for augmented reality and virtual reality engineers skyrocketed 1400% from the previous year, surpassing the demand for blockchain engineers (the most in-demand skill in 2018). Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1 Startups Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

When it comes to Windows VR headsets (like Acer’s), Microsoft is the linchpin as it creates and controls key hardware and software for the WMR platform. SEE ALSO 2019 Was a Major Inflection Point for VR—Here's the Proof. Acer’s OJO 500 headset | Image courtesy Acer.

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, has left the company to take on the role of Director of XR Engineering at the recently formed Google Labs. And there’s no doubts about it: Kress says he’s focusing on creating consumer AR hardware at Google.

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MAY 4, 2021

That includes Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Snap and others. Starting with Google, it acquired Fitbit to accelerate its lingering WearOS platform by having its own hardware. Speaking of direct consumer touchpoints, Amazon blitzed the wearables market in 2019 as a delivery system for Alexa. The situation is similar with Microsoft.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

In 2019, players began experimenting with VR functionality, and while several mods have been successful in nearly bringing the full GTA experience to headsets, they’re not without their fair share of limitations. There’s even a handful of graphics presets for adjusting visual quality depending on your hardware. .

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AR Insider

APRIL 12, 2021

Army’s renewed contract with Microsoft. 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. Headworn AR Revenue Forecast, 2019-2024. Army’s previous contract with Microsoft.

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APRIL 13, 2021

Microsoft tends to update their Surface lineup on an irregular schedule, not necessarily following the updated CPUs that are generally announced on a mostly annual cadence. Today Microsoft is announcing an updated Surface Laptop, dubbed the Surface Laptop 4, and brings the hardware up to date, somewhat at least.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

The idea is to give developers the hardware and SDK to build content “to create a market by creating an ecosystem rather than hastily launching products” Samsung has been the hardware partner for both Meta and Microsoft’s VR ambitions, but hasn’t yet taken a stab as a platform provider.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2019

It was really interesting to see Microsoft pivot towards enterprise with the HoloLens and I think it was absolutely the right move for them to make Click To Tweet. Alice Bonasio (@alicebonasio) February 2, 2019. For starters, they’re based in Oregon as opposed to Silicon Valley. pic.twitter.com/UMhQbxgH1g.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

The VR industry has skyrocketed immensely, with immersive headset shipments spiking 92 percent in 2019 and 70 percent in 2020. Multinational XR firms like Lenovo, ByteDance’s Pico Interactive, HTC VIVE, Varjo, and Microsoft are leading the charge for immersive transformations. percent YoY for 2023.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

All-in-all, Ray-Ban Stories is an impressive piece of hardware that—while not an AR headset—represents a major step in the right direction for immersive technology. Let’s dive into this exciting piece of hardware, shall we?

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

The result is its report, Headworn AR Global Revenue Forecast, 2019 – 2024. It’s further subdivided by hardware and software. Hardware leads in early years, but software will outpace it over time. Quantifying that hardware base, AR headsets unit sales are projected to grow from 170,000 last year to 3.9

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JULY 30, 2019

Microsoft’s first-gen HoloLens, a device initially launched to developers in early 2016, has received its last major OS update, moving on to its Long Term Servicing (LTS) state. The original HoloLens will continue to receive monthly servicing updates, although the company hasn’t detailed how long these will last.

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APRIL 25, 2024

Apple vs. Microsoft. Google: Keep on Daydreaming After having abandoned its ill-fated standalone XR platform Daydream in 2019, Google took a giant step back from VR that it never quite recovered from. This puts Meta in an entirely new position as a platform holder, as it now seems the company is trying to beat Google at its own game.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

There’s just over a week to go until the European leg of the Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2019, offering a chance for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) professionals from around the world to get together, share ideas, and test the latest immersive technologies. Image credit: AWE USA 2019. Image credit: AWE USA 2019.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The hardware will be us,” he said. ” Roh also mentioned that Samsung’s XR venture will involve service partnerships with Meta and Microsoft, but declined to provide specific details. Microsoft recently said it will lay off 10,000 employees. Those other headsets haven’t been doing well, though.

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ARPost

APRIL 20, 2023

That includes the experiences that come out of those partnerships, as well as the hardware and software updates that drive them. And this year’s event is extra special because it was held in person for the first time since 2019. For example, Snap lenses can now be used in Microsoft Teams and in the NFL app.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. Most recently, Q4 2019 shows a quarterly R&D spend of $3.55 billion delta in annual R&D spend between the pre-Oculus (conservative) baseline and 2019.

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