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2021 Immersive Tech Trends

Tech Trends VR

Unity asked more than a dozen industry experts – including yours truly – to share their thoughts on how immersive technologies would be embraced for a report entitled Top 2020 Trends: Enterprise AR & VR. Expect that to continue into 2021. At the start of 2020 (remember those giddy, carefree times before the pandemic struck?)

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Boeing, Microsoft Back Australia’s Air Force with HoloLens M&O Tool

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

USAF engineers used Microsoft’s mixed reality headset, the HoloLens 2, to conduct the field test. The enterprise hopes to reduce production times, enhance safety, and digitise processes for its global operations after the COVID-19 pandemic and Boeing crisis in 2021, leading to a surge in production constraints and demand for Airbus.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.04.19): Quest 2 adds Air Link and Resident Evil 4, Pico and HTC are ready to launch, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The Quest 2 is quite powerful and so Facebook has confirmed tha t in 2021 there won’t be the need for a Quest 2 Pro as some people were supposing. NVIDIA doubles down on Cloud Rendering and Omniverse at GTC 2021. NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) will be natively supported for HDRP in Unity 2021.2. Other relevant news.

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Xtal Virtual Reality Headset Review: High-Quality Immersive Tech

XR Today - VR Headsets tag

According to IDC’s March 2022 quarterly report , headset shipments grew by a staggering 92 percent in 2021, with several players vying for the top spot. XTAL won the prestigious Red Dot Product Design Award in 2020 and was also among the finalists for VR Awards 2021. Microsoft Windows Operating System compatibility.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). Preorders are open now with just a little deposit of $10, shipping in 2021. Facebook and Microsoft publish two interesting research projects for VR. This week, Facebook and Microsoft have released two interesting works from their R&D department. Top news of the week.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.08.03): OpenXR is taking foot, new cool features found inside Oculus runtime, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. The big news of the week is that CES 2021 won’t be physically held in Las Vegas, but will have just a digital edition. Top news of the week.

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Case Study: Medtronic Lessens Training Costs with AR

ARVR

Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 High-Stakes Outcomes One area that’s ripe for AR guidance is healthcare. These use cases are where Medical device manufacturer Medtronic, with the help of Re’Flekt and Unity, has implemented AR. Instead, Microsoft HoloLens guides surgeons while they’re using the equipment.