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Big XR News from Microsoft, Meta, AWS, Apple

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The End of the Windows Mixed Reality In its latest Windows 11 24H2 update , Microsoft is removing some support frameworks for its MR hardware and software portfolio. The update sees Windows Mixed Reality added to the “Deprecated Features” list, which congregates features that Microsoft is no longer working on.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.26): WMR gets discontinued, Meta to showcase an impressive AR prototype, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It was not a perfect day because I also had some work-related issues to cope with, but it’s part of life when you are working with cutting-edge technologies I’m curious to know how the holidays are going for you, so answer this post letting me know how life is going for you! Microsoft in the end has decided to deprecate it.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.07): PSVR 2 will cost $549, HoloLens are probably dead, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Yesterday I discovered that a friend of mine wants to propose as “Vitillo’s law” or “Skarred’s law” the law that every innovative technology we are waiting for is always coming in “5 to 10 years”. The collaboration between Microsoft and Samsung is now over. Other relevant news. Anyway, things have not gone as we all hoped.

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Big XR News from AWE 2023, Siemens, Microsoft, Meta, and Nokia

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AWE EU 2023 Round Up Augmented World Expo EU (AWE) 2023 hosted its yearly event highlighting recent innovations in enterprise-grade AR/VR/MR solutions, as well as related emerging technologies such as genAI, digital twins, and geospatial tech. Meta showed up at AWE EU 2023. Mixed reality is not just looking into the future of work.

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AR Briefs, Episode 64: AR Glasses Outlook

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billion in 2026. This happens as software builds on a larger installed base of in-market hardware — a common pattern for emerging consumer technology. million units in 2026. For example, Microsoft is down and Magic Leap is up, which flips their previous positioning. Common Patterns So what did the report uncover?

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Headworn AR: A Market Still Finding its Footing

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billion in 2026. Enterprise spending is 95 percent of that today but will retract to 62 percent by 2026 and continue to decline until consumer/enterprise trendlines intersect. This also comes as headwinds challenge its chief competitor: Microsoft. Those factors include turbulence in Microsoft’s U.S.

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Does this Mark the End of the HoloLens?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

With the debut of Vision Pro and spatial computing hitting the mainstream, audiences could reasonably assume that firms with established XR projects and products, such as Microsoft or Snap, would re-establish their investments in XR. Profoundly suggesting that Microsoft is dropping support for the two products.