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Does this Mark the End of the HoloLens?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Microsoft is stopping development on MR functions on Windows 11, and according to reports, Microsoft is stopping compatibility on 1 November 2026 for Windows Home and Pro users and 1 November 2027 for Windows Commercial. Even during the gaming segment of the earnings call, the most traditional use case for XR, Microsoft did not mention XR.

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Does this Mark the End of the Windows Mixed Reality?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Microsoft is stopping development on MR functions on Windows 11, and according to reports, Microsoft is stopping compatibility on 1 November 2026 for Windows Home and Pro users and 1 November 2027 for Windows Commercial. Even during the gaming segment of the earnings call, the most traditional use case for XR, Microsoft did not mention XR.

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A Complete Guide to AR Smart Glass Solutions in 2023

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

billion by 2027. For example, Lenovo’s A3 and Magic Leap 2’s smart glasses are designed for prolonged use, low latency, and industrial environments. Magic Leap also pivoted to healthcare , with the Florida-based firm designing its AR headsets for surgeons and medical professionals.

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Industrial XR Market to top $60bn by 2030, ABI Research Reveals

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Analysts predict that more than 16 million industrial XR devices will ship in 2027 at current adoption rates. Along with NVIDIA, Unity and Epic Games, the world’s largest gaming engines, have also joined efforts to build the industrial metaverse. Compound annual growth rates (CAGR) for the same period would reach 33.09

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Will Enterprise Work in Virtual Reality?

XR Today - VR Headsets tag

Grandview Research believes that the VR market will grow at a rate of 2.16% until 2027, and the extended reality (XR) market could soon be worth billions. It’s not just an evolution in how we play games or entertain ourselves. The VR market is growing phenomenally, leading many to wonder if enterprises will adopt VR.

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The New 3D Apple Arriving at WWDC

Robert Scoble

A new, portable, gaming device that will interact with this 3D world. As they spin the lasers inside “cut up” the world into little virtual voxels (volumetric pixels, think of them as virtual cubes that you can see with Augmented Reality glasses — sort of like how Minecraft or, really, any video game works).

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