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Create Your Own Holograms at Home with the Volu iPhone App

Next Reality AR

But what about volumetric video, which currently requires multi-camera rigs like those at Microsoft's Mixed Reality Capture studios? with 3D Body Mesh & More, Upgrades Scan as Fashion Assistant On Wednesday, 3D capture startup Volograms released the public beta of its Volu app for iOS.

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Arcturus Announces Microsoft MRCS Partnership at SIGGRAPH 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Microsoft has picked volumetric video company Arcturus as its primary marketing partner for its Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studios (MRCS) solution provider. Announced on Monday at the SIGGRAPH 2023 event , the partnership will offer content creators a trove of solutions for their volumetric video needs.

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Here Come The Holograms

VRScout

Screen capture of prototype Star Wars AR game for Disney’s Lucasfilm/Lenovo AR headset. As the video below shows, a cinematically real, 3D George Takei is not something that can be made casually. Last June, I met Pete Forde of Itsme at VR Toronto, where he did a realistic 3D capture of me, and then animated it.

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GDC 2017: Hands-On With Microsoft’s First Windows Holographic VR Headset

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I tried a Microsoft prototype VR headset at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and got the first public look at the company’s vision for mixed reality beyond Hololens. I was among a handful of journalists invited to see the internal Microsoft prototype, though I was told photos or videos for my demo would not be allowed.

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Q&A: How Sketchfab Is Making 3D Models Accessible

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The two big things that have changed is how we can create and consume 3D. Now with solutions like 3D capture, photogrammetry, and depth sensors, anyone can create a 3D file. Microsoft Hololens. Apple is going to release something around that — Windows just released a phone with native 3D capture.

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Apple Brings Spatial Computing to iOS

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The firm’s first XR headset is due soon, and with it comes a spatial computing ambition that draws similarities and differences to Lenovo, Microsoft, Meta, HTC VIVE, and other XR headset vendors. In terms of XR, Apple is introducing spatial video recording for the latest iPhone model. Apple is gearing up for the Vision Pro debut.

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Volumetrically Capturing Authentic Digital Actors, with Metastage’s Christina Heller

XR for Business Podcast

Metastage is an XR studio that puts real performances into AR and VR through volumetric capture. Metastage is the first US partner for the Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Software, and their soundstage is located in Culver City, California. Alan: Yeah, we got to try your incredible experiences, mostly in the field of 360 video.