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Watch These Schoolchildren Discover the HoloLens for the First Time

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For the first time in Norway, students at a primary school have experienced one of the Microsoft HoloLens’ greatest applications — education. ” Only some of the children were able to use the HoloLens, while the rest of the class watched the augmented reality lesson on an interactive whiteboard, VRFocus reported.

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How Mixed Reality Will Bring Us Industry 4.0

Tech Trends VR

When I tried Microsoft Remote Assist with the HoloLens back in May at Microsoft Build I was able to “repair” a complex electrical panel in a matter of minutes. Driven by the ambition of cities such as Dubai to push for innovation, the market for VR and AR in the Middle East and Africa is booming Click To Tweet. efficiencies.

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This All-Female Founders Pitch Event Was Held in VR

VRScout

Sophia Dominguez // SVRF (New York, NY) – the first search engine for immersive content for virtual reality and augmented reality. The founders received a Microsoft mixed reality headset and are currently enrolled in the WXR Mentorship Program beta. 8 She-EOs in a virtual pool.

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The Metaverse and Organizations

ARVR

Currently, no augmented reality platform allows user avatars to live, work and shop in what many call the next version of the Internet. And it is not clear how and whether augmented reality projects will converge and integrate to become this vision. What companies call the “metaverse” varies greatly.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.04.05): Rumors on a Apple headset intensify, Quest 2 sales grow fast, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Given its great expertise in image analysis and its big user base, Snap is another company to keep an eye on for the future of augmented reality. Microsoft signs a $22B deal with the US Army. It seems that this test has been a success, and so now Microsoft has won now a bigger contract to carry on the project: $21.88B (!!)

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Vuzix Medical Use Cases Show Value of AR Smart Glasses

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

For years, companies like Vuzix have backed the medical industry with their cutting-edge augmented reality (AR) smart glasses. Additionally, we work with companies like Ohana One and Doctors without Borders, where doctors at smaller local hospitals in Africa need to perform operations they aren’t familiar with.

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Caregility Opens XR Solution at Saudi’s Seha Virtual Hospital

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

These include Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Caregility Joins Informa’s Arab Health Conference 2023 The news comes as the Eatontown, New Jersey-based company expands its operations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).