GizModo VR

JUNE 16, 2021

Deep in a blog post summing up Sunday’s Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase at E3, Microsoft casually mentioned it plans on bringing next-gen Xbox games to Xbox One consoles via Xbox Cloud Gaming. Great news, if you’ve been struggling to find a new Xbox Series S or Series X. Read more.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 27, 2023

Recently, Microsoft entered an extended partnership with OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, to expand the tech solution to business clients. Recently, Microsoft and Amazon cut back roughly 10,000 employees, and Meta dismissed approximately 11,000 people. AI and ChatGPT for enterprise is a growing tech topic.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 17, 2020

But it also includes Disney, Google Earth, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple. He first got the attention of Microsoft when blogging about the detriments of 3D immersive universes like Second Life. Secretly working on something similar, Microsoft brought him in to help.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

New leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt have revealed that probably the headset will be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses. Hope you enjoy! who’s there?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 19, 2023

This also applies to companies like IKEA and Amazon, where customers can superimpose virtual furniture, electronics, and clothing stocks in physical locations. Additionally, Microsoft has included AI-powered avatars for people using its Teams platforms, enabling people’s real-time interactions in meetings.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

More info Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon release open map dataset A group called the Overture Maps Foundation, which includes Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and TomTom, has released its first open map dataset, including 59 million “points of interest,” such as restaurants and landmarks.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

After the report of last week by Insider, in which Alex Kipman was accused of improper behavior at work, especially towards women, Alex Kipman has resigned from Microsoft. Rumors already talk about a new AR headset produced by Microsoft in collaboration with Samsung that should substitute it, but we have no sure info about it.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

You can imagine that after it has been released through two official blog posts, an enormous backlash from the community started to happen. Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. The same on Twitter. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. I can’t wait to read it. Linden Research to be acquired. Linden Research a.k.a.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Jim Ryan hints at a possible PlayStation metaverse The court documents related to the FTC vs Microsoft trial related to the acquisition of Activision contain a very interesting piece of information related to what Sony may be working on. I’ve also interviewed him a few times on my blog. Learn more Join the Pico Dev Jam!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The pandemic has hurt all the Location-Based VR sector forcing many companies to shut down, but now that the COVID situation is improving, as LBEVR expert Kevin Williams had predicted on this blog , the sector is bouncing back. Microsoft is going to release a database of synthetic faces. NASA is using AR/VR on ISS.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft has released more specifications for its upcoming XBOX Series X, and from these data is clearly possible to see that it will be compatible with VR headsets. This reinforces my belief that Microsoft in 2021–2022 will add VR support to it , to fight the PSVR when the market will be riper.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A report from Insider states that Microsoft may have canceled its plans for HoloLens 3. There is instead a rumored partnership with Samsung , where Samsung would actually build a new XR device and Microsoft offer the platform on top of which the headset may run. Please support this blog. Some updates on Meta products.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Magic Leap is back: CEO Peggy Johnson has just unveiled in a post on the company blog the Magic Leap 2 , the new version of the AR glasses from the company in Florida. Amazon Glow is a video projector for kids. Amazon has just announced Glow, a product to make people interact and play with children remotely. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Sometimes VR without a headset can be cool too More info (U2 concert in the dome / 1) More info (U2 concert in the dome / 2) More info (U2 concert in the dome / 3) Microsoft launches Mesh For Enterprise In Beta After many years of working on it, finally, Microsoft has finally released a preview of Microsoft Mesh dedicated to the enterprise sector.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

It seems that it is more complicated than they initially thought (I wonder if the problems are only technical or also privacy-related), and so it is being delayed; A video on a dev blog article released by Facebook shows what seems to be a redesign of the toolbar of the Quest interface. This could be The Unity Cube 2.0.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

Just to make you understand how much money this could mean, my reader Sir Gamedev has sent me a link where one of the previous Xbox executives has revealed that the initial undercost sales of the first Xbox units cost Microsoft between $5B and $7B. More info (Official blog post) More info (PSVR Spotlight on Upload VR). Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

Furthermore, the comparison with Microsoft doesn’t hold well: Microsoft was a software company that just didn’t have high standards, so it made products with many bugs. Amazon acquires Umbra. Amazon acquires Umbra. Amazon has just acquired the Finnish company Umbra. More info (Use Google Translate).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

But this has not been the case: with a brief post on its blog, Sony has announced that there will be a “next-generation” VR device that will work with PS5, but that it will simply not be released this year. They are standard Quests , the ones you can buy on Amazon, BUT they have a business licensing. Microsoft Ignite will be in VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

For me this is not a fortunate sentence: this is what Alex Kipman said about the HoloLens, a few weeks before the whole Microsoft Mixed Reality division was disbanded and he was fired from the company. One of these people was Andrew Bosworth, which has rebuked the report , saying “not to believe everything you read”.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

This is the week of this blog’s birthday and so I’m publishing a very special post, that I’m going to split into two parts. Here on my blog I am experimenting with different income sources (Patreon, Adsense, Amazon Affiliate, Sponsored Posts, etc…). Maquette by Microsoft). It is a mess.

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GizModo VR

JULY 1, 2022

Big tech is going through a hard time. Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram , has become the canary in the coal mine after its stock plummeted in February , months before other tech giants. Now, in an ominous turn, the company is slashing its hiring of engineers by 30%, from about 10,000 to between 6,000 and 7,000… Read more.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Image credits SCAND Blog Virtual Reality (VR)  — It teleports the user into a completely immersive world that replaces the physical world. Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment.

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CraneMorley

AUGUST 1, 2023

Back to Blog Page First, let’s define what we are talking about. Microsoft is also working to develop new technologies that will enable the industrial metaverse, such as: 5G: 5G will provide the high-speed, low-latency connectivity that is needed to support the industrial metaverse. What is the industrial metaverse?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While the first version was an all-in-one with diffractive waveguides like Microsoft HoloLens, the new one is an all-in-two light device that connects to your smartphone and uses birdbath optics. Please donate on Patreon to sustain this VR blog and keep it alive! If you’re thinking “it is another Nreal Light clone”, well, yes it is.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The news of the week is that Meta is poaching talents from all the other companies : in particular, it has been able to “steal” 100 employees from the HoloLens team in Microsoft. If you want to support my blog in informing the AR/VR community, consider making a donation to it on Patreon! The most bullish of them is, of course, Meta.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. Microsoft ships HoloLens 2, nReal gets ready to do the same with its glasses. After a long wait, finally Microsoft is shipping its HoloLens 2 headset. Image from Amazon). Top news of the week. Image by Google).

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

Matt is renowned as one of the world’s AR industry leaders, and through his influential blog posts and persona around the world. Matt: The other one — this sort of thing is the stuff that isn’t obvious to people — but the other big one that I think is a big deal is the Microsoft Dynamics 365 apps.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

Matt is renowned as one of the world’s AR industry leaders, and through his influential blog posts and persona around the world. Matt: The other one — this sort of thing is the stuff that isn’t obvious to people — but the other big one that I think is a big deal is the Microsoft Dynamics 365 apps.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

Matt is renowned as one of the world’s AR industry leaders, and through his influential blog posts and persona around the world. Matt: The other one — this sort of thing is the stuff that isn’t obvious to people — but the other big one that I think is a big deal is the Microsoft Dynamics 365 apps.

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Building the Metaverse

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Amazon, Netflix, Google) were built on this ecosystem, or benefitted from expanding into it (Microsoft, Apple). Web2 was largely about asynchronous, user-generated content: blogs, wikis, social networks, etc. Some of the largest Internet companies that exist (e.g.,

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Outside of that, we’ve worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture. We’ve got furniture stores or any sort of eCommerce shop — Amazon, Wayfair — offering the ability to view items, to see how they’ll look in your home. We have a number of reports available.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Outside of that, we’ve worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture. We’ve got furniture stores or any sort of eCommerce shop — Amazon, Wayfair — offering the ability to view items, to see how they’ll look in your home. We have a number of reports available.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Outside of that, we've worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture. We've got furniture stores or any sort of eCommerce shop -- Amazon, Wayfair -- offering the ability to view items, to see how they'll look in your home. We have a number of reports available. So I think marketing/retail is really the big use case for AR.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Mr. Mike Powell, he is the head of the Microsoft Garage and the author of “Age of Smart Information,” a new book about how artificial intelligence and spatial computing will transform the way we communicate forever. ” And I guess he sent it to me on Amazon. Today’s guest is somebody absolutely spectacular.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Mr. Mike Powell, he is the head of the Microsoft Garage and the author of “Age of Smart Information,” a new book about how artificial intelligence and spatial computing will transform the way we communicate forever. ” And I guess he sent it to me on Amazon. Today’s guest is somebody absolutely spectacular.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

I’m trying to solve this issue appealing to Google, but more than ever consider donating money on Patreon to sustain this blog , that takes me a lot of time and various expenses, to keep it alive. Microsoft is working on addressing privacy concerns of the AR Cloud. Top news of the week. Image by E3).

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