XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Kenichiro Yoshida, Sony Group Chief Executive , said in a recent statement the Metaverse was “simultaneously a social environment, as well as a live networking space where gaming, music, films and anime intersect.”

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AllThingsVR

JULY 23, 2016

Oculus Executive Calls For 3D Equivalent Of JPEG To Build The Metaverse A new standard for 3D scenes is gaining momentum with support from graphics industry leaders, potentially laying the groundwork for science fiction’s “metaverse” to be realized.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

This made sure investors gained some trust for immersive reality startups again, something that will be beneficial for our whole industry. The purpose of the group is of course the one of fighting the duopoly of Apple Maps/Google Maps. Maybe we are getting out of the quicksands we were in since the start of the year.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

At the event, AWS collaborated with Proto Holograms to showcase a new system powered by Amazon Bedrock. During the event, AWS VP Matt Wood conducted a live broadcast, allowing him to interact with a group of attendees identified as MWC 2024. The ThinkBook is an industry-first laptop with a 17.3-inch

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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!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 27, 2023

The news comes amid a massive wave of layoffs across the tech industry, with Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, and many others launching a second round of job cuts. ” The news comes after Accenture invested heavily in its Metaverse Continuum Group last year. percent at the same time.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 12, 2022

The rumor that's floating right now around is mostly based on some chatter from GamesBeat's Jeff Grubb, who mentioned during a recent podcast that Microsoft is planning for an "E3-style" event in June. Other major names like Nintendo and Microsoft have also scaled back their presence in other ways.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

For ten years, the Immerse Global Summit (IGS) has stood as a leader in the XR and metaverse event landscape, featuring the biggest speakers and exhibitors from the industry. Attendees can engage with industry visionaries, participate in product demos, and collaborate with like-minded professionals with fantastic networking opportunities.

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Bernard Marr

JULY 6, 2023

Given the fact that many companies, including IBM, Google, Microsoft, Baidu, and Amazon, are working on providing quantum computing services at scale via the cloud, businesses must now begin the process of switching or combining cryptographic approaches. For instance, the U.S.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2024

The impact of Apple’s headset is predicted by some in the XR industry to bring new eyes and fresh investments towards broader enterprise and consumer AR/VR/MR companies – already, it appears XR firms are taking note of the potential spatial computing trend of 2024. It is early 2024, and the year could flip.

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TechCrunch VR

JUNE 1, 2022

TRIPP/EvolVR’s group meditations can be experienced live on several platforms, such as Microsoft’s AltspaceVR and Meta’s Horizon Worlds. Reeves worked in several senior roles in the video gaming industry before founding TRIPP and is focused on creating a full experience that goes beyond watching and listening.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2023

Leaders will be communicating the news directly to the first group of impacted employees over the next four days. The news comes as numerous firms such as Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Amazon, Accenture, Salesforce, and many others slashed their staff by thousands of workers.

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EON Reality

JUNE 18, 2019

Alongside UK peers and startups in the AVR industry ?— Overall, the group talked about an array of both research and commercial products from industry sectors that are increasingly deploying immersive technology solutions to save money and stay ahead. The AVR Platform, Built for Industry 4.0.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 19, 2023

BMW Group Taps Meta for XR Car Gaming System BMW Group USA and Meta Platform’s Reality Labs division have announced a partnership to develop an automotive VR/MR solution. Apple’s upcoming MR headset is expected to be a high-end device that will compete with headsets from Meta and Microsoft.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Going into 2019, the industry eagerly awaits HoloLens 2 and Glass Enterprise Edition 2, as rumors swirl around the possibility of AR glasses from Apple and/or Facebook in the near future. HoloLens got a major software update , and Microsoft introduced new enterprise mixed reality applications like Microsoft Remote Assist and Microsoft Layout.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

I have been talking with hundreds of people across the industry and have discovered that the changes coming to Apple are deeper than just a VR/AR headset. When I worked at Microsoft I got in trouble with the lawyers over patents so they made me sleep with a lawyer (true story, that was my punishment). Way deeper. Why am I so confident?

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GizModo VR

JUNE 5, 2021

A group of Apple employees has written an internal letter to CEO Tim Cook and the company’s executive leadership team asking them to support employees that want to continue to work remotely or in location-flexible ways. The employees stated that many of them have thrived working outside the office and urged Apple… Read more.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Companies are beginning to incorporate the technology into solutions across various industries, including healthcare, sports, education, tourism, and the automotive industry. For example, in 2019, Amazon extended Alexa features to pair with headphones and earbuds. Mobile application.

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. The tech industry is gearing up for a new paradigm shift. Almost everyone in the industry has “AR/VR” listed on their Twitter account. We are all wrong.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

And this isn’t beneficial just for Meta, but for all our industry. In the month of October, companies will be able to use Mesh inside Microsoft Teams, so members of a company can meet in a 3D space (in VR or flatscreen) and interact together. I had never seen similar positive comments towards Meta for a very long time.

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Robert Scoble

JANUARY 11, 2022

He wanted a fresh look at the industry and he wanted to see how new technology and a new approach could change the game. This tells me the augmented reality industry has focused on the wrong type of experience. Lots of unknowns here, like the role of AAA games, and what the music and metaverse industries push to the kids.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

This is a pretty extreme pivot, and it is causing internal turmoil inside all the Meta group: the company is suggesting many people from Facebook and Instagram join Reality Labs instead , or it is promoting people working on social media to have also metaverse roles. It makes totally sense. Some updates on Meta products. Learn more.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Anne-Marie: Well, the VR/AR Global Summit is going into its second year, and it is two days that are jam packed full of amazing industry speakers, workshops, speed dating, great events, amazing exhibits and demos. But then there’s the Virtual Reality, Toronto; VRTO: That one is a small but very powerful group. Anne-Marie: He is.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Anne-Marie: Well, the VR/AR Global Summit is going into its second year, and it is two days that are jam packed full of amazing industry speakers, workshops, speed dating, great events, amazing exhibits and demos. But then there’s the Virtual Reality, Toronto; VRTO: That one is a small but very powerful group. Anne-Marie: He is.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Anne-Marie: Well, the VR/AR Global Summit is going into its second year, and it is two days that are jam packed full of amazing industry speakers, workshops, speed dating, great events, amazing exhibits and demos. But then there’s the Virtual Reality, Toronto; VRTO: That one is a small but very powerful group. Anne-Marie: He is.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

RoboRaid and Microsoft HoloLens. Spatial sound is one of the most impressive features of the Microsoft HoloLens environment, helping users to feel more deeply connected to a mixed reality environment. Extended Reality has the power to pull people into unique experiences through more than just immersive visuals. Fictioneers and Unity.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft or Snap already own global social graphs, but perhaps looking to unseat them could be the multiplayer gaming behemoths like Sony, Activision Blizzard or EA, or 3D-specific ideas like Aura’s “avatar as a service”.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

The marketers in our industry are at fault. Alan: We’ve got to call out Microsoft on making videos that people will go, “We want that!” ” Lance: It was Microsoft, SAP did one in 2014. Is it the training group? Is it the operations group? There’s fault in the hardware manufacturers.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

The marketers in our industry are at fault. Alan: We’ve got to call out Microsoft on making videos that people will go, “We want that!” ” Lance: It was Microsoft, SAP did one in 2014. Is it the training group? Is it the operations group? There’s fault in the hardware manufacturers.

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VRScout

AUGUST 26, 2017

Students from Georgia Tech are working with Microsoft and Walmart to increase efficiency in warehouses using Mixed Reality. Much has been made of the use of robots to increase efficiency in warehouses —with web retailers such as Amazon announcing significant investment in that area.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

The marketers in our industry are at fault. Alan: We've got to call out Microsoft on making videos that people will go, "We want that!". Lance: It was Microsoft, SAP did one in 2014. And I think they're a fantastic example of what's been going wrong in this industry, which was here's our great new technology. Lance: Yep.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Nvidia’s $40 billion bid to acquire Arm has officially ended, Softbank announced on Monday citing “significant regulatory challenges.” Read more.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

We captured the transition from a couple companies shipping development tools to hobbyists into a fast-moving industry driven by some of the world’s largest tech companies, each of which is selling increasingly sophisticated systems directly to consumers. The transition for both the VR industry, and for UploadVR internally, has been enormous.

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Bernard Marr

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

These are companies – often giants of their own industries – that have adopted and adapted to the AI revolution rather than, as is the case with tech giants, being born from it. By their reckoning, this elite group makes up less than one percent of the world’s largest companies. Why is this?

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

Alan: With the coronavirus and all these events being canceled, there's an opportunity for this industry to really springboard itself. And one of the things that we've been working on -- and I've been part of -- is the Khronos Group. There's a working group inside the Khronos Group called the 3D Commerce Group.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

Alan: With the coronavirus and all these events being canceled, there's an opportunity for this industry to really springboard itself. And one of the things that we've been working on -- and I've been part of -- is the Khronos Group. There's a working group inside the Khronos Group called the 3D Commerce Group.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2020

2019 started out slow as the industry waited with baited breath for the launch of the latest wave of headsets, but things started heating up once they finally hit the market. Here’s a look at the biggest headset launches of 2019 and what they’ve meant to the industry so far. Oculus Quest. Image courtesy Oculus.

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