XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This year, the Immerse Global Summit is evolving thanks to a partnership with Synapse Orlando, a group dedicated to fostering innovation in Florida’s thriving tech community. Speakers include Andrew Macaulay and Mike McCarley from the TMRW Sports Group and Jason Siegel from the Greater Orlando Sports Commission.

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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. The Under Presents “The Tempest”. Linden Research a.k.a.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

(Image by Microsoft). According to Reuters, Microsoft’s executive vice president Harry Shum took the stage at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai and said that the HoloLens 2 will be released sometime in September of this year. It is not on sale on US HP Store and will be on Amazon US next month.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Yesterday Apple held a keynote presentation to update the world on their latest products. Given the size of the AR/VR market today, and its practical applications for a broad groups of users, it’s too early for the company to execute that plan. It’s too early for Apple to jump into the AR/VR game.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. Microsoft admits display problems on HoloLens 2. Microsoft negated the issue, but now, after continuous reporting from users, it has been forced to admit it.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

So while the technology is amazing, it’s important we also tune our expectations: this is a vision of the future, not of the present of XR. 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.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

You could make motions with your hand and it would detect your muscle movements and you could control computers, music, do presentation control. And then, the one thing that I tried to use on stage last year -- but it just wasn't quite ready -- was the ability to see your presentation notes. So this kind of went on your upper forearm.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

You could make motions with your hand and it would detect your muscle movements and you could control computers, music, do presentation control. And then, the one thing that I tried to use on stage last year -- but it just wasn't quite ready -- was the ability to see your presentation notes. So this kind of went on your upper forearm.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. Image by Khronos Group).

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

You could make motions with your hand and it would detect your muscle movements and you could control computers, music, do presentation control. And then, the one thing that I tried to use on stage last year -- but it just wasn't quite ready -- was the ability to see your presentation notes. So this kind of went on your upper forearm.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

So with spacial anchors, if you can -- as a team leader and as a presenter -- drop an object onto the table in front of you, everybody else can pick up their phones and look at that object as well. And one of the things that we've been working on -- and I've been part of -- is the Khronos Group. So that's one option. It's instalod.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

So with spacial anchors, if you can -- as a team leader and as a presenter -- drop an object onto the table in front of you, everybody else can pick up their phones and look at that object as well. And one of the things that we've been working on -- and I've been part of -- is the Khronos Group. So that's one option. It's instalod.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

So with spacial anchors, if you can -- as a team leader and as a presenter -- drop an object onto the table in front of you, everybody else can pick up their phones and look at that object as well. And one of the things that we've been working on -- and I've been part of -- is the Khronos Group. So that's one option. It's instalod.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We plan to go online with it on Amazon or Netflix and present it like that, and then have it be an additional thing that maybe Netflix or Amazon has on their platform in the Oculus or HTC. Alan: I actually recently did an interview with a group at a Toronto and they were using stereoscopic 180. No one knows who Meta was.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

And then they present what they’re thinking. I think that was one of the biggest challenges over the last few years, was… well, put it this way: Amazon has 1.5 billion products for sale on Amazon. They’re a group that consolidates the industry, things like MP4s and stuff like that. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

And then they present what they’re thinking. I think that was one of the biggest challenges over the last few years, was… well, put it this way: Amazon has 1.5 billion products for sale on Amazon. They’re a group that consolidates the industry, things like MP4s and stuff like that. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. So you have this huge group of people retiring from jobs that they’ve been in for 20, 30, 40 years. It gets information presented. It’s a matter of months now, that Microsoft is shipping a new HoloLens; some other companies are shipping glasses.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. So you have this huge group of people retiring from jobs that they’ve been in for 20, 30, 40 years. It gets information presented. It’s a matter of months now, that Microsoft is shipping a new HoloLens; some other companies are shipping glasses.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Alan: It’s so interesting you say that because for the last three years, I feel like we had to start every presentation with, “OK, hat is the difference between AR and VR? Alan: With the Kronos Group announcing the OpenXR standards now, I think it’s going to become easier and easier for people to build on this.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Alan: It’s so interesting you say that because for the last three years, I feel like we had to start every presentation with, “OK, hat is the difference between AR and VR? Alan: With the Kronos Group announcing the OpenXR standards now, I think it’s going to become easier and easier for people to build on this.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

And ABC Australia is kind of like the BBC; they’re a government-funded media company, and two or three years ago, they saw AR as an interesting way to present information and to engage. Microsoft’s got a great product around it. He worked for Microsoft last year. Paul: Yeah. So, it’s coming. Paul: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

And ABC Australia is kind of like the BBC; they’re a government-funded media company, and two or three years ago, they saw AR as an interesting way to present information and to engage. Microsoft’s got a great product around it. He worked for Microsoft last year. Paul: Yeah. So, it’s coming. Paul: Yeah.

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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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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

And ABC Australia is kind of like the BBC; they're a government-funded media company, and two or three years ago, they saw AR as an interesting way to present information and to engage. Microsoft's got a great product around it. He worked for Microsoft last year. Paul: Yeah. So, it's coming. Paul: Yeah. Without a doubt.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

I’m actually one of the founding members of the Open Air Cloud Group and Kronos Group is is really kind of trying to pull together these standards for 3D, as well for e-commerce. I know there’s a group right now trying to standardize 3D objects for e-commerce and retail because right now it’s a dog’s breakfast.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

I’m actually one of the founding members of the Open Air Cloud Group and Kronos Group is is really kind of trying to pull together these standards for 3D, as well for e-commerce. I know there’s a group right now trying to standardize 3D objects for e-commerce and retail because right now it’s a dog’s breakfast.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

I'm actually one of the founding members of the Open Air Cloud Group and Kronos Group is is really kind of trying to pull together these standards for 3D, as well for e-commerce. I know there's a group right now trying to standardize 3D objects for e-commerce and retail because right now it's a dog's breakfast.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

We’ve got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. Kent: It reminds me of– I have gone to Microsoft Build for the last three years, and that’s a good place to kind of see some of the AR demos that are there in terms of the partners with Microsoft.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

We've got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. And their response actually, I hadn't considered was: when you're in a group -- let's say you're four people in an office, and you're face to face -- you still want to see those people. Alan: Yeah, it falls apart.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

We’ve got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. Kent: It reminds me of– I have gone to Microsoft Build for the last three years, and that’s a good place to kind of see some of the AR demos that are there in terms of the partners with Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. Amazon sold me a moulded nylon grip for an AR-15 airsoft rifle… it was time to start work building my first development “Mule”. Image provided by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

In the presentation video, there is clearly the mention of the fact that the future will be untethered. Every company collects data, but I trust more companies like Apple, Microsoft, HTC, Valve who have other business models (like selling games, cloud services, phones, games) and so can guarantee better privacy to the user.

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