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Analysing the AWS Industrial Metaverse

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The industrial Metaverse is looking to be the XR buzzword of 2024. Since mid-2023, firms like Microsoft and Meta moved towards the wordage following the decline of faith towards the initial Metaverse wave towards the start of the year.

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Big XR News from Microsoft Ignite, Snap, Meta, and Valve

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However, with 2024 shaping up to be a monumental year for XR, with Microsoft, NVIDIA, Amazon, and Apple all putting major stakes and investments into the space, what companies do today could greatly influence the future of work. The firm is rolling out the features starting in early December this year for free.

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Power and Responsibility: Highlights from Microsoft Build

Tech Trends VR

We need to ask ourselves not only what computers can do, but what they should do,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in his opening keynote at Build. Microsoft sees the “intelligent cloud” as the backbone of this revolution. Microsoft want to enable developers to reach customers in a multi-sense, multi-device way Click To Tweet.

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Big XR News from Microsoft, Meta, AWS, Apple

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If the Vision Pro wave continues to push the industry forward, the marketplace will see itself refine itself to fit new expectations. The End of the Windows Mixed Reality In its latest Windows 11 24H2 update , Microsoft is removing some support frameworks for its MR hardware and software portfolio.

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The Real Reasons For Big Tech Layoffs At Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon

Bernard Marr

Microsoft, which is reported to have laid off around 10,000 employees, practically simultaneously announced that it plans to invest $10 billion in OpenAI, the creators of the viral application ChatGPT. Together, four of the biggest tech companies – Meta, Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft – have cut 50,000 jobs.

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Big XR News from AWE 2023, Siemens, Microsoft, Meta, and Nokia

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Earlier in the month, IGS 2023 lit up the stage in Orlando, showcasing the industry at large, and AWE EU 2023 followed up at the end of October with a bang. 2024 promises to bring a new breed of life to the growing industry based on the successes in Q4 of 2023.

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Amazon Set to Lay off 9,000 More Workers

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Amazon will reduce its workforce by 9,000 staff over the next few weeks across numerous products, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Chief Executive Andy Jassy announced in a staff memo on Monday. Causes and Effects of New Layoffs The news comes after the company winds down its COVID-19 hires, where staff numbers topped 1.6

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