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Sony Acquires Beyond Sports to Expand Metaverse Solutions

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

” Rival firm Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard to expand its portfolio of solutions in a historic $68 billion deal. This has greatly expanded Microsoft’s future ambitions for metaverse technologies such as cloud computing, digital avatars, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and others.

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The Knight Foundation launches $750,000 initiative for immersive technology for the arts

TechCrunch VR

Through a partnership with Microsoft the foundation is offering a share of a $750,00 pool of cash and the option of technical support from Microsoft, including mentoring in mixed-reality technologies and access to the company’s suite of mixed reality technologies. . Project lead: Nicole Keating | Miami | @ArshtCenter.

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Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

XR for Business Podcast

It was a talk I did at the Miami VR Expo. So you can actually use Amazon, Alexa to help you with stuff. You've got Microsoft -- who's invested billions of dollars in Hololens 2 -- and they're even struggling with some color banding issues. And I actually did a presentation last year with the Focals on, trying to make this work.

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Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

XR for Business Podcast

It was a talk I did at the Miami VR Expo. So you can actually use Amazon, Alexa to help you with stuff. You've got Microsoft -- who's invested billions of dollars in Hololens 2 -- and they're even struggling with some color banding issues. And I actually did a presentation last year with the Focals on, trying to make this work.

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Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

XR for Business Podcast

It was a talk I did at the Miami VR Expo. So you can actually use Amazon, Alexa to help you with stuff. You've got Microsoft -- who's invested billions of dollars in Hololens 2 -- and they're even struggling with some color banding issues. And I actually did a presentation last year with the Focals on, trying to make this work.

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