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Oculus ‘Rift S’ Will Be Present At GDC 2019

VRScout

Recently, reports have begun circulating that the availability of Oculus Rift headsets have been on the decline the past few weeks, disappearing entirely from Amazon, Microsoft, and Best Buy. The post Oculus ‘Rift S’ Will Be Present At GDC 2019 appeared first on VRScout. Oculus Quest / Image Credit: Oculus.

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Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars? Part II: Microsoft

AR Insider

After examining Amazon last week, it’s time to zero in on Microsoft. In addition to standard audio fare like music and phone calls, they’ll integrate natively with Microsoft products like Office. ’ It turns out that its motivations are similar to Amazon’s. Microsoft had a similar fate in smartphone era.

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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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AWE EU 2022 Is Headed for Lisbon

ARPost

Later that morning (on a smaller stage), Meta ’s Jasmine Oh will present “Designing for Integrity in VR.” On day two, Meta’s Monica Ares will present “The Future of Learning is ‘Tribrid’: Building an Ecosystem for Learning in the Metaverse.”. Microsoft, Google, the XRA – and That’s Just One Talk. The Usual Suspects.

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How Different XR Companies Approach Cloud Services

ARPost

Varjo’s “ Reality Cloud ” allows users to join XR meetings including remotely present coworkers and virtual assets. Likewise, AutoDesk offers its XR cloud services through a partnership with Amazon. A similar relationship exists between Azure and Microsoft’s MR hardware. Not all XR companies offer their own cloud services.

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Can Wearables Set the Stage for AR Glasses? Part II

AR Insider

That includes Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Snap and others. Speaking of direct consumer touchpoints, Amazon blitzed the wearables market in 2019 as a delivery system for Alexa. The situation is similar with Microsoft. This is all about triangulating product roadmaps based on tech giants’ financial motivations.

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The 3 Most Common Arguments Against VR Why They’re Wrong

Road to VR

The most popular headset used on Steam right now is the Oculus Rift S [Amazon] which costs $400 brand new. SEE ALSO Cas & Chary Present: Why Working Out in VR is Game-changing. Microsoft and partners like HP, Asus, Samsung, Acer, and Dell launched a batch of ‘Windows Mixed Reality’ headsets [Amazon] a few years ago.

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