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Big XR News from PICO, Meta, Microsoft, and Samsung

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Firms like Microsoft and PICO are refining their pre-existing MR offerings to cement their legacy in the device race. ” The OS’ smart algorithms reduce tracking errors, such as virtual hand jitter and flicker, to make its product’s controller-less inputs more accurate and stable. However, MR is already here.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.26): WMR gets discontinued, Meta to showcase an impressive AR prototype, and more!

The Ghost Howls

(PS Remember that there is an ongoing giveaway of physical copies of the Sam&Max game for PSVR for all people in North America! But unluckily, their tracking performance was bad, especially for what concerns controllers, the manufacturing quality was debatable, and especially Microsoft never invested enough into dedicated content.

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VR/AR Association Enterprise Forum Showcases XR in Business and Industry

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The one-day marathon event drew together a number of the usual suspects, including Varjo, Lenovo, and Microsoft, all of whom hosted keynotes. Enterprises are creating a new reality of work,” Microsoft Canada’s Azure Mixed Reality Lead Sean Graglia said in a later keynote. “MR How Enterprise Leverages XR, According to Microsoft.

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A Closer Look at the HP Reverb G2

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All of this was to hype the launch of preorders in North America on May 28. Where the Reverb really comes into its own is gesture control. Both Valve and Microsoft collaborated with HP on the headset. Don’t worry – preorders open across Europe and Asia on July 6. The actual shipment is expected to begin this autumn.

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HTC VIVE VR Headset Now Available on Amazon

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Exposing this $800 VR platform to millions of new buyers in North America. The Taiwanese manufacturer made the sales expansion announcement Thursday, adding to the list of retailers like Microsoft and GameStop retailers, as well as online outlets like Micro Center and Newegg.

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AWE 2023 Day 2: Lenovo VRX and Sightful SpaceTop have been the surprises of the show floor

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Front view of the device and its controllers (Photo with a big thank you to Brian and my patron Lynn Eades!) Controllers Top view of the controller Lateral view of the controller The controllers feature the usual control schema with one thumbstick, two buttons, one trigger, and one grip button.

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Data Dive: How Effective is VR Training?

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It found that content delivered in this format produced greater memory retention than a control group. For example, Bank of America just launched a program across 4,000 branches. Post-training performance also grew 230 percent for the VR group versus 17 percent for the control group. Source: PwC. Medical Training.

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