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You Can Now Donate Blood While Immersed In Mixed Reality

VRScout

According to America’s Blood Centers , the United States has been suffering from a noticeable lack of blood donors below the age of 30 over the past 10 years; roughly 30% to be more exact. Sandhu, CEO of Stanford Blood Center and chairperson of Blood Centers of America. Nervous around needles? Mixed reality is here to help.

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Our First Look At Microsoft HoloLens 2

VRScout

Microsoft debuts their latest mixed reality device at Mobile World Conference 2019. Over these past three and a half years, Microsoft has been listening to their customers, claims HoloLens inventor and Microsoft Technical Fellow Alex Kipman as he took his turn on stage. More immersive. Spatial Anchors.

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AWE EU 2022 Is Headed for Lisbon

ARPost

It was for America, but it’s the Augmented World Expo – there are three live AWE conferences throughout the year. On day one, Jeremy Moussai and David Hinojosa of Nestlé will talk with Justin Perry of Immerse and Sara Boss of VRdirect about “Scaling XR at Nestlé.” Microsoft, Google, the XRA – and That’s Just One Talk.

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Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Review: Stylish Immersion

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

The basic specs include: 12MP ultra-wide portrait camera 1080px video resolution Live streaming mode for up to 30 minutes 32GB of storage for videos and photos 133grams weight Custom-built speakers Five mics with immersive audio recording Bluetooth 5.2 There’s no option to link to Microsoft Teams or a similar collaboration app.

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

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While no significant announcements dropped, a handful of vendor updates paint a clear picture of the future of immersive hardware and its distribution. Firms like Microsoft and PICO are refining their pre-existing MR offerings to cement their legacy in the device race. Increasingly, it seems that MR devices may lead the way.

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Vodafone ‘Shifts the Paradigm’ from XR Headsets to AR Glasses

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Juho Sarvikas, President of North America at Qualcomm , which is the company behind Snapdragon, showed his support for the HyperRealityHub via LinkedIn: “Love the innovative thinking here… Vodafone and #Snapdragon are working on a split compute solution enabling next generation #XR glasses and home entertainment experiences.

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Is the Hololens 3 Coming Next Year?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Last week, in an official Microsoft Hololens 2 blog post , Microsoft’s Vice President of Mixed Reality (MR), Scott Evans , alluded to a new headset iteration in the near future – when the technology is ready. Microsoft aims to design a Hololens 2 successor device that enables end-users a higher return on investment.