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Spatial Beats: Microsoft Mesh, Niantic & VR Training

AR Insider

This week, we look at takeaways from Microsoft Ignite, Space X, Pokemon Go and VR training from Bank of America. The company is going all in on Mixed Reality, to paraphrase its chief executive Satya Nadella, who used Microsoft’s AltspaceVR platform for his keynote. Bank of America is bringing VR instruction to its 4,000 banks.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.08): Microsoft launches Mesh, HTC and Pico tease new hardware, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Microsoft announces Mesh, an XR collaboration platform. Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. But since Microsoft owns one of those studios (and using it costs around $100K/day if I remember well!), You are all fantastic! Here you are my flower for you!

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Our First Look At Microsoft HoloLens 2

VRScout

Microsoft debuts their latest mixed reality device at Mobile World Conference 2019. The first time I tried the HoloLens I knew I was experiencing the first generation of a game-changing technology. So, here’s the full low-down on Microsoft’s newest immersive device: It’s all about the Cloud. Spatial Anchors.

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Microsoft and Labor Union Reach a Neutrality Agreement

GizModo VR

The Communications Workers of America announced today via press release that they have reached a labor neutrality agreement with Microsoft. The agreement has five core provisions, the most notable of which is Microsoft agreeing to remain neutral in employee unionization efforts. Read more.

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Report: Meta in Talks with Magic Leap for Multiyear AR Headset Tech Deal

Road to VR

A report from the Financial Times maintains Meta is currently in talks with AR headset creator Magic Leap to strike a multiyear deal, which could include intellectual property licensing and contract manufacturing of AR headsets in North America. Its majority stakeholder is Saudi Arabia’s state-owned sovereign wealth fund.

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Voted, Passed and Signed: XRA Commended the CHIPS and Science Act

ARPost

The legislation establishes “immersive technology,” a fundamental area of national technological development. The CHIPS and Science Act for the Emerging Technology Ecosystem. XRA Lobbied for the CHIPS Act to Include Immersive Technology. The XR Association has been a long advocate for innovative technologies.

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Which emerging technologies are enterprise companies getting serious about in 2020?

TechCrunch VR

They buy technologies that can solve problems they know about today, rather than those they may face a couple bends down the road. Rather than asking large companies about which technologies they were experimenting with, we created four buckets, based on what you might call “commitment level.” (Our Augmented reality/mixed reality.