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The Apple Effect: Magic Leap Founder’s Previous Company Launches App on Vision Pro

Road to VR

Apple’s significant impact on the market tends to draw attention from companies that might not have otherwise entered a specific product category—aka “The Apple Effect.” So why Apple, and why now? So why Apple, and why now? And that’s in spite of its $3,500 price tag.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.01.23): Microsoft shuts down Altspace and MRTK, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft lays off 10,000 employees and shuts down its mixed reality projects This is seriously a bad period for the tech industry in general, and of course also for mixed reality. For sure, not having Microsoft backing it will slow down a lot of its development.

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

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For example, Apple’s wearables are seeing strong revenue growth and offsetting smartphone revenue deceleration in the near term. After examining Amazon last week, it’s time to zero in on Microsoft. Microsoft had a similar fate in smartphone era. So how do wireless earbuds better position Microsoft?

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Microsoft Teams Introduces Frontline AR Tools for iOS, Android

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Microsoft highlights how companies can benefit from Team’s enterprise-ready and proven end-to-end encryption, data loss prevention, and compliance certifications when leveraging the AR service. Microsoft is planning for device-wide general availability in 2024.

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The AR Space Race, Part VII: Microsoft

AR Insider

As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” Apple signals interest in location-relevant AR through its geo-anchors and Project Gobi. continuing here with Microsoft. What’s Microsoft’s XR Play? ” But it’s not alone. Cloud-Forward.

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Microsoft 365 and CoPilot to Debut on Vision Pro

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Tomorrow, to mark the potentially paradigm-shifting device, the Apple Vision Pro, Microsoft is officially launching immersive Office 365 and Co-Pilot software solutions ready for Apple’s US XR marketplace debut. Microsoft 365 for Vision Pro: What’s New?

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Microsoft Patents Hot-Swappable Battery for AR Smart Glasses

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Microsoft has recently been awarded a patent to install hot-swappable battery functionality into a future pair of augmented reality (AR) smart glasses, reports revealed. According to MSPowerUser, Microsoft published the patents on 5 October, revealing a potentially strong competitor to current smart glass providers with its modular design.