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Microsoft Now Hosts Free HoloLens Demos Across US & Canada

Road to VR

Haven’t been able to make it to any of the big gaming expos (or you don’t know anyone with the $3,000 AR headset)? Microsoft Stores across the US and Canada are now hosting free HoloLens demos, so you can finally see what the hubbub is all about. Chandler, Chandler Fashion Center. Orlando, Mall at Millenia.

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Qualcomm announces AR2 chip to pave the road to the augmented reality glasses of the future

The Ghost Howls

Unluckily I haven’t been able to go to Hawaii to enjoy the live announcement (and enjoy some drinks on the seaside), but I attended a preview of the presentation dedicated to the press, so I’m able to tell you everything I’ve learned about this new chip, and why it is so important for me. Why AR TWO Gen ONE?

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Qualcomm Q3 Earnings Look to Meta, OPPO XR Partnerships

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

It has also launched similar projects for enterprise, consumer, and industrial devices with Microsoft. The latest MR Glass headset comes after subsequent iterations, including a proof of concept (PoC) and OPPO AR Glass in 2019 and 2021, respectively. OPPO also launched two OPPO Air Glass products in recent years.

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Magic Leap’s LEAP Con 2018 round-up: all the major announcements in only one place

The Ghost Howls

” , that are all the member states of the USA, excluded Alaska and Hawaii. It is a set of very high-quality headphones that are able to offer truly immersive and spatial audio, with a unique feature that lets you blend the audio of the AR experience and of your real world in an optimized way. But with another name.

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Jake Rowell: How The best VR Experience Came to Life

VRWorld

Coming from Hawaii, Jake brings a laid back, creative spirit but hardworking ethics which brought a lot of success. Jake Rowell: You can blame Neville ( Neville Spiteri, co-founder and CEO, WeVR ) for bringing me from Hawaii to Los Angeles. Be on Hawaii in a way that you could not be before? Why not have a third experience?

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Digitizing Burning Man

TechCrunch VR

While some focus their efforts on virtual reality, others add social layers to video chat or build 3D environments on top of existing platforms like Second Life or Microsoft’s AltspaceVR. Each of the VR experiences will also allow users to join on mobile or desktop, an effort to ensure that the apps are more widely accessible.

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