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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. Tulsa, Woodland Hills.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.03.09): New Half-Life: Alyx videos and details, coronavirus makes events go virtual and much more!

The Ghost Howls

So I want to thank all the wonderful women that are part of our AR and VR community for what they do every day and I also wish them the best for their future. There will be various iterations of these prototypes and this research will be very important for Microsoft also for the design of the next generation of HoloLens.

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The Curious Relationship Between DVDs and VR

VR Playhouse

If this fact isn’t enough to convince you of the terrifying speed at which ideas and technology move, here’s another: A hundred years ago, the first supermarket was opened in Memphis, Tennessee. This is made increasingly more likely by the fact that Microsoft is releasing its own VR solutions later in the year. As I said, terrifying.

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How Are US Regulators Affecting Big Tech’s XR Plans?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Attorney generals from eight states—California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia—have joined the litigation. Other firms such as Amazon, Meta Platforms, and Microsoft have ordered redundancies across their workforces at 18,000, 11,000, and 12,000, respectively. Not Too Big to Fail?

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Can the Industrial Metaverse, XR Build Future Smart Cities?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Amid the rise of emerging technologies, many companies have turned to virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) solutions to initiate next-generational city planning. For software, they were working with startup companies like Microsoft and Adobe. It was like the light bulb went off. I had to learn how networks worked.

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