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Report: Microsoft Braces for Negative Field Tests of Military HoloLens

Road to VR

Microsoft is supposedly gearing up to field test its HoloLens-based military AR headset, however a new report contends the company is bracing for impact, as it’s expecting negative feedback from soldiers. Microsoft’s IVAS contract has allegedly seen delays and quality problems. On our private roadmap.

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How Microsoft Is Leading A War On Deepfakes

VRScout

Microsoft’s new tool detects digital manipulation in real-time based on nearly invisible imperfections. It’s likely you’ve seen this technology used before. Of course, like any fledgling technology, it’s just a matter of time until someone abuses its power to fit their own nefarious agenda.

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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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U.S. Army To Receive 100,000 Microsoft HoloLens Headsets

VRScout

Microsoft lands $479M contract to put the MR headsets into the hands of soldiers in active combat zones. Army thanks to a huge $479 million contract between the legendary military branch and Microsoft. Unfortunately, the device never caught on the way Microsoft had hoped for with roughly 50,000 initial sales worldwide.

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XR Technology for Industry According to Unity’s Andre Gauthier

ARPost

While missing the social aspect is regrettable, the meat of the XR technology event is hearing people talk, and that can be done from anywhere. That means that we have special access to the speakers from the XR technology industry. Their footprint in the XR technology world specifically is pretty huge as well. Unity Reflect.

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Looking Forward to XR Technology at the VRARA?s VR/AR Global Summit

ARPost

Even though our focus this week has been on AWE , we can’t forget that another huge XR technology conference is taking place next week. The three-day XR technology online conference has over 165 registered speakers. A lot of our readers may have just clicked off the article. Notable Speakers and Panelists.

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Lift Off for HoloLens! The US Space Force and Microsoft Build a AR Space Simulation

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

The US Space Systems Command (SSC) has renewed its partnership with Microsoft as it builds an augmented reality (AR) space simulation. Moreover, Microsoft Azure will host the environment within its commercial and government clouds, with classified and unclassified entry requirements, depending on the mission’s context.