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US Navy Taps Microsoft's HoloLens for Augmented Reality War Games System

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Simulated training can help soldiers and sailors learn how to use their weapons safely, but simulations can sometimes lack the stressful environment of a real firefight. That's why the US Navy has developed a more realistic augmented reality simulator that runs on the Microsoft HoloLens.

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How to Create an Augmented Reality App: Technology Guide 2022

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Due to these variables, the augmented reality market is set to reach a value of $502 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 62.7%, according to Research and Markets. If you’re planning to become part of these percentages with your augmented reality project, you should know about all the nuances of AR app development.

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Best Uses of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in Video Games

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While we wait, we compiled a list of the most exciting video games that feature different use cases of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) as key plot devices. As a child, Aloy obtained a Focus, a small augmented reality device that gives her special perceptive abilities. Pick up any of these games!

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This AR App Teaches You How To Play The Piano

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Learning to play the piano is getting an immersive upgrade with a new augmented reality (AR) piano training software called Music Everywhere. The app was the first Augmented Reality music learning platform to take first prize in Microsoft’s HoloLens Developer Contest , beating more than one-thousand submissions.

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How to Use Avatars for Microsoft Teams

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This Monday, Microsoft introduced Avatar for Teams , an immersive service for joining meetings as a virtual human. While Microsoft has not yet distributed the avatar framework across Teams as a full-blown public feature, users can get a taste of Avatars for Teams with a few simple steps. Users must select this option. .’

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The HoloLens 2 AR Headset Can Now Be Used While Driving

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Microsoft has partnered with German automotive manufacturer Volkswagon to develop an AR (augmented reality) GPS navigation system powered by Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset. In 2018, Microsoft and Volkswagon partnered once again to solve this long-running conundrum.

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Training for the Future: AR Marketing Course at Brock University in Canada

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Catherines (Ontario) university has recently enlisted professor Joachim Scholz, who spent the last six years researching and teaching augmented reality at California Polytechnic State University. So far, universities are teaching digital marketing with augmented reality as a small component of the overall curriculum.

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