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OCTOBER 14, 2016

As the virtual reality industry makes its way through this highly important first year of commercial availability for its flagship headsets, it is being bolstered by most of the major tech companies. Google , Intel, Facebook and Microsoft have all either already begun or announced significant VR initiatives in the past 12-24 months.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

Los Angeles, CA (April 12, 2018) – Experience next generation immersive technologies and explore “A New Reality” at VRLA, the leading virtual and augmented reality expo, May 4-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Special announcements from Intel, with Kumar Kaushik, GM, Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality.

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ARVR

AUGUST 25, 2022

Currently, no augmented reality platform allows user avatars to live, work and shop in what many call the next version of the Internet. And it is not clear how and whether augmented reality projects will converge and integrate to become this vision. What companies call the “metaverse” varies greatly.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

As HoloLens filters its way into more developers’ hands, we’re beginning to see some of the true potential in Microsoft’s ‘Holographic’ augmented reality headset. So what if there was a tool which allowed an SFX artists to build his effects and try them out, in real time, overlaid into reality?

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ARPost

MARCH 7, 2023

In-person hosts, producers, presenters, and an audience gathered at ZeroSpace , an XR stage and motion capture studio in Brooklyn. Their actions on the stage were volumetrically captured and displayed in The Polys’ AltspaceVR environment, similar to the launch of Microsoft Mesh.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 24, 2023

It read that Apple designed the device jointly with Sony Group Corp, which will feature high-resolution displays and augmented reality (AR) full-colour passthrough. The Japanese firm has also massively expanded its extended reality (XR) ambitions with a SWORD Online metaverse platform for hosting events.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

Given its great expertise in image analysis and its big user base, Snap is another company to keep an eye on for the future of augmented reality. Microsoft signs a $22B deal with the US Army. It seems that this test has been a success, and so now Microsoft has won now a bigger contract to carry on the project: $21.88B (!!)

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 31, 2022

While Meta focuses on creating virtual reality environments, companies like Microsoft and Nvidia are developing metaverse environments for collaborating and working on digital projects. Virtual and augmented reality. Anyone who has been paying attention, however, will have realized that these visions often differ greatly.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Facebook and Microsoft publish two interesting research projects for VR. This week, Facebook and Microsoft have released two interesting works from their R&D department. My friend Nicolas Esposito of Enter Reality has released Project Rigel, his solution to provide full-body tracking and motion capture for Unreal Engine.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Microsoft finally enables Research Mode on HoloLens 2. A group of creatives is proposing a live motion capture VR opera based on the murder mystery steampunk opera “Miranda”. The good thing is that this headset comes with SuperHot included , and this is for sure a great game its Chinese customers will appreciate. Check it out!

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Road to VR

JULY 12, 2019

At three successive WWDC dev conferences, the company has also showcased iterative versions of ARKit, the iOS-based augmented reality developer tool. SEE ALSO Apple Offers Impressive Web-based AR Previews of New Mac Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

Thanks to RTX, that is supported by Direct X’s Ray Tracing API DXR, that have been announced by Microsoft in the same days, we can have real-time photorealistic renderings. Well, some years after that statements of my teachers, it is possible to have real-time raytracing.

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Steki Amusement

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Some foreign companies have successively announced VR theme park projects with the intention of applying VR (virtual reality) & AR (augmented reality) technologies to theme parks. At the same time, the work of combining VR technology with traditional theme parks is also underway.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Microsoft has acquired Zenimax for $7.5B. In-between the console wars, Microsoft has bought Bethesda’s parent company, Zenimax, for $7.5B. Microsoft has not announced a VR headset for the Xbox, but could it be interested in creating more VR games for PC? And again, will these games support the new PSVR2 headset? Let’s dream!).

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Bernard Marr

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology will continue to advance. In fact, Microsoft and Nvidia are already developing metaverse platforms for collaborating on digital projects. We’ll also see more advanced avatar technology in the new year.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

I had a wonderful opportunity to speak with you many times, and we are both very, very passionate about virtual and augmented reality. Speaking of high-end headsets, let’s touch on some of the AR headsets — or the augmented reality, or mixed reality — headsets. What are your thoughts on that?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

I had a wonderful opportunity to speak with you many times, and we are both very, very passionate about virtual and augmented reality. We have a lot to go through; we're going to go through all of the different hardware aspects involved in Virtual/Mixed/Augmented Reality -- XR -- and it's not just the headsets or headphones.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

I had a wonderful opportunity to speak with you many times, and we are both very, very passionate about virtual and augmented reality. Speaking of high-end headsets, let’s touch on some of the AR headsets — or the augmented reality, or mixed reality — headsets. What are your thoughts on that?

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. Founder CEO of #JaduAR he is working on Building the future of musical experiences with Augmented Reality. More Power, Success & Funding Support to the Asian XR Ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Microsoft confirms (again) it wants to build consumer HoloLens. Alex Kipman, the mind behind Microsoft HoloLens, has confirmed again in an interview that Microsoft will one day build a consumer version of HoloLens. Track your body in VR with just two webcams.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The key message to come out of Google I/O this year was that the company largely abandoned its plans to push forward the development of headsets and content for VR effectively retiring the Daydream and focusing on Augmented Reality features for the Google Lens instead. Sony’s Next Move. Valve’s Long Game. HoloLens Army.

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