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AUGUST 21, 2023

More info Other relevant news (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft discontinues Kinect for Azure Microsoft has decided to discontinue its latest iteration of the Kinect sensor, dubbed Kinect For Azure DK. Microsoft will stop selling its Kinect For Azure sensor in October 2023, or until the supplies last. This seems good.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Actually, this week, Microsoft’s new mixed reality VP Scott Evans said that Microsoft is carrying on many innovations in various technological fields, and it is expecting the right time to release an update of the HoloLens. The survey takes about 15 minutes and covers VR, AR, and mixed reality sectors. Enrico Poli.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

I don’t know for whom this is “affordable”, maybe Tim Cook, Bill Gates, or people that have sold both kidneys… More info Microsoft completes the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard After many months of legal disputes, Microsoft has finally received the green light to acquire Activision-Blizzard.

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MAY 30, 2023

But this piece of news is not here for its technological value, but because of its human value. In the meanwhile, Microsoft is working on a 1.1 More info Microsoft adds Mesh features to Teams At the annual Build event, Microsoft has not announced any stellar XR- or metaverse-related news.

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JANUARY 15, 2023

Congress is stopping the acquisition of more Microsoft IVAS headset. The story of the IVAS, the modified HoloLens system that Microsoft is building for the army, is becoming always more similar to a soap opera. This is a decision that is not going to make Microsoft happy. Vooiage Technologies. Stephen Robnett.

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MARCH 20, 2023

More info (First hardware leak about Apple headset) More info (New software leak about RealityOS) News worth a mention (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft Teams to integrate 3D avatars Microsoft is finally integrating Microsoft Teams with Microsoft Mesh , as it was promised some time ago.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

He clearly said that: “I don’t know how to more unequivocally state that we’re continuing to focus on Reality Labs and the metaverse”. And he’s not the only believer: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella indicated Mixed Reality as one of the top three trends to follow for 2024. It so seems like an always-on tracker for healthcare (e.g.

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JUNE 26, 2023

More info News worth a mention (Image by Microsoft) Xbox executives are still not interested in XR Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty has reiterated the fact that Xbox is not interested in implementing VR because it’s too niche. Learn more Zwift controllers use TG0 technologies Do you remember the Etee controllers by TG0 ?

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

IVAS is meant to increase the capabilities of the soldiers deployed on the field thanks to the support of augmented reality glasses. The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

Micro-LEDs are an important technology, especially for building AR glasses. I love how they are jumping on the hype with humor, more companies should do that (Thanks Tom Ffiske for this tip) Decentralized technologies are great, but be careful that are scams, bots, and hackers also operating in this world. More info (Ethereum hack).

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APRIL 17, 2023

This is just the nth lesson about why you should never fall for the hype… More info Some news about AI Zipnerf is a new cool Nerf technology. More info 6G may be important to build the metaverse According to a recent report, 6G, with its high network capabilities, is a fundamental technology to arrive at building the metaverse.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

There is even Microsoft Word! More info Discover XR at CES This year, I didn’t manage to write my usual roundup of XR news at CES, but luckily I’ve found that Tom Emrich wrote a summary of the most interesting things he saw, and Charlie Fink made also an interesting roundup of the XR technologies that help in accessibility.

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JUNE 13, 2022

EMG technology (the one by CTRL+Labs) is the one that Meta has identified as the best of XR interactions, so it is crucial for the company to integrate it inside its smartwatches. Rumors already talk about a new AR headset produced by Microsoft in collaboration with Samsung that should substitute it, but we have no sure info about it.

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JULY 31, 2023

More info Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon release open map dataset A group called the Overture Maps Foundation, which includes Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and TomTom, has released its first open map dataset, including 59 million “points of interest,” such as restaurants and landmarks. Learn more News from partners (and friends) Why WebXR?

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JULY 18, 2022

In my opinion, Magic Leap 2 is a superior device to HoloLens 2 (see my hands-on here ), so I think that with these prices, it can have good success in the enterprise market, starting to gain shares with regard to Microsoft. It will launch with VR controllers, and will be expensive because it contains a lot of new technology.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Zuckerberg performed the announcement together with Qualcomm CEO, and he explained it by saying: “ We’re working with Qualcomm Technologies on customized virtual reality chipsets ?—?powered powered by Snapdragon XR platforms and technology?—?for And now here you are the link to donate: Support The Red Cross in Ukraine.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

I’m pretty excited to receive this headset because I want to see the clarity of the images everyone is talking about and I also want to play around with mixed reality, a technology I am a big fan of. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

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MARCH 28, 2022

The employees of NextMind will keep working on BCIs, as part of the R&D of Snap, to evaluate the integration of NextMind technology inside future Snap products. Probably, NextMind had in its R&D more sophisticated technologies, and Snap is buying the company for them. More info (Snap acquires NextMind?—?Road Other news.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The past week has been a pretty interesting one for the tech world: between Microsoft Ignite, Unity Unite, and the OpenAI drama, there has been a lot to follow. I’ll try to summarize all of that, especially for what concerns the announcements related to our XR space.

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MAY 30, 2022

VPS is a technology that implements the AR Cloud and creates a bridge between the real and the virtual world. Using the algorithms acquired with 6D.ai, Niantic can so finally let developers offer augmented reality experiences that are shared and persistent in a location, that is exactly what we need for our mixed reality future.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

If OpenAI wanted to slow down to have time to understand the consequences of this new type of AI, Microsoft would already ready be to hire all the talents of OpenAI and carry on AI developments by itself. Now Microsoft is discontinuing them , putting another nail in the coffin of the HoloLens.

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MARCH 27, 2023

We had at the same time the Game Developer Conference (the GDC) and the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) by NVIDIA, so we had lots of announcements about 3D technology in general and also about XR. And notwithstanding this new technology, it manages to also be smaller than the traditional Tracker.

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OCTOBER 17, 2022

Meta announces at Connect Quest Pro and a partnership with Microsoft. There have been a few key announcements at Connect: Meta has launched Quest Pro , its new premium headset, for $1500 Meta announced its focus on a new vertical, productivity Meta has partnered with Microsoft and Accenture to tackle the XR enterprise world.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

More info Snap is exploring generative AI At a specific question related to generative AI, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel answered that the company is exploring the technology. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Learn more Hand tracking is now available also in three.js

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

Instead of showing people how the “metaverse” is now with very rough images (that easily become memes) or how it may be in the future with some fluffy videos, Zuck has used the best technologies from the Meta R&D department: Meta’s Codec Avatars. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

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JULY 24, 2023

For me this is not a fortunate sentence: this is what Alex Kipman said about the HoloLens, a few weeks before the whole Microsoft Mixed Reality division was disbanded and he was fired from the company. 1 billion of this money is planned in Germany, with €500 million for a new Technology Campus in Erlangen.

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MARCH 7, 2022

Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. It is official news instead that Pico is partnering with Qualcomm on “XR hardware, software, developer tools, and technology road maps”.

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JUNE 27, 2022

The Metaverse Standards Forum has already gathered many important players of the XR sector like Unity, Unreal Engine, Meta, Microsoft, Lamina 1, NVIDIA, and even other relevant companies like IKEA and Adobe. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Header image by Meta).

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JUNE 4, 2023

According to the latest rumors, all this technology in a single package is very hard to manufacture, and Apple is having problems with the production line. Because all the technology in the world is useless if it has no purpose. But anyway, tomorrow will mark a watershed moment for our beloved XR technology.

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APRIL 4, 2022

Please stop speculating and start investing in features that can truly make it happen, like networking technologies, digital identity frameworks, interoperability standards, and so on…. Dedicated business mentoring , technology guidance and support. And now here you are the link to donate: Support The Red Cross in Ukraine.

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MAY 9, 2022

After the hype about NFTs, crypto-sales, and the whole Web3 world, the technology seems to be going towards its trough of disillusionment, following exactly what the Gartner Hype Cycle predicts for every new tech. The technology of the company should be used to manufacture next-gen XR glasses. Other relevant news. µm per pixel”.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Nothing mindblowing happened, but there have been some relevant announcements, there were many booths showcasing technologies related to XR, and there were also many people from the XR community attending. It seems that among emerging technologies, XR was one of the queens at CES , and this is great to know. Vooiage Technologies.

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