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Smart Glasses? It’s all about perspective.

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Imagine your Youtube friends enjoying your breathtaking death ride on a mountain bike somewhere in a canyon deep down in Utah. These glasses rightfully lack a display and allow you to just focus on the reality in front of you. By definition these glasses truly augment reality for one eye while keeping the other one focused on reality.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.01): Sony confirms PSVR 2, Facebook teases Quest 2 Pro, and more!

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All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. This means that if you develop an experience using OpenXR, you can run it on Oculus, SteamVR, and Microsoft runtimes with no modification. Learn more.

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Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 Dominates Healthcare Market, Report Finds

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VisAR (augmented reality) published a paper on Friday in a recent issue of healthcare journal SPINE , outlining the firm’s exploration into immersive medical solutions. In a Microsoft study , the firm reported its MR device reduces training costs by roughly $1,440 per trainee. million, and a 3-year payback estimation.