ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 How Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) can transform Education 3.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Microsoft’s mixed reality (MR) division is constantly under the microscope of the technology media landscape. In an opening statement, Seiler noted: The intent of this note is to help provide clarity to this community on our commitment to HoloLens 2 and the broader Mixed Reality program.

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CraneMorley

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Back to Blog Page. For those of you who missed the announcement last week Microsoft and Meta announced some big news. After Meta revealed their new VR headset Meta Quest Pro at Meta Connect, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg brought out Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. The definition of working from anywhere will take a whole new meaning.

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Road to VR

MAY 9, 2018

Later this year, Microsoft is increasing the cut developers earn when publishing on the Microsoft Store. Microsoft says in a blog post that gaming apps won’t see the raise from the standard percentage, which at the time of this writing is a standard 70/30 split. Check out more details on the Microsoft blog post.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Immersive technology has been around for longer than most people realise, and the recent market growth has led to new opportunities to work in virtual reality (VR). Grandview Research believes that the VR market will grow at a rate of 2.16% until 2027, and the extended reality (XR) market could soon be worth billions.

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Upload VR

MAY 27, 2022

A free expansion for Microsoft Flight Simulator brings the Top Gun experience to VR with new missions, challenges and aircraft. The blog post also detailed exactly what is included in the expansion. Microsoft Flight Simulator is available for PC and Xbox, with optional VR support for the former.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2020

It is the final newsletter of the year, so… see you in 2021, a new year that I hope will be filled with many interesting news about immersive realities! Microsoft Flight Simulator releases VR patch. Asobo and Microsoft have worked hard for this and on 22nd, the VR patch has been released. Top news of the week. Image by HP).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 21, 2023

It’s been a very pleasant week for me: on the 15th I celebrated the 7th Birthday of my blog , and it was terrific to receive greetings, compliments, and kind words from many people in the community! And what is a better way of celebrating my blog’s birthday than writing a new fantastic roundup of the best XR news of the week?

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Dispelling Common VR Myths and Misconceptions Despite the relatively widespread acceptance and use of virtual reality technology, there are still some myths and misconceptions that surround it. We’re already seeing key metaverse players coming together in the collaboration between Meta and Microsoft.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 25, 2023

AltspaceVR was a consumer-focused immersive space that could be accessed either via the desktop or through a virtual reality headset. Since its launch in 2016 , the platform has hosted big names and quickly became the go-to platform for virtual concerts, stand-up specials, and other metaverse happenings.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2024

Today a (positive) earthquake hit the virtual reality ecosystem: Meta has just opened up its walled garden, as a strategic move to expand its business in the virtual reality market. It has just authorized other VR OEMs to use its Quest operating system and blurred the lines between the Meta Quest Store and App Lab.

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The Ghost Howls

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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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In a previous blog post , I explained the underlying XR (Extended Reality) technologies that enable the Metaverse. WebXR Logo What is WebXR To understand what WebXR is, you need to first understand what Extended Reality is, luckily for you I’ve already written a blog post all about that? click here to check it out !

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The collaboration between Microsoft and Samsung is now over. Some months ago, some important magazines leaked that Microsoft might have abandoned the HoloLens project. According to a new leak, Microsoft scrapped the plans for a HoloLens 3, and also the collaboration with Samsung has been brought to an end. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Today I inaugurate a new column of this blog called “The Ghost’s Spotlight” in which I try to put the spotlight on some interesting VR projects that I tried or that I got to know. Microsoft Maquette. Microsoft Maquette is the ultimate VR tool by Microsoft to prototype fast in VR. The Great C.

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EON Reality

DECEMBER 20, 2023

” Satya Nadella: “Microsoft is developing AI-powered AR tools that can help students learn about anatomy, engineering, and other complex topics.” ” Melinda Gates: “Virtual reality can be a powerful tool for raising awareness about global issues and promoting empathy in education.”

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

The last dream of a girl has come true thanks to virtual reality, especially thanks to the big hearts of the people of the XR community. 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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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2020

To check if a PC meets the requirements to run Windows Mixed Reality, Microsoft offers the Windows Mixed Reality PC Check application. If the system meets all requirements, the Mixed Reality Portal should already be installed. It is also available in the Microsoft Store.

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The Ghost Howls

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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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

Microsoft IVAS program is not doing great. The special IVAS program that Microsoft is carrying on to develop a special version of HoloLens 2 for the US Army is not doing that well. In London, a hospital is experimenting with the use of virtual reality to treat eating disorders. More info (Ethereum hack). Other news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2023

Roblox has a huge user base (like 50M daily users) and bringing it to VR, maybe together with the launch of Quest 3, would give Virtual Reality an infusion of lots of new young users. Congress is stopping the acquisition of more Microsoft IVAS headset. This is a decision that is not going to make Microsoft happy.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

We are at the beginning of March and I just realized that I haven’t written yet a post with my predictions for augmented and virtual reality for this year. The last cycle before this one was the Quest one, which started to make virtual reality known to the mainstream audience for what concerns games and fitness.

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The Ghost Howls

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. Hexa seems working exactly towards this: converting the photos of retail websites to 3D models.

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VeeR VR

APRIL 10, 2018

Virtual reality is on the cusp of explosive growth. At VeeR we have rounded up the best minds you should be following in the virtual, augmented, and mixed reality space today. With over 600 episodes featuring interviews with the pioneering game developers, enthusiasts, and technologists driving virtual reality.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 17, 2016

Nevertheless, this is part of what Microsoft is promising with its planned launch of Windows Holographic Shell which it’s promised will arrive in every Windows 10 installation via an update some time in 2017. Generally, MR refers to imagery formed from fusion of reality and virtual sources. What is Windows Holographic?

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The Ghost Howls

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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ARVR

DECEMBER 1, 2021

“Metaverse is an embodied Internet where you don’t just look at content, you’re inside it and experience it directly via virtual reality”?—?Mark Photo by Patrick Schneider on Unsplash Virtual reality , as the name suggests, allows users to immerse themselves in an artificially created world that appears real.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 27, 2023

Recently, Microsoft entered an extended partnership with OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, to expand the tech solution to business clients. Recently, Microsoft and Amazon cut back roughly 10,000 employees, and Meta dismissed approximately 11,000 people. Apple Teases Reality Pro Specs, Disney/Sony Partnership On Monday, Apple Inc.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The 2-hand interactions have been introduced on the 6th of September with this blog post. Interhaptics provides hand interactions and haptic feedback design development and deployment tools for virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), mobile, augmented reality (AR), haptics iphone and android, and console applications.

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 1, 2016

Microsoft doubles down on VR/AR: Windows 10 as the “only mixed reality platform” In a keynote presentation at Computex in Taipei and a couple of blog posts today, Microsoft doubled down on the mixed reality efforts spearheaded by Hololens – Windows 10, the company aims to show, is place to be when it comes to mixed reality.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2023

According to the CMA: “Microsoft already enjoys a powerful position and head start over other competitors in cloud gaming and this deal would strengthen that advantage giving it the ability to undermine new and innovative competitors.” So I wonder if this suspension could also change Microsoft’s future plans concerning the M-word.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

” According to the blog, the data will be shared between the two systems via your home’s wifi network. .” ” According to the blog, the data will be shared between the two systems via your home’s wifi network. Microsoft runs the Rift natively via its latest Windows 10 operating system.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 27, 2017

This week, Microsoft announced the launch of Microsoft Reactor in San Francisco —the flagship hub for the tech giant’s efforts in mixed reality (MR). “We are at the threshold of the next revolution in computing,” Liz Hamren, corporate vice president of Microsoft Devices Marketing, wrote in a blog post.

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Road to VR

MARCH 11, 2018

There, you’ll be able to pick up rare specimens from the London’s Natural History Museum and take you “behind the scenes to explore areas usually closed to the public,” a Sky blog post states.

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The Ghost Howls

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. Documentary “We Met In Virtual Reality” to release on HBO. Discover UnitedVR. Learn more. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2024

There is even Microsoft Word! In the video, he shows various inventions of Disney Research and one of them is a sort of magic floorpad that acts as an omnidirectional treadmill that can also be used for Virtual Reality. It’s kinda cool stuff, even if I’m pretty sure it will never be released to the general public as a product.

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