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. Cambria is going to launch with controllers. Nano-tech wants to be the Nanite of Unity.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 26, 2016

At the annual Surface event, this time dubbed as the Windows 10 event, Microsoft showed us its new, really good looking and innovative devices, as well as software tidbits that we are really happy to see. We have covered that announcement in the separate story: Microsoft Windows VR Headsets Coming in April 2017.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses. The next step is about trying to integrate the glasses with cloud services, something about which Microsoft is a worldwide leader thanks to Azure. Hope you enjoy!

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 22, 2022

Satya Nadella , Microsoft MSFT -1.4%. Microsoft’s CEO understands that the metaverse concept will impact every part of the way we do business. The experiences we're allowed to build and use are more tightly controlled than ever. Here we are in 2021 and all our devices are still built around apps, not people.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 15, 2023

With major technology firms like Meta, Google, and Microsoft investing millions into the emerging space, enterprise end-users are already feeling the innovative presence of genAI – and there is more to come. The trainee can then practice conversing in a safe and controlled environment. Generative AI is here to stay.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 7, 2018

Given the considerable hype that has been building up around Virtual and Augmented Reality, you might expect more publishers to have dedicated resources to these technologies, whereas the reality is that much of what we’ve seen so far has been limited to variations of Augmented Reality books. That ship has sailed!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In an attempt to provide more immersiveness and involvement, event organizers are attempting to push the boundaries beyond standard 2D platforms like Microsoft Teams and Zoom. However, they are not controlled by avatars and are more of a 3D shell for 2D content.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Today Microsoft revealed the Halo: Recruit experience, launching on October 17th for Windows VR headsets. Among a number of exciting announcements Microsoft made today, including open pre-orders for their range of VR headsets , the company revealed Halo: Recruit, the first official Halo experience made for VR.

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CraneMorley

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Microsoft HoloLens and Mixed Reality are pushing the boundaries and reimagines what we can do by doing more with less. Thanks to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Remote Assist doctors and patients meet together from anywhere. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Guides offers a self-paced training where they are head up hands free.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. Fans of Ready Player One, rejoice! Thanks Gianluigi Perrone for the tip!).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

It was also where we were first introduced to Farpoint, Sony’s first stab at a big VR first-person shooter (FPS) which will be arriving alongside its Aim controller later this month. If this E3 showing is half as eventful for PSVR then it’ll still be one to remember.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

They are calling this VR-specific positional tracking WorldSense, and the headsets will also utilize the current Daydream Bluetooth remote so you can control your virtual world… with no cords to trip over! MICROSOFT’S UPCOMING MOTION CONTROLLERS. MICROSOFT SHOWS OFF A NEW AR GLASSES DESIGN. WEIRD OR AWESOME?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The coronavirus is also impacting the production of all the major VR headsets : we’re at the point that Valve’s customer service has no more left controllers to give to people for RMA. Image by Microsoft). This reinforces my belief that Microsoft in 2021–2022 will add VR support to it , to fight the PSVR when the market will be riper.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2024

There is even Microsoft Word! Also, the controllers seem well-shaped for use cases like prototyping and design. Twitter account M1Astra started sharing information about some of them, like an app about the Bible, a Lego building game, the J.Crew app to buy clothes in an immersive way, and so on.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

The Reverb was already a very good headset (as you can read in my hands-on impressions ) with good comfort and an astonishing resolution, but it had some problems with the display (mura, red smearing) and with the controllers (classical mediocre WMR tracking). built in to headband Controllers ?—?6DOF pounds (0.55kg) Cable Length: 19.5

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

Another big problem for the appeal of AR glasses is the UX : voice interface is not suitable for public places, gestures are tiresome, and no one wants to take controllers around. If the problems in the tracking of the controllers get solved, at $600 it can be the right alternative between the Rift S and the Index. Some XR fun.

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AR Insider

JUNE 4, 2020

Specifically, there’s a standard set of onboarding steps that are common to many immersive social or collaboration apps, including avatar setup, orienting controls, finding the right room/group, and generally getting a comfortable sense of agency. These were all easy and intuitive in Spatial. Faster Horses.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

Instead of using keyboards and buttons to control processes, we use gestures, eye movement, and voice commands detected by sensors. You could see a virtual book on a table, but reaching out wouldn’t let you flip through the pages. You could see a virtual book on a table, but reaching out wouldn’t let you flip through the pages.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

You will be able to control it with a ring on your finger, about which Apple has actually filed some patents. VR Scout) More info (Apple’s real patent on a ring controller). Read about Microsoft’s Ignite conference. My friend Giambattista De Giorgis has published a book about learning how to develop AR/VR applications in Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Probably you all recall the iconic Apple commercial inspired by the book 1984 that helped a lot the company in becoming popular. New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. Last week we all heard the news about Microsoft abandoning the HoloLens 3, and the denial of it by Alex Kipman and Microsoft itself.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Oculus is also offering a $100 Oculus Store credit when you purchase a Rift from Best Buy, Amazon, and Microsoft in the US and Canada. Peronio Pop-up Book ($2.99 – Gear VR ). Unlike any other interactive book, PERONIO wows through the use of virtual reality technology in a unique pop-up experience you will never forget!

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ARPost

APRIL 1, 2020

Thanks to coronavirus we obviously can’t meet at GDC as we usually would every year,” Bjorn Book-Larsson, President of VIVEPORT, said introducing the seminar. “So Book-Larsson, presented “A Step Ahead of the Curve: Using Data Trends to Build a Successful VR Experience.” It has a pretty high barrier to entry,” said Book-Larsson.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The first is tethered to a proprietary controller with dual 6DoF cameras and a forward-facing 20MP RGB Camera. The Pro 3 C connects and displays images in 2D and 3D on most Android phones and tablets, iPads, MacBook’s, and Microsoft’s Surface Book 2. Microsoft Flight Simulator comes to VR.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 1, 2023

Already, leading brands like BMW have begun creating AR and VR training applications via Unity to assist with assembly line management, quality control, and more. Already, brands like Microsoft, Nvidia, and Meta are also investing in their own holographic solutions in the form of new hardware, development platforms and creation tools.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 31, 2022

And giants of the world of office and productivity software – Microsoft and Adobe, for example – talk of the “ enterprise metaverse.”. Blockchains and other aspects of distributed computing, in theory, give us the opportunity to create virtual worlds that are outside of the control of monolithic corporations.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 22, 2022

If you're worried that too much freedom will result in kids landing on an inappropriate site or going into technology zombie mode, parental control software steps in to strike a healthy balance. The key features to focus on when shopping for younger kids are security controls, size, and ease of use. You just need to pick a favourite.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Microsoft briefly showed interest for Xbox , while Nintendo’s Labo VR efforts barely count. PSVR 2 System Pricing & Overall Package For a launch price of $550, PSVR 2 offers some impressive specifications: an OLED display; eye-tracking; adaptive triggers; haptic feedback in both the controllers and headset; and more.

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AR Insider

JULY 15, 2021

2022+: Privacy Controls. Facebook will add privacy controls for any glasses they ship with cameras or automatic audio recording. The goal is not to overly control us against our will. Other more directly-sampled BCIs will be helpful in place of controllers, buttons, and so on. I worked at Microsoft from 2008-2012.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 19, 2017

A recent scientific breakthrough from Daqri, SDL uses software and phase modulator to control the speed of light and re-create 3D point-cloud imagery. Blackley was one of the renegades at Microsoft who created the original Xbox game console, launched in 2001. (I I wrote a book about the making of the Xbox).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

There’s a lot going on at GDC every year, but with VR’s first big consumer year in the books last year, 2017 should be bigger than ever for our industry. We know they are working on brand new base stations , shown in the image above, as well as experimental controllers they teased at Steam Dev Days last year. Robo Recall.

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 5, 2020

While we have early devices that give us a taste, like Microsoft HoloLens, these big and expensive devices haven’t yet made their way onto consumers’ faces. The HoloLens is already changing industries, and the book describes how this new technology is being used in places like operating rooms and factories.

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VR Spies

APRIL 17, 2018

I have to admit that I have been intrigued ever since Microsoft threw its hat into the VR ring and announced all of the different MR headsets that they were releasing through many different manufacturing partners. Well now that I had the headset out of the box it was time to check out the controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Zuck noticed that it is slowly losing control of the current technology platform and it is trying to switch to the new one, to dominate it even more. A report from Insider states that Microsoft may have canceled its plans for HoloLens 3. Tom Ffiske’s new book. It makes totally sense. Some updates on Meta products.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 2, 2021

Meanwhile, Microsoft is focused on its “enterprise metaverse ,” said CEO Satya Nadella in the company’s earnings call on Tuesday. “At Player 22 games are designed to improve cognitive performance, concentration, reaction times, coordination and control. See his books here. The Kickstarter promises delivery in November, 2021.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 4, 2017

Microsoft is using the term “Mixed Reality” as an umbrella to encapsulate VR, AR, and all other related devices. If I picked roomscale then it had me point the headset at the screen (cameras facing out) and then trace the entire room, just like I’d do with the motion controllers for a Rift or Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Later during testing, I received the SteamVR “lighthouse” faceplate , letting me enjoy the precision of sub-mm room-scale tracking, whilst enabling the use of Valve Index, HTC Vive, and Pimax Sword controllers, as well as Vive and Tundra trackers. Within minutes, I was happily drawing squiggles. My three 2.0

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 3, 2016

By auditing a few animation classes and cracking (more than) a few books on the subject of computer science, he was able to scrape together a couple of clever short films and form the beginnings of an artistic portfolio. This left Sanocki in somewhat of the lurch, but he did the best he could to support his passions through other means.

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