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Doctors Perform One-Of-A-Kind AR Surgery In Boston

VRScout

Steven Murphy, an orthopedic surgeon and founder of Surgical Planning Associates , the AR-enhanced platform—referred to as HipInsight—works by outfitting surgeons with Microsoft HoloLens 2 mixed reality headsets loaded with 3D images of the patients’ anatomy. Feature Image Credit: Surgical Planning Associates.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.22): VRChat Android alpha released, Kinect For Azure discontinued, and more!

The Ghost Howls

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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AT&T Shows Future of VR/AR at Developer Summit

VRScout

Using the Microsoft Hololens, WaypointRx is an AR application that allows a layperson to fill a prescription that otherwise could only have been filled by a highly trained pharmacist. Based out of Boston, WaypointRx is comprised of students from MIT and Harvard.

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VR Reader

ARVR

Furthermore, my involvement is primarily confined to one particular social VR platform, AltspaceVR, owned by Microsoft, making most of my experience the product of a niche within a niche within a niche. Microsoft has been very active in this area for years and their video on the history of flight simulation is a good introduction.

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Enhancing the Hospitality Experience in XR, with UgoVirtual’s Michael C. Cohen

XR for Business Podcast

And also the back-of-house: how do we use this technology to give the best possible training for the staff, so that the customer experience is flawless across the board? It’s an important part of training and networking. So there’s this constant requirement for new hiring and training. So that’s one area.

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Enhancing the Hospitality Experience in XR, with UgoVirtual’s Michael C. Cohen

XR for Business Podcast

And also the back-of-house: how do we use this technology to give the best possible training for the staff, so that the customer experience is flawless across the board? It’s an important part of training and networking. So there’s this constant requirement for new hiring and training. So that’s one area.

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Get a Glimpse of a New Way to Accelerate Startups with DJ Smith

XR for Business Podcast

The big entities; the Googles, Microsofts, where we would hold our event, as well as the whole investment community. Adept Reality is an enterprise training platform, which I know you’re super excited about. Immersive Health Group is focused on clinical training. Adept Reality, training platform.

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