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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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How Can Brands Jumpstart Sales with AR? Part II

AR Insider

But with AR, dwell times are 75 seconds (4x that of mobile video). Driven by these AR performance indicators, Rock Paper Reality (RPR) and the Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studio recently came together to create a first-of-its-kind holographic modeling and fashion platform that will soon be available to online retailers.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.01.27): Samsung may be working on a new headset, Half-Life: Alyx will ship on time and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Or that Microsoft is working on a new reference design that fixes the issues of the first one? More info (Review on Road To VR) More info (Review on Upload VR) More info (Porting to PSVR and Quest incoming) More info (Gameplay article) More info (Gameplay video). Unluckily, we have not the answers to all these questions…. Learn more.

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

VRScout

One of the exciting VR/AR tools introduced at the show was the Video Resource Optimizer, which helps developers stream content more efficiently to devices – which could eventually help more devices be wireless (cutting the cord cannot come quickly enough!). Based out of Boston, WaypointRx is comprised of students from MIT and Harvard.

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VR Reader

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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. As a medium of expression, it is comparable to video, which it surpasses with its third spatial dimension. Enter The Monarchy 3.

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Retraining for a Post-Retirement World with VRVoice’s Bob Fine

XR for Business Podcast

Bob: You know, I guess from my perspective; I’m a longtime video gamer. I just went to PAX East on Friday, up in Boston. One my the reasons I started looking at VR again in 2016 was because of that video gaming interest. Alan: Today’s guest is a good friend of mine, Bob Fine. I was my first PAX event.

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Retraining for a Post-Retirement World with VRVoice’s Bob Fine

XR for Business Podcast

Bob: You know, I guess from my perspective; I’m a longtime video gamer. I just went to PAX East on Friday, up in Boston. One my the reasons I started looking at VR again in 2016 was because of that video gaming interest. Alan: Today’s guest is a good friend of mine, Bob Fine. I was my first PAX event.