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Microsoft Now Hosts Free HoloLens Demos Across US & Canada

Road to VR

Haven’t been able to make it to any of the big gaming expos (or you don’t know anyone with the $3,000 AR headset)? Microsoft Stores across the US and Canada are now hosting free HoloLens demos, so you can finally see what the hubbub is all about. Chandler, Chandler Fashion Center. Scottsdale, Scottsdale Fashion Square.

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Are Apple’s AR Glasses Hiding in Plain Sight?

AR Insider

With all the phone and watch and TV and game and chip and other chip news coming out of Apple’s big event, it was easy to forget the company’s longest-running background process: an augmented-reality wearable. “It’s more than Microsoft can be said to be doing.” by Peter Rubin, WIRED.

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Akonia Uses Holography To Create Transparent Augmented Reality Display

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Akonia Holographics , a startup in Longmont, Colorado, spent years trying to make holographic data storage work. You can overlay something like a green arrow for navigation or a Pikachu for a game.”. It didn’t succeed, but now it found a new use for the same technology.

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Zambezi Co-Founder Jenna Seiden Partners Up with Jimmy Fallon and Captain Marvel to Showcase Hit VR Game

XR for Business Podcast

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. of content development and strategic partnerships for the worldwide business development for Microsoft Studios. Here’s a VR/AR game that is now in the forefront of mainstream media. Welcome, Jenna.

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Zambezi Co-Founder Jenna Seiden Partners Up with Jimmy Fallon and Captain Marvel to Showcase Hit VR Game

XR for Business Podcast

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. of content development and strategic partnerships for the worldwide business development for Microsoft Studios. Here’s a VR/AR game that is now in the forefront of mainstream media. Welcome, Jenna.

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Zambezi Partners Co-Founder Jenna Seiden Partners Up with Jimmy Fallon and Captain Marvel to Showcase Hit VR Game

XR for Business Podcast

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. of content development and strategic partnerships for the worldwide business development for Microsoft Studios. Here's a VR/AR game that is now in the forefront of mainstream media. Welcome, Jenna.

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Holographic Waveguides: What You Need To Know To Understand The Smartglasses Market

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Holographic waveguide optics have seen several recent entries into their ranks: TruLife Optics and WaveOptics, both of the UK, and most recently Akonia Holographics of Colorado. DigiLens refined this technique almost a decade ago creating avionic HUD systems for the U.S. While DigiLens’ work for the U.S.