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WCVRI Day 1: Hands-on RealMax AR glasses and Droolon F1 eye tracking!

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And since I’m here, of course I’m spending also some time to try some cool stuff before the exhibition starts on the 19 th (after that, I will be forced to stay at my booth). And there are booths of many important companies : Lenovo, Microsoft, HP, Huawei, GoPro, etc… so this event has cool stuff to showcase. Is it really important?

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Microsoft Reveals HoloLens 2 with More than 2x Field of View & 47 Pixels per-Degree

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Microsoft today revealed HoloLens 2 at MWC 2019 in Barcelona. HoloLens visionary Alex Kipman took to the stage in Barcelona to introduce HoloLens 2 which addresses many of the key criticisms of the original headset: field of view, comfort, and hand-tracking. Image courtesy Microsoft. Image courtesy Microsoft.

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The most important takeaways from Meta Connect 2022

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Microsoft 365 is coming to Quest Pro! It has also partnered with Microsoft and Accenture to facilitate the integration of XR solutions inside companies. Of course the launch of the new device, the Meta Quest Pro, was one of the most important things from Connect. I was not expecting it at all, and was quite cool. Image by Meta).

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Hands-on: HoloLens 2 is a More Than Just a Larger Field of View

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Yesterday at Mobile World Congress, Microsoft unveiled HoloLens 2, the company’s next iteration of its enterprise-focused standalone AR headset. Of course, I never got the chance to step outside in the Barcelona sun to see how it worked in the worst possible condition—the true test of any AR display system. The short answer: yes.

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Hands-On With The HoloLens 2

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After four years of waiting, does Microsoft’s new holographic computer live up to the hype? Possible HoloLens 2 use-case / Image Credit: Microsoft. Microsoft reports that the field-of-view (FOV) is twice the size of the old HoloLens, although some have since challenged those claims. HoloLens 2 / Image Credit: Microsoft.

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Report: HoloLens 2 Could Go on Sale in September

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As reported by Reuters , Microsoft’s executive vice president Harry Shum took the stage at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai yesterday, saying that HoloLens 2 will go on sale sometime in September. Image courtesy Microsoft. Check out our in-depth hands-on with HoloLens 2 for more. SEE ALSO OpenXR 1.0

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The XR Week Peek (2023.06.26): Quest 3 page appears on Best Buy, Vision Pro SDK released, and more!

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If you want to start playing around with these tools, of course, you need a Mac , and if you are a Windows guy like me, you are SOL (S**t Out of Luck). Meta has even improved the accuracy of eye tracking on Quest Pro , and some people are speculating that it may be to battle the eye-tracking capabilities of the Vision Pro.

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