XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Of course, it’s also more expensive. One downside is that the Quest 3 lacks the eye-tracking technology of the Quest Pro, so you can’t just control your software with a glance, and there’s no foveated rendering when you’re moving through mixed or virtual reality.

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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. Documentary “We Met In Virtual Reality” to release on HBO. Read this Intelligence Report about Wearables.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 9, 2024

Mixed reality (MR) has been the overlooked sibling in the extended reality landscape for a while now. While vendors have produced countless AR apps, smart glasses, and virtual reality headsets, mixed reality has only just begun stepping into the spotlight.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Johnson also claims that ML2 will have the biggest FOV in the AR market (with the exception of RealMax, of course), with double of the field of view area of Magic Leap 1. This week we had two big news that endorsed the importance of training in virtual reality. On the other side, you know, Facebook…. News worth a mention.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

This year was going to be the year of augmented reality, but by the end of 2018 market analysts were pointing to 2020 or 2021 as the “golden year” of AR. Magic Leap finally dropped to mixed reviews and BrainXchange published its Definitive Guide to Adopting Wearables, AR and VR in Enterprise.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 13, 2018

When I tried Microsoft Remote Assist with the HoloLens back in May at Microsoft Build I was able to “repair” a complex electrical panel in a matter of minutes. Of course it was a staged demo scenario, but the principle stands. Mixed Reality for Industry 4.0 efficiencies. Forbes Tech (@ForbesTech) July 12, 2018.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 1, 2024

This could include immersive collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams and Teams Immersive Spaces. For example, if your teams already share knowledge in Microsoft Teams, you may need an XR training solution that integrates with Microsoft Mesh. You can add new classes and courses based on the feedback they get from employees.

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ARVR

JANUARY 29, 2021

While Apple fans have long been waiting for Apple to launch its own augmented and virtual reality ( AR/VR ) wearables, and despite many competitors already presenting market-ready AR glasses and VR headsets , there are still more questions than answers around what Apple’s AR/VR first product will look like. © Apple, Inc.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Meta has not officially answered this report, but Andrew Bosworth, the CTO of the company, has indirectly commented on it: “ We’re going to ship wrist wearables and AR glasses that bring completely new tech?—?like Microsoft will for sure keep pushing for immersive realities and “the metaverse”, but in a completely different way.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. But of course, the technology is still not there: the Oculus Quest is still uncomfortable, we can’t read texts in it, and so on. VR technology is still not ready today to fulfill this need. USA vs China.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

JANUARY 31, 2024

The virtual reality “glasses” looked nothing like the headsets we were already familiar with from vendors like Meta. They were named the “best wearable tech” at the Esquire Gadget Awards in 2021. But if you’re looking for a cheap virtual reality headset, this device doesn’t really offer the best value for money.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

Of course, it is not the best VR experience, and of course, it is terrible for gaming, but in the enterprise, it has still value and will probably have for at least one-two years. In its personal crusade against Microsoft, optics expert Karl Guttag has listed in 4 articles all the defects of the HoloLens 2.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

By the time Howard Rheingold’s “Virtual Reality” was published in 1991, the Sensorama was already a “slowly deteriorating” relic stashed away in a cabana next the pool at its inventor’s West Los Angeles home. NASA promotion shot of VIEW (Virtual Interactive Environment Workstation). Helig died in 1997 at age 70.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Extended reality, the metaverse, and AI are paving the way to a future where training sessions and classes aren’t just more engaging, they’re also more impactful and efficient. Companies can create genuinely dynamic courses and training sessions that feel unique to every learner.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Virtual reality offers a fantastic way to embed employees in rich simulated environments. You can add new classes and courses based on the feedback they get from employees. It can help surgeons practice complex procedures or teach firefighters how to navigate a burning building.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

With the Oculus Quest headset, Aptiv has been able to reduce in-person training times significantly, with most courses now only taking between 4 hours and 2 days. According to Aptiv, even people who had never touched a virtual reality headset before were still able to take part in the training. Microsoft HoloLens and GE.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Patent number 9,560,273 , entitled Wearable information system having at least one camera, details a wearable device with a “display attached to his head in front of his eyes” that can use either an onboard SoC or in a wirelessly connected smartphone. Microsoft, Apple v. Samsung, Apple v. Nokia , the list goes on.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Two days ago, I’ve given you my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 (read it, in case you missed it). Now it’s time to make some forecasts about its companion technology, that is augmented reality! Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). 2021 is going to be an interesting year for AR. Sounded good.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In his 1984 classic Neuromancer, characters entered a virtual reality world called “the matrix” (inspiration for the 1999 film of the same name by the Wachowskis). Some recent acquisitions include AltspaceVR (Microsoft), and Escher (Niantic). “Cyberspace” was coined by SF author William Gibson.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Mr. Mike Powell, he is the head of the Microsoft Garage and the author of “Age of Smart Information,” a new book about how artificial intelligence and spatial computing will transform the way we communicate forever. Like, of course you’re going to look a little strange. But the ideas are out there.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Mr. Mike Powell, he is the head of the Microsoft Garage and the author of “Age of Smart Information,” a new book about how artificial intelligence and spatial computing will transform the way we communicate forever. Like, of course you’re going to look a little strange. But the ideas are out there.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

Given its great expertise in image analysis and its big user base, Snap is another company to keep an eye on for the future of augmented reality. Microsoft signs a $22B deal with the US Army. It seems that this test has been a success, and so now Microsoft has won now a bigger contract to carry on the project: $21.88B (!!)

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

However, some of the underlying technologies, principles and potential paint for a very interesting picture on how a country with over a billion people could have access to consumer grade wearable computing. Connect to your smartphone, with split rendering of visuals via an affordable, light weight wearable glass that’s on you.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Eye Tracking : 200 Hz with sub-degree accuracy; 1-dot calibration for foveated rendering Comfort & Wearability : 3-point precision fit headband Replaceable, easy-to-clean polyurethane face cushions Active cooling. And purists of VR may still prefer a game built from the ground up for virtual reality, like Half-Life: Alyx.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 5, 2023

→ Explore Dynepic Moth&Flame Immersive learning company , Moth&Flame, supports companies in building realistic and interactive learning experiences within the virtual reality space. Companies can use 4Experience to access MR, VR, and AR courses, with 3D avatars, built-in artificial intelligence, and flexible designs.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

I’m trying to keep expectations in place not because I want to be negative about VR (I’m a strong believer in the tech), but because in the past I’ve already seen that trend of setting unrealistic expectations and then writing “VR is dead” the day after when the market of course haven’t reached those results.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Or we can put on device on our head (a head-mounted display or HMD) that completely occludes us from the real world allowing us to enter a completely simulated environment which we can walk around and interact in because the computer is sensing our physical actions: this is Virtual Reality or VR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Currently, the extended reality (XR) market is growing at a phenomenal CAGR of 48.3%, as innovative companies continue to uncover the benefits of unique, virtual landscapes. We now see VR (Virtual Reality) AR (Augmented Reality) and MR (Mixed Reality) as more than just avenues for entertainment.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Our choices will not only determine the territorial lines of the web and the world, but also our very definition of the words humanity, civilization, and even reality itself. marks the rise of AR and VR headsets, smart glasses, wearables, and sensors. We must choose wisely. The Spatial Web is a new multidimensional network.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2024

” Bollinger added: I think spatial computing is also a terminology that Microsoft has used a lot when introducing HoloLens in 2015/16 they used obviously mixed reality, but they were using also spatial computing. So it’s, of course, natural that all of these companies are catching up and trying somehow to lead again.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

It’s printed on premium paper and it’s priced high like a textbook at fifty dollars – of course it’s filled with an hour of animation – so it’s not a normal book and it doesn’t adhere to book economics. So that’s the topic of the book. This has 50 augmentations, mostly from the sponsors.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

It’s printed on premium paper and it’s priced high like a textbook at fifty dollars – of course it’s filled with an hour of animation – so it’s not a normal book and it doesn’t adhere to book economics. So that’s the topic of the book. This has 50 augmentations, mostly from the sponsors.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 26, 2019

Gabriel serves as the executive director of the VERSES Foundation, an organization at the intersection of Block Chain, Virtual Reality, and Artificial Intelligence technologies designed to power Web 3.0 This, of course, became the World Wide Web.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 26, 2019

Gabriel serves as the executive director of the VERSES Foundation, an organization at the intersection of Block Chain, Virtual Reality, and Artificial Intelligence technologies designed to power Web 3.0 This, of course, became the World Wide Web.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 2, 2019

But of course, it’s not adapted to VR. It’s really about creating a great experience for the developers, of course — they make money — but at the end of the day, who we are prioritizing is the user. Now, we’ve talked a lot about virtual reality content. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 2, 2019

But of course, it’s not adapted to VR. It’s really about creating a great experience for the developers, of course — they make money — but at the end of the day, who we are prioritizing is the user. Now, we’ve talked a lot about virtual reality content. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 26, 2019

Gabriel serves as the executive director of the VERSES Foundation, an organization at the intersection of Block Chain, Virtual Reality, and Artificial Intelligence technologies designed to power Web 3.0 This, of course, became the World Wide Web.

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