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Data Dive: Did the U.S. Army 2X the AR Market?

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Army’s renewed contract with Microsoft. We’re crunching the numbers for this week’s Data Dive. First, as background, the deal calls for 120,000 units of Microsoft’s Hololens-based IVAS design. It follows the 2018 contract with Microsoft for $480 million over 2 years. AR is working.

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XR Talks: Microsoft Doubles Down on AR

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A mong tech giants investing in AR, Microsoft continues to show strong signs as a leading platform for enterprise productivity. That not only includes its best-of-breed hardware in the Hololens 2, but an expanding suite of software (it is Microsoft after all) for enterprise AR. XR Talks: Follow the Money for AR’s Trajectory.

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The AR Space Race, Part VII: Microsoft

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As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” continuing here with Microsoft. Among tech giants investing in AR, Microsoft continues to show strong signs as a leading platform for enterprise productivity. What’s Microsoft’s XR Play?

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Data Dive: How Effective is VR Training?

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For example, Bank of America just launched a program across 4,000 branches. So we’re rolling them out, all at once for this week’s Data Dive. Diving right in, here’s our collection of data points that speak to VR’s effectiveness in enterprise training across a variety of use cases. Proof Points.

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Microsoft Teams Introduces Frontline AR Tools for iOS, Android

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Microsoft highlights how companies can benefit from Team’s enterprise-ready and proven end-to-end encryption, data loss prevention, and compliance certifications when leveraging the AR service. Microsoft is planning for device-wide general availability in 2024.

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Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars? Part II: Microsoft

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For example, Apple’s wearables are seeing strong revenue growth and offsetting smartphone revenue deceleration in the near term. After examining Amazon last week, it’s time to zero in on Microsoft. In addition to standard audio fare like music and phone calls, they’ll integrate natively with Microsoft products like Office.

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What is Microsoft Mesh? Unlocking Mixed Reality

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What is Microsoft Mesh , and what can it do to transform the future of immersive collaboration? For some time now, Microsoft Mesh has promised companies an opportunity to build unique mixed and extended reality experiences for the future of work. So, what is Microsoft Mesh exactly, and what can it do? What is Microsoft Mesh?