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Our First Look At Microsoft HoloLens 2

VRScout

Microsoft debuts their latest mixed reality device at Mobile World Conference 2019. OK, I will be able give a more definite verdict after I actually get a hands-on demo first thing tomorrow, but in the meantime, here are our first impressions from having seen the live demos on the stage here at MWC Barcelona. Spatial Anchors.

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Varjo Hardware to Be Used in Astronaut Training

ARPost

While the headset’s “human-eye resolution” capabilities are definitely exciting, the daunting price tag has largely relegated the headset to the realm of industry. Boeing also made the experience using 3D scans of the Starliner console on Unreal Engine. VR gamers have been watching Finnish VR headset manufacturer Varjo for a while now.

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E3 Spotlight: Microsoft Aims For A VR Sweet Spot In 2018

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The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is in Los Angeles, CA next week and it’s always one of the largest events of the year for gamers, giving giants of the industry including Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo the chance to show off the latest hardware and games to drive the next generation of consumer interest. What We Know .

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

The Ghost Howls

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. Unity High Definition Rendering Pipeline is now compatible with Virtual Reality projects.

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Big XR News: Meta, ARuVR, Apple, Wildix, and Metaverse Taxation

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Notably, as 2024 comes, firms like Microsoft and Apple are working towards enterprise and industrial-facing XR solutions. Because economic activity within the Metaverse satisfies the Haig-Simons and Glenshaw Glass definitions of income, its exclusion will create a tax haven.

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Bringing the AR of the Military to the Eyes of Consumers, with ThirdEye Gen’s Nick Cherukuri

XR for Business Podcast

Nick: Definitely. And augmented reality, it’s definitely considered the next major tech platform. So we feel it’s too early for the consumer market right now, but the commercial AR market is definitely something that we are seeing a lot of traction happening. We have an Unreal engine SDK. We have a Unity SDK.

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Bringing the AR of the Military to the Eyes of Consumers, with ThirdEye Gen’s Nick Cherukuri

XR for Business Podcast

Nick: Definitely. And augmented reality, it’s definitely considered the next major tech platform. So we feel it’s too early for the consumer market right now, but the commercial AR market is definitely something that we are seeing a lot of traction happening. We have an Unreal engine SDK. We have a Unity SDK.

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