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Microsoft Axes Social VR Platform & XR Interface Framework Amid Wide-reaching Layoffs

Road to VR

Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees, and with it the company is axing social VR platform AltspaceVR and its XR interface framework, Mixed Reality Toolkit. In a Hail Mary that few expected, Microsoft turned around and snapped up the ailing platform only two months after the planned shut-down date.

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The State of XR in Education and Training in 2022

XR Today - Virtual Reality

What started as a novel concept, largely embraced by entertainment and gaming companies, has become a mainstream sensation. Perhaps one of the most exciting avenues for the XR revolution, is the educational and training sector. Education has already been identified as a high adoption area for AR, VR, and MR technologies.

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Ed Games Expo Returns With A Full Day Dedicated To VR And AR Education

VRScout

The annual conference brings together industry voices who are leading the way for playful, educational tech. The Educational Games Expo kicked-off this week in Washington, DC. Are you ready for some game-based learning? Department of Education (@usedgov) January 6, 2020. It's #EDGamesExpo week!

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The XR Week Peek (2022.03.22): Quest to feature new parental control tools, Google acquires Raxium, and more!

The Ghost Howls

After many pressures from the community and the media, Meta has finally decided to introduce new parental control tools in Quest 2. Even if Meta still doesn’t admit that its headsets are used by a lot of small kids (these measures are marketed as tools parents can use with teenagers), these measures are targeted also at them.

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Airline Flight Attendant Simulator VR Looks Intense

VRScout

The educational experience tasks you with saving the passengers, flight crew, and yourself during a variety of emergency scenarios. Once you’ve become more familiar with said tools, you’ll take to the skies for some high-stakes virtual training.

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Will Mixed Reality as a Service be a Game Changer for Microsoft?

Tech Trends VR

Since the HoloLens was first released almost three years ago, Microsoft has steadily been building partnerships and demonstrating an array of industry use cases across manufacturing, engineering, healthcare, education and many others. The new HoloLens subscription service could prove a catalyst for SMEs to embrace immersive technology.

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Why VR Is Not the Metaverse and Vice Versa

ARPost

Whether through a video game console, mobile phone, or standalone headset, it is incredibly easy to access thousands of unique, mind-blowing experiences. Facebook and Microsoft are two that are publicly giving it a go. VR provides opportunities to watch movies together with friends, play games together, or otherwise just hang out.