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JUNE 8, 2017

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.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2023

Microsoft has picked volumetric video company Arcturus as its primary marketing partner for its Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studios (MRCS) solution provider. Announced on Monday at the SIGGRAPH 2023 event , the partnership will offer content creators a trove of solutions for their volumetric video needs.

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MAY 9, 2023

The institution hosts degrees for associate, bachelor, and master’s degrees for students across entertainment media, XR, and emerging technologies. At the impressive event, the partners launched their first-ever Central Florida Immersive Technology Summit, hosting industry leaders across the globe.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Japanese electronics giant Sony recently bought out Beyond Sports, allowing the former to build massive metaverse content for sporting events. ” Rival firm Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard to expand its portfolio of solutions in a historic $68 billion deal. it announced this week.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2017

The keynote from Unity’s Vision VR/AR Summit yesterday showcased just how far Unity is reaching into non-gaming content when it comes to augmented and virtual reality. The person who is in charge of Unity’s xR strategy is Tony Parisi, who is a co-founder of VRML and a long-time open web advocate. Subscribe on iTunes.

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 13, 2017

The CEOs of reality creation tools Unity and Unreal have perhaps the best insight anywhere into the state of the industry and both John Riccitiello and Tim Sweeney see investment accelerating significantly over the next year. Even if the AR and VR industry is still in its infancy, it is about to hit a growth spurt.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Immerse Global Summit 2023 , now part of the Metacenter Global Week event, is just around the corner. For innovators in the XR world, this incredible event is packed with opportunities to learn, network, and test the latest innovations. Unity shared how digital twins were helping its customers unlock new levels of innovation.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Both Apple and Google already have very popular stores , they have full suits of tools (think about the Google Docs suite) and entertainment channels (think about Apple TV), and they have enormous expertise in building hardware and operating systems. The PC community is very strong and dedicated, while the standalone one is more casual.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

We at VRrOOm are hiring to do our innovative XR events, check the “Friends” section of this newsletter if this opportunity can interest you! As usual, this event hasn’t delivered any mind-blowing announcements, but a big series of small news about VR games. And regarding this… would you be interested in working with me?

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Jung Sung-hyun, Head of Content Service Division for LG Electronics Home Entertainment Company, added: “We are pleased we can achieve that now once again thanks to Oorbit’s vision to give open access to metaverse experiences in one place on our TVs.”. Microsoft explained at the Immerse Global Summit’s Metaverse 2.0

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Some of the world’s top institutions featured across the XR medical, defence, education, and entertainment sectors debuted and highlighted their latest immersive solutions. The company explored 3D modelling and printing, and later, Microsoft debuted its first-generation HoloLens at the time. HoloLens for XR Medical Education.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The media and entertainment metaverse , complete with 3D avatars, is no longer a distant prospect. Concerts, tech shows, events, and showrooms will invariably change with the Metaverse. A Closer Look at Metaverse Entertainment. One of the strongest verticals for entertainment and media metaverses is gaming.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

John Root co-founded VRLA with Cosmo Scharf in 2014 , and it has organically grown into a thriving VR event with over 10,000 attendees at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Biggest Immersive Tech Event of the Year Returns May 4-5, Exploring “A New Reality.”. Katie Kelly, Head of Engagement, AltspaceVR / Microsoft.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 17, 2023

According to the New York Post, the collaborative effort aims to integrate one of several massive entertainment platforms for the premium mixed reality (MR) device. At the gathering, Tim Cook, Chief Executive, Apple , David Zaslav, CEO, WarnerBros Discovery , and Bob Iger, CEO, Disney attended the second day of events.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

Part industry event and part immersive tech festival, VRLA is a place where seasoned veterans can catch up on their latest updates while newcomers experience VR for the first time. Perfectly located at the intersection of tech and entertainment, there’s no better place like LA, which has rapidly become the center of the VR content industry.

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XROM

MAY 15, 2023

The press kit for the event can be found here. Previous AWE Asia conferences have featured sessions from senior leadership at organizations such as #Intel, #Qualcomm, #Microsoft, #HTC, #Lenovo, #IEEE, #Sony, #Niantic, #Walmart, #Oppo, #Unity, #Baidu, and #PTC. AWE Asia has been hosted annually since 2015.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 1, 2023

Using powerful modelling software and immersive hardware, many businesses are already experimenting with holographic experiences for training, entertainment, and marketing. So, which companies are leading the way to a new era of holographic content?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

In the meantime, Bloomberg published a report saying that Apple is going to launch its XR headset in the “next several months” (a timeline that goes from now to 2023, I guess), and that it is probably waiting until there could be physical events again before doing it. Microsoft signs a $22B deal with the US Army. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

If you are from the EMEA region, and you use my special link to register for the conference and then you watch one of the event sessions, you will participate in a raffle to win an amazing RTX3080 Ti graphics card! :O. Microsoft IVAS program is not doing great. Top news of the week. Image by Meta, got from Road To VR). Other news.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

NVIDIA has had its annual GTC event, and while there it hasn’t announced new graphics cards, it has anyway provided some interesting pieces of news. On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. Other relevant news. Image by NVIDIA).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

XR Today spoke to Brian Vogelsang, AR Product Leader at Qualcomm , on the sidelines of the event about ongoing updates with its latest product release, the Snapdragon AR2 platform. Other devices from Magic Leap and Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets offer deeper levels of immersion.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2018

Despite only having existed three short years, VRLA has already managed to cement itself as the one of, if not the most impactful annual immersive entertainment events in the United States. For more information on how to bring a VR massage to your next corporate event, visit Cutmod.com or reach out via info@cutmod.com.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Here are just some of the tech stocks many are looking at right now (in no particular order): Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) For the people who brought you the Hololens 2, probably the most sophisticated pair of mixed reality smart glasses out there to date.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft ramps up distribution of HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Microsoft is working to improve the distribution of its latest devices: HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Other relevant news. HoloLens 2 availability has been expanded to 15 new regions : Italy (YESSS!)

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AUGUST 9, 2017

The organizers of VR’s biggest awards ceremony, The Proto Awards, say they won’t be hosting an event in 2017. The event is organized by The Virtual Reality Foundation, which is composed of many of the same people behind the Virtual Reality Los Angeles conference and startup Mindshow.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

This gamification mechanic seems pretty lame to me : people need entertaining quests, not boring stuff just done to show them the new features of the platform. There will be a new launcher, improved graphics, improved in-game camera, production-ready Unity SDK for the creators, improved full-body VR, and much more.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It will be a very interesting event and you can register at this link if you want to enjoy it (come on, it’s free!). Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Image by Microsoft). After the news went viral, Microsoft has clarified that it was just “a translation bug” and that Xbox is not adding VR support at the moment.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Following the event, several global executives from the immersive tech industry weighed in on the device. This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. The reveal that Apple will be using Unity to bring 3D applications and games to Vision Pro was exciting. Brian Meaney , Head of Product, Alteon.io

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Regarding VR, this week we register the fact that two important events like Facebook F8 and GDC have been canceled. The Game Developers Conference , a big event where there have been in the past many announcements about VR, has been canceled after all the major brands withdrew from it , leaving the organizers with no choice.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Holoride, the Audi-backed startup that’s creating an in-vehicle virtual reality entertainment system designed for passengers, has begun publicly selling its Ride cryptocurrency token.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Technology partners like Mozilla, Google, and Microsoft have joined the collective effort to support WebVR as a priority to jumpstarting the industry. The deadline for submission is February 1st, after which a judges’ panel of industry veterans review the top ten concepts and announce the winning teams on February 15th.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Matsuda himself subsequently began working in AR following the film's release, leading design teams at both Leap Motion (now Ultraleap) and Microsoft. Air Race X was the project furthest along the bold vision to (virtual) reality pipeline, concluding with an in-person event in Tokyo's Shibuya district. And that's great.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Technologies such as noise suppression are commonly used on platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and others. These include web browsers, Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, Electron, Flutter React Native, and Unity. How Does AI Noise Suppression Work?

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JULY 26, 2023

Doing so will also provide greater interoperability with additional platforms such as Unity and Xcode, among others. Due to the immense secrecy of the Vision Pro, many had to wait until after the big reveal at the annual event. This could lead to new forms of interacting with sports events.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

Out-of-Home entertainment, and Immersive Technology industry specialist Kevin Williams reports in his latest Virtual Arena column on the further growth in recognition that virtual reality VR is receiving from the Enterprise sector. Image credit: KWP.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

Ten days ago, I revealed to you that I was going to Austin, Texas to attend the SXSW, one of the most important events about creativity and technology in the USA. Even if it is not so famous in Europe, the SXSW (South by SouthWest) has always been one of the events to be in the United States. Going SXSW. SXSW Logo (Image by SXSW).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The firm’s first XR headset is due soon, and with it comes a spatial computing ambition that draws similarities and differences to Lenovo, Microsoft, Meta, HTC VIVE, and other XR headset vendors. Apple is gearing up for the Vision Pro debut. The Benefits of XR Interoperability and Cross-Pollination Competition is clearly at large.

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