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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. New important events have been canceled because of the coronavirus…. This is so sad.

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Microsoft Adds Dynamics 365 Guides XR Tools to HoloLens 2

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Microsoft has developed its mixed reality (MR) solutions with fresh updates on its Dynamics 365 Guides platform, the company announced in early April. The new tools will support deskless and frontline workers worldwide and follow numerous steps Microsoft has taken to promote its Mesh platform for MR experiences.

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Big XR News from Unity, PIXO VR, and Microsoft

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Soon, Meta will host its Connect 2023 event, whereby the firm will announce innovations in its XR product portfolio. This also open the door for Epic and their Unreal Engine to shine and capture the entire XR development market. Each firm is working with Microsoft to leverage the firm’s emerging industrial Metaverse ecosystem.

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How Different XR Companies Approach Cloud Services

ARPost

“Varjo Reality Cloud is our platform that will allow the ultimate science fiction dream – photo-realistic teleportation – to come true,” CTO Urho Konttori said in a launch event last summer. As this article was being written, Varjo further expanded its cloud with Unreal and Unity engine integrations. CloudXR From NVIDIA.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.03.13): AltspaceVR shuts down, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

I’m having fun, listening to interesting talks, meeting new people… basically everything I always do at these events! Microsoft has killed it (after having basically abandoned it) because it had to perform a spending review given the bad economic conditions. Spatial or VRChat), while others will simply get lost.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.02.14): SteamVR headsets go beyond 3M, body-tracking leaked for Quest SDK, and more!

The Ghost Howls

For instance, since I work on a VR fitness game , I’m thinking about all the new training experiences that will become now possible. The Superbowl is the most important sports event of the year in the United States, and airing an ad during the match is super-expensive, but also super-effective. Meta is hosting an event about AI.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.08): Microsoft launches Mesh, HTC and Pico tease new hardware, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Microsoft announces Mesh, an XR collaboration platform. Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. Especially the first feature made most people go in awe : volumetric videos are very expensive, so they’re typically not used during XR events. Image by OceanX).

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