XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Next week, Microsoft Ignite 2023 will kick off, where the leading computing firm will showcase its latest innovations over a two-day schedule, which covers the firm’s comprehensive product portfolio. Hightens Hololens Use Cases In late October, Microsoft highlighted new features in its Dynamics 365 Guides Version 9.0

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For years, Microsoft Mesh for Teams has promised companies an opportunity to create richer, more immersive collaborative experiences. Since then, however, access to Microsoft Mesh for Teams has remained relatively limited until now. Here’s your guide to using Microsoft Mesh for Teams. What is Microsoft Mesh for Teams?

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ARPost

MARCH 9, 2021

Microsoft Ignite was a three-day conference that took place virtually on YouTube, Microsoft.com, and in Altspace from March 2-4. Surprisingly, there was little at the conference directly related to HoloLens , Microsoft’s mixed reality headset. It’s pretty mind-boggling, but that’s the world that we’re building.”.

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ARPost

AUGUST 3, 2022

ARPost has covered plenty of events in AltspaceVR before, from Burning Man being held virtually in the platform, to the XR Safety Week using it to make talks on immersive technology more… immersive. As a platform for free virtual spaces that doesn’t require a VR headset, it’s how many people experience VR for the first time.

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ARPost

AUGUST 20, 2021

The annual Burning Man event has been canceled for the second year in a row due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, this year, Burners can enjoy a virtual reality experience from the comfort of their own home. Virtual Burn: A Virtual Reality Experience. See Also: The Future of XR’s Remote Events in the New Normal.

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ARPost

MAY 29, 2020

The day included a discussion on how to create a virtual world society from Tom Furness, a discussion on ethical responsibility in the immersive tech industry from Professor Donna Davis, a panel on women in XR, and more. There were also huge announcements from Unity, HP, Microsoft, and others. HP and Microsoft.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2022

Unity Technologies has teamed up with Microsoft Azure to add the former’s Create Solutions to the Cloud, allowing users to distribute games across Windows and Microsoft Xbox systems. Really excited with this even deeper partnership with @Microsoft and @Azure. Fun to announce this today with @BondSarah_Bond [link].

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

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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ARVR

JANUARY 18, 2022

Meta corporations and Microsoft almost simultaneously announced work on unified virtual worlds, and the focus on the “internet of the future” even led to the renaming of Facebook (but only the companies, social networks left their familiar name). in many respects primitive, not very convenient, but they exist.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

Today, at Microsoft Inspire 2023, a showcase event covering the firm’s latest innovations. Microsoft quietly teased information regarding an industrial metaverse initiative. Details are elusive because Microsoft plans to reveal more information regarding its industrial Metaverse journey next year.

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ARPost

MARCH 28, 2022

ARPost has covered events in the Virbela virtual world before. But, on March 24, the platform hosted its own event. As visitors to the event logged in (peak concurrent users reached over 480), the virtual curtain was drawn on perhaps Virbela ’s single largest announcement of the day: its new campus.

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ARPost

JUNE 30, 2022

In the true metaverse, they argue, we won’t be locked into or out of certain digital experiences – we’ll be able to move from one virtual world to another like walking from one store in a mall to another. These worlds can be published to independent domains but maintain a door to other microverses. A Metaverse of Links.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft to tighten safety measures in Altspace VR. After a similar announcement performed by Meta last week, this week Microsoft has announced the tightening of the safety measures inside its social VR platform Altspace VR. Removing them removes lots of potential problems from Microsoft.

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XROM

OCTOBER 15, 2023

In Microsoft Mesh, the immersive content you create is experienced by users on a desktop PC or in VR. Spatial Audio enables a rich audio landscape that matches the directionality of sound in the physical world so participants can sense where others are in the 3D space and hear the virtual world around them.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2023

More info (First hardware leak about Apple headset) More info (New software leak about RealityOS) News worth a mention (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft Teams to integrate 3D avatars Microsoft is finally integrating Microsoft Teams with Microsoft Mesh , as it was promised some time ago.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2020

The coronavirus is causing the cancelation of worldwide events…. This week, the damn coronavirus has caused the cancelation of three super-important events: GTC (that will be substituted by the streaming of the sessions), SXSW and Google I/O. and fostering the creation of Virtual ones. Other relevant news.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Further, the legendary AWE Expo Hall is still a part of the European event. Among others, Wong will be joined on the panel by Zilliqa Head of Metaverse and NFTs Sandra Helou representing the Metapolis virtual world. Microsoft, Google, the XRA – and That’s Just One Talk. However, AWE EU is two days instead of three.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Microsoft unveiled an experiment this week that explores the future of always-on virtual reality. DreamWalker: created by Microsoft researchers Jackie Yang, Christian Holz, Eyal Ofek, Andrew D. Wilson, Image courtesy Microsoft Research.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Niantic has finally launched its VPS (Visual Positioning System), a solution that will allow developers to create AR applications that are persistent and shared in various locations in the world with centimeter accuracy. VPS is a technology that implements the AR Cloud and creates a bridge between the real and the virtual world.

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ARPost

MARCH 7, 2023

The show was bigger than ever thanks to the first-ever in-person awards and a special event saying farewell to AltspaceVR. Fortunately, not being in person has a way of not greatly hindering an event that’s already dedicated to WebXR. A Very Special Polys The Polys launched during the height of the pandemic.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 28, 2017

One of Microsoft’s newest leaders in mixed reality, Mark Bolas, took the stage for a few minutes at Acer’s press conference this week and put into human terms the company’s goals with the technology. That’s because HoloLens is quite a bit different from immersive VR that truly makes you feel present in a virtual world.

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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 - Virtual Reality

JUNE 8, 2022

At the event taking place both in Las Vegas and online from 12 to 16 June, Vection will introduce updates that give Webex users immersive collaboration features such as virtual world-building tools to strengthen modern hybrid working routines.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 29, 2022

These experiences will no longer function like webinars or VR apps, but will converge virtual spaces with interoperable, engaging content. Concerts, tech shows, events, and showrooms will invariably change with the Metaverse. Meta has debuted several visions for the Metaverse at its 2021 and 2022 Connect events. Meta Platforms.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2020

According to the VR/AR Association, over 10,000 attendees registered for the event with more watching streaming and recorded sessions on Facebook and YouTube. With so many talks happening over so many days, the best way to talk about an event like the VR/AR Global Summit might be from the top down. Major Trends. COVID and XR.

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AllThingsVR

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Microsoft announces a VR headset for $299 via PCGamer [link] Microsoft announced a new line of virtual reality headsets today which are much more affordable than others on the market. The headsets will come from Microsoft’s partners including HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, and Acer, and will start at just $299.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The Founder of Atlas, Ben James, noted that following an experience of working “at the intersection of design and technology,” Atlas is ready to secure enterprise and commercial clients with an easy-to-use content creation platform to suit a variety of use cases from virtual events to eCommerce routes.

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ARPost

JUNE 5, 2023

Lucid Realities: A Glimpse Into the Current State of Generative AI After two full days of people talking about how AI is a magical world generator that’s going to take the task of content creation off of the shoulders of builders, Microsoft Research Engineer Jasmine Roberts set the record straight.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

Companies like Google, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Vuzix are developing smart glasses to enhance the AR experience. Natural Language Processing (NLP) NLP is about using voice commands for people to explore and interact with virtual worlds. Screenshots taken on the official EQ3 website 4. It can boost satisfaction and sales.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 12, 2022

NVIDIA delivered a speech on Tuesday at the SIGGRAPH 2022, revealing a fresh lineup of metaverse solutions to audiences, including virtual world-building, digital twin, and avatar platforms. Covers neural graphics advancements, digital twins, & virtual humans: [link]. Kent Bye VoicesOfVR (@kentbye) August 9, 2022.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The organisation announced the news at the 90th INTERPOL General Assembly meeting in New Delhi, becoming the world’s first law enforcement metaverse platform. At the event, General Assembly delegates and representatives entered the virtual recreation using Meta Quest virtual reality (VR) headsets and personal avatars.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Meta Connect has been the big event of the week, and as it is a tradition of this blog , I’m going to write today for you a super article where you can find inside ALL the news announced during the event! Meta Quest Pro was what everyone was expecting from this event , and Zuck has not disappointed us with this point.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2023

Continuing, he stated, “Our proprietary technology is the connective tissue that links virtual worlds together and makes it easy for developers and brands to bring their experiences into the metaverse. Translatable digital ownership is possible with virtual worlds that are connected through Oorbit.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

You could theoretically even make an experience whose play area is as big as the one of a city (Microsoft once talked about “city-scale VR”). You read it right: now passthrough AR works event with Guardian disabled. they are playable in a sports court or a warehouse).

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Ryan Schultz

OCTOBER 13, 2022

You’re invited to join over 700 people from around the world, representing every social VR platform and flatscreen virtual world, who discuss, debate, and argue about the ever-evolving metaverse and the many companies building it! More details here. The Valve Index. I guess we’ll see.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Many of the most recognizable events of the civil rights movement occurred at discrete locations but changed the future of the whole country. Virbela is a creator of virtual worlds, typically for enterprise and education. Microsoft’s Immersive Museum. Microsoft also created a virtual museum for Black History Month.

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