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Microsoft May Leapfrog Facebook and Google in VR With HoloLens Tracking

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Microsoft’s play for command of next generation personal computing can be seen today with the announcement of a series of Windows-powered VR headsets starting at $300. The headsets planned from HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, and Acer will use what’s known as “inside-out” position tracking.

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

For example, the armed services must instruct men in the operation and maintenance of extremely complicated and potentially dangerous equipment, and it is desirable to educate the men with the least possible danger to their lives and to possible damage to costly equipment. They were slick, they were robust.

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First look at HTC Vive Sync

Hypergrid Business

The headset came out last year , starts at $800, and is hands-down the best VR headset I’ve used to so far, and that includes various incarnations of the Oculus Rift, the Microsoft Hololens, the original HTC Vive, Oculus Go, and dozens of different smartphone-based headsets. VIVE Focus Plus. Image courtesy HTC Vive.).

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HR in XR, with BrainXchange’s Emily Friedman

XR for Business Podcast

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. So remote support, for example. RealWear’s a great example. Colgate, for example. So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over. And I think what it shows is that, like your example, learning how to tile a wall. Alan: Awesome. Alan: Really?

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HR in XR, with BrainXchange’s Emily Friedman

XR for Business Podcast

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. So remote support, for example. RealWear’s a great example. Colgate, for example. So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over. And I think what it shows is that, like your example, learning how to tile a wall. Alan: Awesome. Alan: Really?

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HR in XR, with BrainXchange's Emily Friedman

XR for Business Podcast

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. So remote support, for example. RealWear's a great example. Colgate, for example. So if you want to know more about this, it's brainxchange.com and just look for EWTS, or just Google "Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit". But there's a lot going on.

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OSVR - a Look Ahead

VRGuy

For example, head tracking can come from optical trackers or inertial ones. For example, DAQRI integrated a plugin that detects objects in a video stream. Google Glass has not been as successful as hoped. Microsoft Hololens kits are shipping to developers, but are not priced for consumers yet.

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