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MAY 10, 2017

While virtual reality looks to break into the mainstream within the next few years, Microsoft is playing the long game with its mixed reality device, HoloLens, which is much further away from reaching the consumer market. Just how well Microsoft delivers on its promise will be one of the biggest stories of VR in 2017.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

” That might really be the case, as several innovations for example in the fields of displays, processors, batteries, sensors, miniaturization, and manufacturing technology will still have to be mastered before metaverse becomes a seamless part of our everyday lives in a way similar to our use of mobile phones and Internet.

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APRIL 11, 2023

For example, it allows them to feel like they’re physically interacting with products in a brick-and-mortar store while being online. For example, it’s popular among furniture stores like EQ3. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Vuzix are developing smart glasses to enhance the AR experience.

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JULY 28, 2023

Groups like Microsoft are leveraging a collapsing military contact to keep its IVAS device lineup alive for further funding, and HTC VIVE took note to explain the importance of enterprise end-users in discussion with the World Economic Forum. Microsoft Begin IVAS 1.2 Testing Microsoft may be fighting for Hololens.

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APRIL 19, 2024

Nathan Pettyjohn, CEO of The Immerse Group and President of the VR/AR Association , has outlined the potential for how XR can solve the skilled workforce gap looming for industries like manufacturing and construction. Microsoft Teams Introduces Frontline AR Tools for iOS, Android Will VR Help NASA Put Humans on Mars?

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ARPost

JULY 4, 2022

NVIDIA joined Meta , Epic Games, Khronos Group, Avataar , Microsoft, Unity, XR Association , and many other founding members to lead the development of interoperability standards to drive the growth of the metaverse. As big tech is racing toward the development and adoption of extended reality, the debut of the metaverse is nigh.

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JUNE 13, 2017

We haven’t had the E3 where Sony doesn’t shut up about VR like it once did 3D, for example, nor the E3 where it seems like everyone and their mothers are making VR games like they once were mobile or motion controlled experiences. It was Microsoft that dropped the ball the hardest.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This week, Microsoft continued its roadmap of introducing emerging workplace tools to its worldwide lineup of clients; most recently, the firm distributed AI tools across Siemens’ workforce. The move deepens the partnership between Microsoft and Siemens with a purpose-built Siemens Industrial Copilot solution.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Although gaming is certainly a great use case and example of what immersive VR experiences can deliver, the possibilities are endless,” said Vindevogel. He gave examples of some applications of VR that have nothing to do with gaming, such as house tours, and meetings.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

The group will consist of more than 50 Founding Members and Collaborators from across the world. For example, companies will need to develop and deploy benchmarks and evaluation standards. For the AI Alliance, members will form working groups across the organisation’s targeted list of topics.

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MARCH 22, 2021

It found that content delivered in this format produced greater memory retention than a control group. For example, Bank of America just launched a program across 4,000 branches. Post-training performance also grew 230 percent for the VR group versus 17 percent for the control group. Source: PwC. Medical Training.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

A group leading enterprise integration of digital twins is the Orlando Economic Partnership (OEP). This year was a busy one for the XR industry; following a lull in faith towards the start of the year, groups such as the OEP, Microsoft, and Meta worked to bring new life to the sector via substantial workplace XR solutions.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The research division cites World Health Organisation data noting that roughly 39 million people worldwide are blind and 246 million have low vision – with AR/AI solutions, this group can gain new opportunities to interact with the world around them. Meanwhile, a control group of seven blindfolded sighted individuals took part.

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ARPost

APRIL 29, 2021

AR remote collaboration with IoT devices as well as low-latency calling in less-than-ideal locations and conditions are only likely to improve as the company is one of the most active groups in exploring 5G. Like the next example isn’t strictly collaborative, this example isn’t strictly remote but it’s close enough to merit discussion.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Moreover, after a headset arrives on an employee’s desk or to a group of on-site frontline workers, managers should create workplace policies and procedures for leveraging and showcasing the benefits of XR – to avoid device misusage and ensure credible ROI examples.

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2019

After four years of waiting, does Microsoft’s new holographic computer live up to the hype? Possible HoloLens 2 use-case / Image Credit: Microsoft. Microsoft reports that the field-of-view (FOV) is twice the size of the old HoloLens, although some have since challenged those claims. HoloLens 2 / Image Credit: Microsoft.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

For example, BMW Group uses AR to optimize vehicle concept and prototype engineering. BMW does this by accessing digital elements from its cloud data management system through Microsoft HoloLens. By prototyping digitally, speed and cost efficiencies can be gained versus physical prototypes.

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JUNE 4, 2021

For example, let’s say that a student is learning about the gladiator fights in ancient Rome. They can put on a mixed reality headset, like Microsoft HoloLens, and step inside the Colosseum, observe it from any angle and fly over it in a hot air balloon. If you like what you see, you can then upgrade to more advanced tools.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Additionally, Atlas is leveraging a research grant from the European Union’s High-Level Expert Group on AI. According to Atlas, enterprise and commercial end-users can leverage the platform to build bespoke virtual worlds, assets, and designs, for example. Atlas secured $4.5 million in another round led by Collab+Currency.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 17, 2019

Microsoft’s new piece of kit doesn’t disappoint, but the real excitement of its MWC announcement goes well beyond the hardware. Microsoft is in this for the long haul and will continue cashing in just fine without even touching the consumer market Click To Tweet. That’s the low-hanging fruit as far as Microsoft is concerned.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

The latest update adds multi-color sticky notes participants can sketch on and add to the whiteboard as well as breakout groups for smaller team discussions outside a larger meeting. Multi-Display Mac Or PC In VR. The solo Personal Office space gives you up to three displays in VR.

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JULY 12, 2021

A notorious group of cybercriminals whose operations were almost totally dismantled last year seems to be back in business—in yet another example of the seemingly intractable nature of cybercrime. Read more.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

One of the first to enter this business is the Metaverse Group, which operates a virtual world called Decentraland. Late last year, a report surfaced that the parent company of the Metaverse Group announced that “a site in the heart of Decentraland’s Fashion Street district” has been sold for a record $2.5

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MARCH 31, 2021

It found that content delivered in this format produced greater memory retention than a control group. For example, Bank of America just launched a program across 4,000 branches. Post-training performance also grew 230 percent for the VR group versus 17 percent for the control group. Enter The Monarchy 3.

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APRIL 17, 2023

This can make it difficult if, for example, we want to shift applications or data from one cloud to another. This means that a business might have service agreements in place with, for example, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

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MARCH 4, 2020

And for a third group, the value in virtual beings isn’t the ability to create a new person: it’s to recreate an existing one. Virtual being music group Auxuman (Image Credit: Auxuman). A scan of Sir David Attenborough in a VR app (Image Credit: Microsoft ). What do we mean by ‘virtual being’?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

Just to make an example, I was there when there was the Netscape vs Internet Explorer war, but now the leading web browser is Google Chrome. There are so periods during the evolution of a tech with a certain group of leaders, who change over time. These are just some examples of possible threats to Meta in the coming times.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

Oculus has in the past held up Samsung and Gear VR as an example of the company’s commitment to creating an ecosystem that works with third-party hardware. New Foes – Microsoft & Co. image courtesy Microsoft. In fact, Oculus Go will be fully compatible with the Gear VR library. A New Platform for New Foes.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 17, 2023

Or you meet a friend of yours, and he introduces you to a partner of his, and then when you are speaking together, another person joins the group and you meet this new person, too. Don’t go with a group of your colleagues with the idea of spending the whole day and night speaking with them.

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JULY 16, 2019

For example, the report dives into Marijke Sjollema’s use of The Dolphin Swim Club VR in a medical setting. Creating new standalone headsets make sharing VR a social experience, which can aid in training and group activities. This year, new standalone headsets from Oculus and Vive debuted.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

Below are enterprise-focused and consumer-focused examples that business and IT managers may want to explore to realize the potential of this new digital realm. Tech companies focused on metaverse development, such as Meta (aka Facebook) and Microsoft, are using this convenience as a springboard to the next version of “virtual meetings.”

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VRScout

MAY 24, 2017

Developers, both amateur and professional alike, seem to be having an absolute blast creating augmented reality experiences for the Microsoft HoloLens. Imagine using this technology to casually view live Rocket League games on your coffee table with a group of friends.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Moreover, Microsoft is resparking its stake in an Industrial Metaverse, with plans to debut products in 2024. The WEF notes how mental health facilities and groups already leverage gaming platforms to improve patient outcomes via interactable and immersive experiences.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Notably, as the industrial Metaverse wave of 2024 approaches, many firms like Microsoft, AWS, and Meta are attempting to lead it. Microsoft and AWS are integrating many business-grade digital services and related security measures to ensure end-users feel safe adopting each vendor’s XR technology.

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MAY 8, 2017

Some industry players have already talked about the death of the smartphone , but those groups also missed out on the smartphone altogether so they’re ambitious to move on to the next platform. The best examples of this are the Magic Leap prototypes, Microsoft Hololens and Qualcomm’s VR reference design.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the enormous influence in the XR industry, VRTUOLUO has set up dozens of industry communities (such as the Industry Executives Association, VR Game Developers Community, VR Education Community, Financing and Investment Community, Offline Entertainment Group, etc.) and covered more than 80% of the XR pioneers as communities members.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

A smart glasses user, for example, could access a movie streaming application like Netflix via an AR RT3D button and watch media on a large immersive screen that a user can place in their real-world environment. For example, the two firms teamed up to present an immersive broadcast of the Tour de France in 2022.

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