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Microsoft Employees Aren’t Happy About $479M HoloLens Military Contract

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Last week a collection of Microsoft employees penned a letter to the companies CEO, Satya Nadella, and its president, Brad Smith, expressing their open discontent regarding a $479M contract with the United States military that would introduce roughly 100,000 HoloLens MR headsets to the battlefield. “We

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Avatar Dimension Brings a Mixed Reality Capture Studio Closer to Clients

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Avatar Dimension is the only Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studio on the East Coast. Avatar Dimension serves a wide range of clients from enterprises to military and government agencies. It also features Microsoft’s capture and rendering pipeline. Video and film companies need to step up their game if they want to stand out.

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Big XR News from Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap

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Moreover, with significant firms struggling through Q1, official government bodies are also decelerating Metaverse growth out of competition fears. Microsoft first announced its acquisition in 2022. The company faces increased competition from other VR and AR companies, such as Sony and Apple.

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Ed Games Expo Returns With A Full Day Dedicated To VR And AR Education

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The Educational Games Expo kicked-off this week in Washington, DC. Now in its seventh annual year, this free and public conference hosted by the US Department of Education showcases the best educational learning games and technologies to date. Are you ready for some game-based learning? It's #EDGamesExpo week!

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Orlando Mayor Offers 2,500 Open Positions to Build Metaverse in the MetaCenter

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The list of execs from our next-gen gaming, entertainment, AI, AR/VR, IoT, and simulation training companies joining this effort continues to grow,” Adelson told us. Local governments in Orlando and Orange County have also expressed their support. Red 6 is using AR headsets to enhance training for pilots.

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Tim Sweeney Warns VR Could Make Tech Companies ‘More Powerful Than Any Government’

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The legendary programmer and founder of Epic Games sat down with me after his keynote address at the VRX conference in San Francisco and, as conversations with Sweeney usually do, the topic quickly turned to the issue of open platforms. There shouldn’t be any platform at the center deciding what games people can or can’t make.

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Big News From Meta, Samsung, Microsoft, and HTC VIVE

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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. The government-backed programme aims to seek out and incubate talent. Microsoft Begin IVAS 1.2

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