XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Microsoft recently released information regarding its recent Q2 2024 earnings call. Regarding Mcrosoft’s recent performance, Amy Hood, the EVP and CFO at Microsoft , noted: This quarter, revenue was $62 billion, up 18% and 16% in constant currency. The call hits all the expected notes, such as genAI. So not all is lost.

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JUNE 25, 2018

The new HoloLens subscription service could prove a catalyst for SMEs to embrace immersive technology. Since the HoloLens was first released almost three years ago, Microsoft has steadily been building partnerships and demonstrating an array of industry use cases across manufacturing, engineering, healthcare, education and many others.

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VRScout

AUGUST 5, 2022

Past winners have included hardware such as the Meta Quest 2 headset, social media influencers like Thrillseeker , and VR experiences including ILMxLAB’s Secrets of the Empire and Wolves in the Walls from Fable Studio. This year’s awards promise to be even bigger. Credit: AIXR. Credit: FundamentalVR. VR Healthcare of the Year.

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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. Nadella described Mesh by inviting users to “think about what XBox Live did for gaming.”

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Road to VR

APRIL 25, 2024

This puts Meta in an entirely new position as a platform holder, as it now seems the company is trying to beat Google at its own game. Apple vs. Microsoft. Or maybe just a version that comes out of the box with Xbox controller and Game Pass, and you can immediately start playing on a big screen anywhere you go.”

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2021

Bet on games of Blackjack and Roulette in this blockchain-powered virtual casino coming soon to major VR & AR devices. At launch, XR Casino will feature multiplayer games, public and private rooms, and text and voice chat. There’s currently no shortage of immersive gambling experiences available on VR headsets at the moment.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 21, 2023

After announcing that it would close up shop in 2017 , Microsoft intervened and the company came under the tech giant’s wing. Now, Microsoft is sunsetting AltspaceVR’s virtual reality platform, a web of immersive social spaces that invited people to hang out with friends or colleagues as 3D avatars.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2018

Back at E3 2016, Microsoft’s Head of Xbox Phil Spencer announced on stage that the Xbox One X (then ‘Project Scorpio’) would become the industry’s next VR-compatible console, positioning the platform to compete with Sony’s PSVR with what Spencer called “high fidelity VR.” Image courtesy Microsoft.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 30, 2023

However, XR took centre stage during the Snapdragon XR Spotlight session , which saw Hugo Stwart, Qaulcomm’s VP and GM of XR, highlight the firm’s recent immersive innovations. These are just a few examples of XR beyond gaming and entertainment. Qualcomm recognises this trend alongside Meta, Microsoft, and others.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Alternatively, Meta’s big tech teammate, Microsoft, also launched a huge partnership on cross-compatibility with the former’s Quest product lineup and latter’s Office 365 solutions. Microsoft is already vying for the Metaverse after its massive $67 billion deal with Activision Blizzard. What Is an Avatar?

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

It was a fairly engaging conversation, during which Rogan remained uncharacteristically quiet as Carmack dove into each new topic with considerable detail; not a huge surprise considering Rogan’s well-known love of Quake and DOOM , two video games in which Carmack served as lead programmer. . Image Credit: Joe Rogan Experience. [

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

With CES around the corner, the AR/VR/MR marketplace is already rumbling just days into the new year, with many significant developments in the immersive solutions space. This week saw Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, Meta, and Sony move to optimize their product offerings and business operations.

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Road to VR

MAY 12, 2017

A job listing for a Senior Design Manager position on Microsoft’s “Xbox Mixed Reality team” says that the company is “looking to build a massively social gaming and entertainment experience for both the PC and the console.” We are embarking on a bold charter and need your help us take the next step.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This month could just prove that immersive business solutions will start seeing greater media hype in the next few months leading into 2024, CES, and beyond. At Ignite, Microsoft announced plans to introduce new avatars and immersive spaces to its popular Teams application, widely used for workplace communications.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The hardware to be launched at the event had already been totally leaked We had no unexpected major VR game announced , nor news on GTA or Assassin’s Creed VR Most pieces of news were already been announced o r were not that relevant. Microsoft 365 is coming to Quest Pro! I was not expecting it at all, and was quite cool.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

How can the right combination of hardware and software instantly transport us into a new world? What components does a “virtual reality” experience need to be truly immersive? An Introduction Virtual reality creates an end-to-end mechanism that replaces our natural “real-world” environment with an immersive simulation.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It creates an immersive experience for listeners by providing spatial context to the audio source. Immersive environments use 360-degree spaces where users can enjoy 3D content from all directions. People listening to passing cars, conversations, and other location-based applications can leverage immersive spatial audio.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Along with the efforts of multinational firms, leadership has begun rallying enthusiasts and seasoned professionals in the sector to discuss the future of the immersive tech industry. Guests speaking at the event included Alexander Karim, Metaverse Lead at Microsoft UK , and Sean M Tracey, Chief Technology Officer of KadVR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 8, 2017

The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is in Los Angeles, CA next week and it’s always one of the largest events of the year for gamers, giving giants of the industry including Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo the chance to show off the latest hardware and games to drive the next generation of consumer interest.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

The company’s no-code platform aims to complete the process in the next 60 days, allowing ARway to provide its products to customers with compatible hardware. Working with Microsoft, ARway will introduce its digital wayfinding platform to Microsoft’s world-renowned set of hardware capabilities.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 15, 2023

Spatial is a leading RT3D Metaverse platform for various hardware, including web browsers and XR headsets. The online platform promotes interactive social and immersive gaming worlds with rich branding and content creation opportunities. Spatial also assists in the We3 revolution.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

It appears as though Xbox is playing the long game. Compared to competing gaming platforms, Xbox is way behind the curve in terms of VR. The latest upcoming addition to the Xbox hardware lineup. Image Credit: Microsoft Xbox. Meanwhile, Sony is effectively dominating the console VR space with the Playstation VR.

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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. Interoperability as the Lifeblood of an Immersive Internet. What is the Metaverse Standards Forum?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2023

The first is that the headset is just at the beginning of its life, some pieces of content like Beat Saber are not available yet, so this initial data is spurious and over time Beat Saber will be the most sold game again. Let’s see… if we’ll keep having always more hardware leaks, then this is the case. How ironic.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In the first part , I dealt with investing possibilities in hardware that will take us to the metaverse. There are and will be games for PCs, consoles, mobile devices, VR, and AR. Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) for AltspaceVR. Roblox (Nasdaq: RBLX) for Decentralized Gaming Creation. Today I will delve into other opportunities.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 19, 2017

Now that it’s all said and done it’s easy to see that E3 2017 just wasn’t a huge showing for VR hardware. Microsoft didn’t even mention VR at all during the reveal of the Xbox One X even though executives have suggested the system will still support it. Best VR Hardware of E3 2017: DisplayLink Wireless Vive.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Even governments are turning to immersive platforms to showcase tourism, security, and travel opportunities. The VR industry has skyrocketed immensely, with immersive headset shipments spiking 92 percent in 2019 and 70 percent in 2020. Many businesses are realising the value and potential of integrating virtual solutions.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Audio plays a huge part in building truly immersive virtual experiences, so developing a way to realistically simulate the way that sound comes at you from different directions was a priority from the get-go, says HoloLens inventor Alex Kipman. And for that, you need the developer community to get on board.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Currently, there are vast differences between traditional user experiences and immersive experiences. More and more enterprises are adopting immersive experiences to build customer relationships. Immersive experiences extend across virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR). What is an Immersive Experience?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 5, 2022

For most people, gaming represented the ultimate “initial” market for the extended reality landscape. Ever since the early days of exciting new concepts like Pokémon Go , games developers and entertainment companies have been doubling down on their investments into immersive experiences. The Potential for XR in Gaming.

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ARPost

MARCH 17, 2023

Immersive spaces can be very immersive visually. This can disrupt immersion in games and social applications but in automotive, engineering, and construction (AEC) , understanding how a space sounds can be crucial to the design process. The closest we’ve come to real immersive sound is “spatial audio.”

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This year, AWE is partnering with Rooom for a much more immersive virtual AWE. Everything from hardware to experiences to people, the XR world is recognized, and Inbar is the master of ceremonies. The company has since teased hardware and a collaboration with Microsoft Mesh , so their AWE appearance could mean anything.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This marks an essential point in the industry as devices are becoming cheaper and more accessible, meaning content creation will be needed to support the hardware promises. By leveraging genAI, Atlas can support a vast range of developer talent designing in-house immersive applications.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 21, 2023

More info Other relevant news (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft discontinues Kinect for Azure Microsoft has decided to discontinue its latest iteration of the Kinect sensor, dubbed Kinect For Azure DK. Microsoft will stop selling its Kinect For Azure sensor in October 2023, or until the supplies last. This seems good.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. The two co-founders of Humane have spent a combined 20+ years at Apple, leading their engineering and interaction/design teams, and are now building their own immersive wearable device.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 4, 2023

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 is just around the corner, and many major XR firms are ready at the wings with new XR hardware. In the wake of the new year and CES 2023, many major XR firms made moves to establish themselves as leading immersive brands. CEO Mark Zuckerberg Defends XR Acquisition Against the FTC.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

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. But since Microsoft owns one of those studios (and using it costs around $100K/day if I remember well!), Here you are my flower for you! Image by OceanX).

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