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Microsoft Announces Release Date For Minecraft Earth AR Sandbox Mobile Game

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Returning once again to celebrate all things Minecraft, Mojang kicked off its annual MINECON Live event yesterday, revealing a bevy of new updates coming to the core experiences, a new cinematic for their upcoming spin-off title Minecraft Dungeons , as well as an official board game. . Image Credit: Microsoft, Mojang.

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Bill Gates: Most Work Meetings Will Happen In The Metaverse In 3 Years

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Earlier this week, Microsoft founder Bill Gates took to his official blog GatesNotes to lend his thoughts on a variety of hop button topics from climate change and misinformation to COVID-19 and remote coworking. I recommend diving into his full thoughts for a better understanding of Microsoft’s current game plan.

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Microsoft’s Minecraft Earth AR Experience Is Straight-Up Black Magic

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Last month, Microsoft celebrated the 10th anniversary of Minecraft with the reveal of Minecraft Earth , an upcoming Pokemon Go-like AR mobile game that brings all the crafting, exploration, and adventure of the original PC game to the real world. New gameplay shown at WWDC teases an incredible augmented adventure on the way.

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Post-Pandemic, Augmented Reality Serves Entertainment With Its Re-Emergence

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In 2014, Google Glass launched–to much fanfare, and nascent jokes online–quickly followed by the original Microsoft HoloLens. One of these boons, as mentioned, is the AI-driven body and facial capture technology augmented reality can provide, to replace close-proximity human motion capture.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.12). Quest 3 fully leaked, new Rumors on Valve, and more!

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The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses. The next step is about trying to integrate the glasses with cloud services, something about which Microsoft is a worldwide leader thanks to Azure.

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The 2023 Polys WebXR Awards Recap

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In-person hosts, producers, presenters, and an audience gathered at ZeroSpace , an XR stage and motion capture studio in Brooklyn. Their actions on the stage were volumetrically captured and displayed in The Polys’ AltspaceVR environment, similar to the launch of Microsoft Mesh.

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LG, Oorbit Partner for Smart TV Metaverse Solution

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South Korea’s LG Electronics announced on Monday a partnership with Oorbit to develop serious gaming metaverse technologies for LG TVs. Oorbit, a metaverse tech company, will leverage LG’s televisions for gaming and immersive experiences. Oorbit, LG, and Serious Gaming. Oorbit, LG Explore Metaverse Infrastructure.