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XR Today’s 2022 Microsoft HoloLens 2 Review

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To date, Microsoft HoloLens 2 continues to receive rave reviews for its stunning performance and versatility. Microsoft later announced the HoloLens 2 at the 2019 Mobile World Congress (MWC) with several upgrades. Inside Microsoft HoloLens 2. According to Microsoft’s spec sheet, here are its key features: Display.

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XR Today’s 2023 Microsoft HoloLens 2 Review

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

To date, Microsoft HoloLens 2 continues to receive rave reviews for its stunning performance and versatility. Microsoft later announced the HoloLens 2 at the 2019 Mobile World Congress (MWC) with several upgrades. Compared to the first version, Microsoft has upgraded the display resolution from 1280×720 to 2048×1080.

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Developing Better Haptics With Interhaptics

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When you think about “haptics,” particularly in the sense of extended reality , you probably think about hardware and wearables that let you interact with and feel your environment. The other product is an “interaction builder” for creating gesture controls. However, that’s only half the story. Interaction Builder Interface.

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How does Virtual Reality Work? The Ultimate Guide

XR Today - Virtual Reality

On a broad level, all forms of virtual reality attempt to immerse users in an experience using a combination of sensors, artificial intelligence, and hardware (such as wearable headsets). There are no advanced “spatial computing” features like sensors or gesture controls. How Does Virtual Reality Work for Non-Immersive VR?

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AR Smart Glasses: Expert Roundtable

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

XR devices are all over the headlines this month; the release of the Apple Vision Pro has brought spatial computing/mixed reality wearables to the forefront of emerging workplace and consumer-based digital solutions. In addition to comfort, AR glasses should have intuitive controls and user-friendly interfaces.

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Virtual Showroom Case Study: Nreal and BMW

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Nreal is supplying the MR wearables to deliver the BMW showcase. When a Nreal device owner starts BMW’s digital presentation, they can explore a fully digitised model of the iX1 car using gesture control. In March, Nreal teamed up with Microsoft and researchers at the University of Bristol to establish PeopleLens.

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How Brain-Computer Interfaces Can Deliver On VR’s Promises

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From Rift to Apple Watch to Snap Spectacles, the trend is toward wearable computing. Meta is working on an AR headset, which puts them in the same league as Microsoft and Magic Leap. While BCIs are already commonly used in medical devices, it is now, with the advent of wearable computing, that their potential could be fully realized.