Peter Graham

JULY 18, 2019

Formerly called the Global Virtual Reality Association (GVRA), today the XR Association (XRA) has announced that Microsoft has joined as a member company alongside founding members HTC Vive, Sony, Google, Facebook, and Samsung. We are thrilled to welcome Microsoft to XRA,” said Elizabeth Hyman, CEO of the XR Association.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Efforts to construct and expand the Metaverse were sparked by Meta Platform’s major pivot in October, which saw Microsoft, NVIDIA, HTC VIVE, Qualcomm, Google, Varjo, and dozens of other tech giants enter the race for prime positioning to build the virtual and connected world. Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO).

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VRScout

APRIL 8, 2018

Surrounded by towering mountains, picturesque lakes, and urban beaches, it’s easy to forget that Vancouver hosts a booming technology industry. It’s got a very vibrant, dynamic community with both men and women leading the space, and it’s really covering everything from content production to enabling technologies.”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2023

A leader in AI development for virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) solutions, Meta’s latest involvement in the AI Alliance will help facilitate an ethical framework for the emerging technology. Finally, the alliance will aim to launch initiatives to encourage the open development of AI in safe, beneficial ways.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The spatial computing-focused privacy expert believes that industry self-governance will be more impactful. Google’s Justin Quimby says this is okay as long as there are common languages — again like HTML today. For an example of what not to do, Facebook practices lots of lip service about policies and self-regulation.

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XROM

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Led by Devendra Fadnavis as he constructs his Maharashtra@75 vision, the Mumbai Megapolis Metaverse is an ambitious endeavour that utilizes cutting-edge technology to create a virtual representation of Mumbai in the metaverse and is a first-of-its-kind initiative revolutionising urban governance and citizen engagement in the country.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

We will also be presenting the frontier achievements of science and technology, discussing the times and business issues, and planning the future value of new technology, new businesses, and new models. For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on.

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Anand Tech

JULY 26, 2023

But Rapidus, a semiconductor consortium backed by the Japanese government and large conglomerates, plans to leapfrog several generations of nodes and start 2nm production in 2027. Modern fabrication technologies are expensive to develop in general. The endeavor is both extremely challenging and tremendously expensive.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 27, 2023

Following last week’s theme of layoffs across the tech sector, this week continues the unemployment trend as influential groups reassess the space and US Courts aim at Google. Recently, Microsoft entered an extended partnership with OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, to expand the tech solution to business clients.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

The evolution of technology. The evolution of VR is usually compared to the one of other technologies, like the web or mobile. 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. Let me show you why. Facebook’s problems. The logo of ??,

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

I remember many people laughing at me when we of New Technology Walkers released a fitness game for the Vive Focus Plus ( HitMotion: Reloaded ) because they said it was a big and overpriced headset. More info (Apple threatens Epic) More info (Microsoft files an official support for Epic). This is huge.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

According to the very famous market analysis company Gartner, Augmented Reality is no more an “emerging” technology, but it has graduated as a mature one. This meant that for Gartner, VR was not an emerging and experimental technology anymore, but it had already become something usable and useful. Gartner Hype Cycle 2019.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 1, 2022

Over the last two years, metaverse technologies have matured due to investments from firms such as Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Epic Games, and many others. This is a crucial phase in the process of finding new technologies, protocols, and communities. The seventh consists of technologies that make previous ideas a reality.

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Bernard Marr

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The discussions highlighted AI’s transformative potential and underscored the need for innovative and prudent governance. Leaders like Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Klaus Schwab, Founder of the World Economic Forum, along with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, highlighted AI's demystification.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 9, 2022

The Digital Markets Act is a law that the European Parliament and Commission are discussing since 2020 and has the purpose of limiting the excessive power of the major tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta. And the same holds for Google, which is applying similar restrictions.

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ARPost

JUNE 4, 2020

Brands like Bosch, Nreal, 0glasses, and Am Glass by Pacific Future joined Magic Leap, Vuzix, Microsoft HoloLens, and Epson Moverio this year, delivering a new way to experience 2D and 3D content and features. They will also impact the e-commerce industry. Buying and Selling Trust.

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Voices of VR

JULY 13, 2023

Liz Hyman President and the CEO of the XR Association (XRA), which is a non-profit, industry trade association representing 47 XR companies including major players like Meta, Google, Microsoft, HTC, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Unity, and HTC. Section 508 would only apply to XR experiences produced by the federal government.

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Bernard Marr

JULY 6, 2023

As technological innovation has evolved, security has remained a constant concern. With each technological breakthrough comes both opportunities and challenges. However, quantum computing is set to become the next major disruptor in technology, and its implications for security are profound. For instance, the U.S.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 31, 2023

These include Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Saudi Arabia, UAE Lead MENA Region in XR Telehealth The news comes as the Saudi and Dubai governments aim to cement positions as top tech hubs in the region and worldwide.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 18, 2021

ThirdEye products are targeted for healthcare, government and field services. The company’s goal is to not build its own headsets but to instead provide its light field technology to other headset makers. The company is currently developing an email service to compete with Google and Microsoft.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2023

Numerous firms, including Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and Google shuttered their AR ambitions to focus on developing current extended reality (XR) technologies. Global Metaverse Struggles The news comes after Apple scrapped plans for its AR device to focus on its MR headset to target high and mid-tier customers.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

XR Today’s Big News series has begun exploring the topics closest to the extended reality (XR) market, where daily headlines constantly shift and transform the landscape of the technology world. So far, there are experts afraid of losing their jobs and reluctant to adopt new technologies, unfortunately.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 30, 2017

The two day conference was packed with simultaneous, back-to-back presentations and workshops from industry leaders such as Microsoft, Google, AMD, The VOID, IMAX, Two Bit Circus, Secret Location, Globacore, Quantum Capture, The Canadian Film Centre, and many more. The concept of virtual reality itself magnetizes a certain person.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 21, 2021

If that day never arrives, it will be largely thanks to the legions of malefactors who, over the years, have hacked this or that government or corporation and thus forced… Read more. On some level, all of us are waiting for the big one—the hack that downs the internet, paralyzes infrastructure, maybe launches a couple nukes.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

government wants you to do just that with its new education competition. Department of Education this week announced the EdSim Challenge , looking for new educational simulations that use virtual and augmented reality technology, created by the VR, AR and videogame development communities. In fact, the U.S.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 22, 2022

Since it became the most hyped technology buzzword, around the time Facebook rebranded itself as Meta, there has been no shortage of visionaries, pioneers, and entrepreneurs lining up to tell us what they think it is. “The Satya Nadella , Microsoft MSFT -1.4%. This was not the way that we were meant to use technology.".

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

These have appeared across Google’s ARCore, Niantic’s Lightship AR developer kit (ARDK), Snap Lens, Meta’s Reality system, and Apple’s ARKit platforms, namely for smartphones. With a growing number of use cases set to develop across the industry, businesses are leveraging emerging technologies for targeted purposes.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This reflects actions taken at Google, Snap, Microsoft, and Apple over the last few months regarding their respective smart glass offerings. Meta’s latest shift with the Quest Pro aims to reclaim its market share in the enterprise space by rapidly building fresh use cases for MR technologies.

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 29, 2024

So, the government of Iceland has collaborated with OpenAI and is using the GPT-4 language model to help preserve the Icelandic language. (As To help change this, a team of language technology companies and volunteers have been training GPT-4 on proper Icelandic language, grammar, and cultural knowledge.

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Bernard Marr

APRIL 2, 2024

Potentially dangerous AI applications have been designated “unacceptable” and will be illegal except for government, law enforcement and scientific study under specific conditions. Some Uses Of AI Will Be Banned The act states that “AI should be a human-centric technology. The act says “AI should be a human-centric technology.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

It has also launched similar projects for enterprise, consumer, and industrial devices with Microsoft. Yi Xu, Director of XR Technology, OPPO , unveiled at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2023 on 1 June. Currently, due to US government trade restrictions , Qualcomm cannot sell its 5G components to Huawei for its smartphone sales.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This year, I’m just watching the conference from home The conference has been interesting, and it has been the usual mix of technology and politics. And while China always moves chaotically, I think that the push of the government is helping its VR companies. Facebook and Microsoft publish two interesting research projects for VR.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 16, 2023

From a financial point of view, it seems clear from an ethical perspective that when AI companies stand to make enormous profits from this technology, artists whose talent contributed to their success deserve their cut. The Future of Art and AI I believe that generative AI has the potential to be truly transformative in many positive ways.

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EON Reality

JUNE 18, 2019

such as the immersive businesses at The Landing in MediaCityUK who’ve just received investment for their Government-backed Digital Catapult space in Salford ?— Our core competencies here are C# and.NET, but we’re very agnostic in terms of other technologies. Alongside UK peers and startups in the AVR industry ?—

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

(Image by Microsoft). According to Reuters, Microsoft’s executive vice president Harry Shum took the stage at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai and said that the HoloLens 2 will be released sometime in September of this year. HoloLens 2 could be put on sale on September. In any case, we will see.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

According to The Verge, the top executives from Facebook are working on a rebrand of the company, most probably to create a parent company that owns all the various businesses controlled by Facebook … something similar to what Google made when it created Alphabet. Snap and Google Partner to Bring “Quick Tap to Snap” to Pixel 6.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

investment arm of Singapore’s government. Revolutionary approach calls for projecting a digital light field into the user’s eye, involving technologies potentially suited to applications in augmented reality and computer vision. Google was one of the first to invest. Qualcomm Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s

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