XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2023

Microsoft has picked volumetric video company Arcturus as its primary marketing partner for its Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studios (MRCS) solution provider. Arcturus’s Dimension Studio Arcturus will also provide licence and expertise support for studios seeking to partner with Microsoft’s MRCS network.

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Bernard Marr

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Microsoft, which is reported to have laid off around 10,000 employees, practically simultaneously announced that it plans to invest $10 billion in OpenAI, the creators of the viral application ChatGPT. Likewise, Google's parent company Alphabet announced plans to reduce its global headcount by 12,000 – a cut of around six percent.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 23, 2023

Google Parent Alphabet Lays Off 12,000 Jobs Late last week, Alphabet, Google’s parent firm, laid off roughly 12,000 individuals. The move accounts for around 6 percent of Google’s global workforce. Google’s layoffs come just days after Microsoft and Amazon announced cutbacks of roughly 10,000 employees.

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VRScout

MARCH 20, 2021

Developers have explored potential solutions in the past, such as Google Daydream’s ultra-fun Drum Keys or Logitech’s VR compatible keyboards. TapID also uses touch input through a machine learning classifier to determine which one of your fingers is actually making the tapping motion. Photo Sorting.

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The AR Show

JANUARY 16, 2024

Previously Michael spent nearly a decade working with the Microsoft Hololens team. He was a Principle Engineering Lead at Microsoft for a couple of years, left to be the founding partner of Object theTheory, where he and his team worked with enterprises to leverage AR and VR technologies, often in combination with IoT and AI/Machine Learning.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

You may not be aware of this but for years now Microsoft has been steadily working to build the world’s smartest computer brain. Today, Microsoft is announcing Custom Speech Service, the latest program to join the ranks of Microsoft Cognitive Services. Now, that brain is getting a whole lot smarter. Meet CRIS and LUIS.

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Bernard Marr

JUNE 2, 2023

When we talk about artificial intelligence (AI) in business and society today, what we really mean is machine learning (ML). Data Search Engines and Repositories Google Dataset Search – This is actually a search engine for datasets cataloged by Google; use this to find data on just about anything you could need.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Pesce identifies these technologies as Microsoft Kinect, Keyhole (a forerunner of Google Maps), and the smartphone by way of Google Cardboard. See Also: Four Books to Help you Learn About Augmented Reality. We can learn from that past, and perhaps avoid its pitfalls.”. But at what cost?”.

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 4, 2023

Today, if you know where to look, then just about anyone can dive in and start creating applications that leverage machine learning in innovative ways. Many of these people will not have the technical skills needed to write code or the spare time to learn them. Google AutoML. Google Teachable Machine.

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ARPost

MAY 3, 2021

If you want to emulate the likes of Google, Amazon, and Facebook, or more correctly, avoid being kicked out of business by them, it is imperative you at least consider the use cases of AR that fit into and can improve your business model. See Also: Why Augmented Reality Will Be a Dominant Force in the Manufacturing Industry. Guest Post.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2019

To illustrate, readers will learn how VR helps kids and people with special needs learn to use an MRI machine. To learn more about these exciting and industry-changing applications visit the link at the top to get the report. The report has lots of interesting use cases for AR and VR.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Eventually, Apple could take lessons it learns from the virtual reality headset and apply it to a pair of lightweight AR glasses with transparent displays. Google’s approach was significantly lighter and simpler than what’s come since.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Earlier in this series, we examined Google’s ambitions to create more direct user touchpoints (literally) that drive revenue-generating search by voice, visual and text. The story is similar for Amazon , Microsoft and Bose (kind of), and the 800-pound gorilla in wearables, Apple. Orbiting Initiatives. Social Experiment.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

According to CBINSIGHTS , tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) have all been acquiring AI startups aggressively in the last decade. Facebook invested heavily in Oculus Rift to bring in believable character avatars using generative models through deep learning. Source: CBINSIGHTS.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

Ultraleap’s computer vision and machine learning models also enable low-cost hand-tracking integration for enterprise end users. Ultraleap also notes how hand tracking is becoming a “mandatory feature” of major available and upcoming headsets from firms including Microsoft, Meta, and Apple.

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ARPost

APRIL 29, 2021

There are two premium price tiers with additional affordances, but there is also a free model with an easy sign-in using a Microsoft, Google, or Apple account or with a private email. TechSee and Vuzix (and Microsoft). Incidentally, Vuzix also supports Teams, Microsoft’s remote conferencing platform. Microsoft Mesh.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this weekly VRScout Report, Google Earth in VR is a rush, Facebook analyzes your face w/ augmented reality, GE uses AR to talk to machines, the funding wrap-up, cure lazy eye with VR, and more…. GOOGLE EARTH IN VR IS A RUSH. GE USES AR TO TALK TO MACHINES IN MICROSOFT PARTNERSHIP.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 5, 2023

ChatGPT uses machine learning (ML) to aggregate data from the internet, generating content such as images, sound, documents, and chat texts. Numerous firms such as NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft, Google, Unity, and many others have incorporated versions of GPT on their own solutions to increase content development dramatically.

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Bernard Marr

JUNE 5, 2023

This chatbot has redefined the standards of artificial intelligence, proving that machines can indeed “learn” the complexities of human language and interaction. In January, Microsoft expanded its long-term partnership with Open AI and announced a multibillion-dollar investment to accelerate AI breakthroughs worldwide.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

The Quest 2 is a great gaming machine offered at a ridiculous price, and it has totally crushed the competition. 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. Google Glass v2. What will happen? Honestly, I don’t know.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Julia Winter // Alchemie (Troy, MI) – immersive chemistry curriculum learning tools for higher education, providing real-time assessment via machine learning and data analytics to bridge the knowledge and communications gap between students and professors.

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Bernard Marr

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

ChatGPT is often referred to as the “do-anything-machine,” as it’s a great first port-of-call when you want to get just about any job done. Google Bard Many of us thought Google—the reigning champion in the world of AI—had been caught on the back foot by the arrival of ChatGPT.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

Watch YouTube in VR with your friends, Google pours resources into shared social VR experiences, upcoming standalone headsets will be wireless, the Snapchat vs. Facebook continues, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: WATCH YOUTUBE IN VR… WITH YOUR FRIENDS! WEIRD OR AWESOME?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

However, despite this, many of us have yet to learn what spatial computing is or how it works. Greenwold defined spatial computing as human interactions with machines that manipulate experiences in real life. Google: Google and its parent company, Alphabet, are highly invested in spatial computing.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Credit: Alex Perry / Mashable / Microsoft. The first step to learning more about the current version of your OS is establishing what your OS is to begin with. Microsoft has very simple instructions for finding out precisely which version of Windows you have on its support website. Windows 11's start menu.

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AR Insider

JULY 15, 2021

Machine learning algorithms for avatars will use tracking data from our eyes, mouths, and bodies. FWIW, Google had also partnered with Luxottica but never shipped a more fashionable version of Glass.]. What they need to learn is how to make the eventual consumer glasses cheaper and more power-efficient for all-day use.

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The AR Show

MAY 4, 2021

Earlier in his career, he helped build products at Google, including Google Analytics and YouTubes’ innovative content platform. He also held numerous senior leadership positions at Microsoft, along with entrepreneurial pursuits at StumbleUpon. But their vision is to do more than capture physical spaces.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It showed what is its vision for the long-term future: AR glasses that are intelligent enough to learn about your behavior and to examine the context you are in so that to be able to already provide you suggestions about what they can do to help you. Image by Microsoft). Google halves its revenues on the Play Store.

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Yesterday, Google announced that their generative AI tool, called Google Bard, had been renamed to Gemini, and was now finally available in Canada ( The Globe and Mail newspaper provides some background on why there was a delay ). The cost of both these generative AI services is approximately the same, at US$20 per month.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

Major Firms Enter the XR Market During a launch event at MWC 2024, Samsung showcased a new XR headset developed in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. Additionally, as Samsung and Google have partnered with Qualcomm, it is reasonable to assume that the device will use the Qualcomm XR2+ Gen 2 Platform, which supports AI-ready wearables.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Adopting a multi-cloud infrastructure means moving away from potentially damaging business strategies such as building applications and processes solely around one particular cloud platform, e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure. The AI and ML-powered cloud. Low-code and no-code cloud services.

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Bernard Marr

APRIL 17, 2023

This is the supercloud, where applications can be run in containers or virtual machines, interfacing with any cloud platforms underneath. This means that a business might have service agreements in place with, for example, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

AR is an excellent example of how humans and machines can interface more efficiently. On a smartphone, AR apps could highlight the parts of a machine that need repairs when an engineer uses his camera to focus on the device, allowing employees to quickly complete jobs without needing to access manuals or refer to their training.

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Bernard Marr

MARCH 17, 2023

Microsoft has big plans for artificial intelligence (AI), and it’s becoming clear that it believes that ChatGPT – and natural language technology in general – will play a big part. In fact, CEO Satya Nadella has said that “Every product of Microsoft will have some of the same AI capabilities to completely transform the product.”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 7, 2022

According to the global consulting giant, success in this environment will need more than simply learning new technologies and embracing innovation. In other words, businesses across sectors are empowered by the introduction of a new category of machines — all equipped to push the limits of what challenges computers can address.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. More info (Camera Path and Google Drive backup) More info (Sketchfab exporting).

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 7, 2018

Mark Christian’s job title is rather unique for his industry –Global Director of Immersive Learning – but when I met him at Pearson’s central London office he seemed somewhat bewildered by that: “I’ve actually challenged my competitors to show me where my peer is in their companies, but I don’t see them yet,” he tells me.

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