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Microsoft Joins OpenXR, Becoming a Decisive Backer in the Open, Royalty-free VR/AR Standard

Road to VR

Khronos Group , the consortium behind the OpenXR project which aims to standardize the way applications communicate with AR and VR headsets, just added Microsoft to its ranks. Among its count of members, the OpenXR working group consisted of nearly every major player in the industry except Microsoft until now.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The startup is pretty new, in fact, and its owner group is Megadodo, another unknown company that is working on an MMO game about which is difficult to find any information. A new FCC listing appears for an HTC Vive headset. And in fact, a new request to FCC for a new device has arrived from HTC. HTC launches Vive XR Suite.

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OpenXR Update to Optimise Major XR Headsets

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The OpenXR API is a core piece behind many XR headsets from vendors such as Acer, ByteDance, Canon, HTC, Magic Leap, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, XREAL, Qualcomm, Valve, and Varjo. The OpenXR Working Group leverage industry-wide feedback to improve its API service. ” Wu also noted that HTC VIVE supports OpenXR 1.1

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Snapdragon AR2 to Empower AR Devices, Qualcomm Says

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

The tech industry responded by rallying as a community and a group. This began with devices from Lenovo, HTC VIVE, Pico Interactive, and Meta Platforms, so the growth we’ve seen for consumer use cases has been very strong since then. These range from the Lenovo A3 [and Magic Leap 2].

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Editorial: This VR cycle may take more time than expected

The Ghost Howls

PSVR 2 Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) I had big hopes for PSVR 2. I’m pretty sure that Sony is waiting the next few months to make some moves, there’s still the Black Friday and the Christmas Holiday that have to happen, but at the moment I do not see this device as disruptive to our ecosystem.

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The Future Is Now: 2023 Metaverse and XR Predictions Worth Looking Into

ARPost

See Also: Redefining the Future of Location-Based Entertainment With HTC VIVE Focus 3 and The Park Playground “Virtual reality is often perceived as being limited to the world of gaming. Although gaming is certainly a great use case and example of what immersive VR experiences can deliver, the possibilities are endless,” said Vindevogel.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.25): new rumors on Apple Glasses, Oculus Quest anniversary, HP Reverb G2 and more!

The Ghost Howls

Someone on Reddit has found a Facebook group dedicated to Facebook Horizon that features as header image what seems a screenshot from the application, a screenshot that we have never seen. Magic Leap raises other $350M. My friends at 7Invensun and HTC have organized a contest to develop VR applications featuring eye tracking.

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