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Microsoft Opens HoloLens 2 Sales in UAE

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Microsoft is set to allow clients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to purchase HoloLens 2 mixed reality (MR) headsets, the company announced on Tuesday. Ihsan Anabtawi, COO and CMO for Microsoft UAE , said that the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant had demonstrated its commitment to the UAE.

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Big News From Meta, Samsung, Microsoft, and HTC VIVE

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Groups like Microsoft are leveraging a collapsing military contact to keep its IVAS device lineup alive for further funding, and HTC VIVE took note to explain the importance of enterprise end-users in discussion with the World Economic Forum. Microsoft Begin IVAS 1.2 Testing Microsoft may be fighting for Hololens.

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Mumbai Megapolis Metaverse-A Digital Twin for Infra Transformation

XROM

Its 46 members include founders from Mumbai-based tech companies BillDesk, BookMyShow, CitiusTech, Dream11, Eruditus, Fino, Games 24x7, GOQii, Gupshup, Haptik, Hungama, LEAD Group, Nazara Tech, Pepperfry, PharmEasy, Pine Labs, Purplle, Route Mobile, Shaadi.com , The Good Glamm Group, upGrad, Upstox, Zepto, Zeta, among others.

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We Tried Snap’s AR Glasses And Had Our Minds Blown

VRScout

Snap has opted instead to distribute hardware to a select group of creators familiar with Lens Studio , the company’s Lens-building software. Unlike existing AR headsets such as the Magic Leap 2 or Microsoft HoloLens, the Spectacles feature a discrete, light-weight design more akin to glasses than a headset.

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Funding Roundup: Intel acquires Voke VR, The Future Group Raises.

AllThingsVR

Funding Roundup: Intel acquires Voke VR, The Future Group Raises $20M, ObEN nabs $7.7M and Kabaddi tournaments in India. and Kabaddi tournaments in India. Voke will become a part of a new division called Intel Sports Group, the company tells me. Read more on TechCrunch. Read more on GeekWire.

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Accenture Faces 19,000 Layoffs amid Tech Turmoil

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The news comes amid a massive wave of layoffs across the tech industry, with Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, and many others launching a second round of job cuts. ” The news comes after Accenture invested heavily in its Metaverse Continuum Group last year. percent at the same time.

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Bringing the XR World Together at the VR/AR Global Summit, with Executive Director Anne-Marie Enns

XR for Business Podcast

But then there’s the Virtual Reality, Toronto; VRTO: That one is a small but very powerful group. Where you’ve got this small, intimate group talking about the future of technology. There’s Telus, Facebook, Siemens, Raytheon, Viacom, Microsoft, Lenovo, Niantic, Canadian Tire. So, very interesting.

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