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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.26): WMR gets discontinued, Meta to showcase an impressive AR prototype, and more!

The Ghost Howls

(PS Remember that there is an ongoing giveaway of physical copies of the Sam&Max game for PSVR for all people in North America! But unluckily, their tracking performance was bad, especially for what concerns controllers, the manufacturing quality was debatable, and especially Microsoft never invested enough into dedicated content.

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Report: Lenovo’s Windows MR/VR Headset to Launch Mid-August or Earlier

Road to VR

One of the first in a line of Windows Holographic powered immersive devices, Lenovo’s first mixed reality headset will be here in time for US “back to school”, according to Lenovo’s North America VP of Consumer Products Mike Abary.

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Vancouver Emerging As Top Five VR and AR Hub

VRScout

Known in the business as Hollywood North, the area is home to some of the largest VFX stages in North America. Marco DeMiroz is a co-founder and general partner of the Venture Reality Fund , an XR venture capitalist group based in the Bay Area. DeMiroz isn’t the only high-profile venture capitalist looking north.

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Which emerging technologies are enterprise companies getting serious about in 2020?

TechCrunch VR

(Our survey had 211 respondents, 62% of them in North America and 59% at companies with greater than $1 billion in annual revenue.) Respondents in the first group were “not exploring or investing” — in other words, “we don’t care about this right now.” We conducted the survey at the tail end of Q3 2020.

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Is Microsoft Surface Laptop a Disappointment?

VRWorld

During its newly established EDU event, Microsoft announced Windows 10 S (S for Student, not for Superman ), a new Surface laptop and several partner PCs. Years ago, Microsoft dominated schools with affordable Windows PCs, taking a back seat when Apple rebuilt itself with the iMac and then MacBook. Let us find out. Surface Laptop.

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What Does the XR Industry Think about Apple’s Vision Pro?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. Another core target group for this version of the device is also developers. School groups a hundred years from now will be able to ask questions directly and get answers as if that person is with them physically. Brian Meaney , Head of Product, Alteon.io

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Enhancing the Hospitality Experience in XR, with UgoVirtual’s Michael C. Cohen

XR for Business Podcast

The group that’s involved with UgoVirtual — who I’m a strategic advisor to — we’re all 15-20 year veterans on hospitality technology commercialization for the front-of the house, which is guest facing solutions and the back-of-the-house, which is employees and staff. Microsoft has really focused on enterprise.