AllThingsVR

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Funding Roundup: Intel acquires Voke VR, The Future Group Raises $20M, ObEN nabs $7.7M Voke will become a part of a new division called Intel Sports Group, the company tells me. Before that, he worked for Microsoft as the tech director on HoloLens and Kinect. and Kabaddi tournaments in India. Read more on TechCrunch.

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Road to VR

APRIL 10, 2019

Microsoft won a decisive $480 million defense contract with the U.S. After the defense contract was announced in November, a coalition of Microsoft employees wrote an open letter to company CEO Satya Nadella and President Brad Smith, stating that “intent to harm is not an acceptable use of our technology.”

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2019

After four years of waiting, does Microsoft’s new holographic computer live up to the hype? Possible HoloLens 2 use-case / Image Credit: Microsoft. Microsoft reports that the field-of-view (FOV) is twice the size of the old HoloLens, although some have since challenged those claims. HoloLens 2 / Image Credit: Microsoft.

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ARPost

MARCH 24, 2020

The “AR Cloud” that he refers to is a future digital environment composed of the “tags” from and for various applications. Amazon has a system, Microsoft has a system, Magic Leap has a system. A list of projects prioritized by the group begins with “Spatial Indexing and GeoPose.”. See Also: State of the XR Industry in 2020.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 17, 2019

Microsoft’s new piece of kit doesn’t disappoint, but the real excitement of its MWC announcement goes well beyond the hardware. Microsoft is in this for the long haul and will continue cashing in just fine without even touching the consumer market Click To Tweet. That’s the low-hanging fruit as far as Microsoft is concerned.

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Road to VR

JULY 17, 2018

A consortium representing many of VR’s most prominent players—NVIDIA, AMD, Valve, Oculus, and Microsoft—have backed a new connector standard called VirtualLink which the companies say was “developed to meet the connectivity requirements of current and next-generation virtual reality (VR) headsets.”

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 4, 2018

There wasn’t a specific announce surrounding support for VR games (see update), although as Khronos Group’s OpenXR standard marches ever onward in its mission to make market fragmentation a thing of the past, it’s possible those “open platforms” will also include VR.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Yesterday at Mobile World Congress, Microsoft unveiled HoloLens 2, the company’s next iteration of its enterprise-focused standalone AR headset. The strap, which is a firm but flexible material, wraps around to fit snugly under what Wikipedia scholars refer to as the occipital bone. The short answer: yes.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

One” and “Pro” may refer to two pricing tiers: for instance, the headset that may release next year could be the “Apple Reality Pro”, given its predicted price of $2000+. A Fortnite data miner has found references to Oculus stuff in the latest update of Fortnite , Update 21.50. There are hints about Fortnite coming to Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

On the contrary, Microsoft has worked a lot on the platform, to make it more appealing to enterprise customers. It has released experiences like Microsoft Remote Assist, that let different teams in a company work together to solve maintenance problems. Of course, it will exploit the already awesome Microsoft platform.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 17, 2017

VR and AR headsets are heading to market from Microsoft, Google, Facebook and others that have a wide range of capabilities. Morgan Asset Management’s Private Equity Group, Lawrence Unrein, is joining Leap’s board of directors. ” The head of J.P. Finger tracking is an incredibly difficult problem to solve.

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VRScout

MAY 24, 2017

Developers, both amateur and professional alike, seem to be having an absolute blast creating augmented reality experiences for the Microsoft HoloLens. The entire mixed reality experience looks identical to that of the PC/Xbox One/PS4 title Rocket League, which Mr. Davalos references as his obvious inspiration several times in his video.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Image by Khronos Group). Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. These may be upcoming features or possible features Oculus is experimenting with a selected group of beta testers.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 8, 2017

Some industry players have already talked about the death of the smartphone , but those groups also missed out on the smartphone altogether so they’re ambitious to move on to the next platform. The best examples of this are the Magic Leap prototypes, Microsoft Hololens and Qualcomm’s VR reference design.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 11, 2023

It seems like references to the Meta Metaverse are few and far between. Microsoft reportedly cancelled its Mixed Reality HoloLens 3 headset earlier this year, after revealing business executives were struggling to agree on a go-to-market strategy for the product. Elsewhere, the news hasn’t been quite as positive.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

References to Apple RealityOS have been leaked. Some days ago, two developers have found references to “RealityOS” both in the Apple Store logs and in an opensource repo by Apple. New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. Leaks about Apple are intensifying over the weeks. More info (Leaks on RealityOS?—?Upload

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 29, 2020

For now, you can refer to the official Quick Start Guide. This was our little group before the event started. Azure is one of the best cloud providers (Image by Microsoft). There is no ETA for a similar feature for Microsoft Azure, not even for a one-click-install (like for WordPress) on your own self-hosted server.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 2, 2017

The Osterhout Design Group snags one of those spots. The tracking remained consistently impressive throughout my demo despite the fact that it was taking place on the crowded AWE show floor and not in a carefully controlled space with intentionally placed reference points for the cameras to latch on to.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Having launched its first VR headset in late 2017, alongside a handful of similar headsets as part of Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality platform, HP is preparing to take its next step with the launch of a new headset that diverges from the pack. This time around, HP is owning the design of its next-gen headset from the ground up.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

70s : Group of researchers at different organizations, such as NASA, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of North Carolina, continued research in computer graphics and virtual reality (Krevelen, 2010). Augmented Reality References Helen Papagiannis. 2000s : First outdoor mobile AR game ARQuake. Ronald Azuma.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

This explosive first-person space shooter has you joining an elite group of special pilots for the United Trade Consortium (UTC). At one point in the experience, you’re even speeding over the surface of the Death Star at a simulated velocity upwards of 7000mph in a zero-gravity environment.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Kalinowski refers to the six new technologies in Meta’s AR device as new technology introductions (NTIs), and the company wants to get them right before release. Moreover, last year, Nreal partnered with University researchers and Microsoft to leverage its smart glasses technology as a medical device.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2023

For instance, I’m very grateful that everyone on the team has been very tolerant these days when I had some small network glitches during the group calls Take with you everything that is needed for an international trip (e.g. While still in Italy, I verified that Microsoft Teams, Unity, and Github were accessible from China.

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Bernard Marr

MAY 12, 2023

So it’s interesting to see that Expedia Group has become one of the first major e-commerce operators to build ChatGPT into its app. For example, Microsoft (a key investor in OpenAI) added its capabilities to its Bing search engine, and the social messaging app Snapchat recently unveiled its own GPT integration.

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AR Insider

APRIL 15, 2020

Clearly there’s some valuable technical folks on the team but much of this group is likely duplicative of Apple’s existing capabilities, and a number of key engineers saw the writing on the wall and left during the last year. These patents give Apple a strong IP defense against Microsoft as well as the MPEG consortium members.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The point of all this was to show off the spatial audio technology that Tashev and his team at the Audio and Acoustics Research Group developed for the HoloLens, and which is now being incorporated into its new Windows Mixed Reality headsets. And for that, you need the developer community to get on board. .”

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Remember, we are using the term “AR glasses” broadly to reference head-worn devices that allow you to directly see the real world as well as digital content, whether basic 2D content or more immersive 3D experiences tied to the real world.). Image source: Microsoft. For the vast majority of us, our eyes are spaced about 6.4

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 20, 2022

This refers to the heads-up displays (HUDs) troops use in their headsets to receive information about their surroundings. The US Army has also launched a joint project with Microsoft for its Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) headsets.

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TechCrunch VR

JUNE 1, 2022

This includes AR smartglasses and VR headsets, but also smartphone apps — collectively referred to as XR , or extended reality. TRIPP/EvolVR’s group meditations can be experienced live on several platforms, such as Microsoft’s AltspaceVR and Meta’s Horizon Worlds.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

I think that for a small startup that is shipping its first product, it may make a lot of sense: for a company of that size, it is better to handle a smaller group of high-paying customers than doing the opposite. Also the price is getting closer to that plan, with the device now expected to retail for $1300.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Last week I teased how iOS 13 contained references to an AR glass dubbed “ Garta ” and to an AR launcher for apps called “Starboard”. There are also references to a controller of this glass, a controller that includes a trackpad, a trigger button, and a system button. Minecraft porting on Quest is “Under Review” by Microsoft.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

I refer to this as the “what” system. I refer to this as the “how” system. I refer to this as the “feel” system. Now consider an xR solution in which you place a Microsoft HoloLens on your head and a 3-dimensional, dynamic representation of the human body appears in front of you. Gaining a solid knowledge base (e.g.,

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AR Insider

MARCH 5, 2020

You might reference a three-dimensional scan, such as a CT scan or MR angiogram, in a pre-op or in the operating theater to determine critical details, such as the structure of vasculature. Which vessel is in front of and behind the other? It’s impossible to tell on a 2D screen at a glance. However, in complex anatomy this may not be known.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. Image by Khronos Group).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

For example, Microsoft recently partnered with Meta to integrate its Office Suite into the Meta Quest Pro. Onsite teams using immersive guidance tools can refer back to notes or designs from experts to assist with repair operations. Additionally, remote guidance tools enable repair teams to connect with remote experts for assistance.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Microsoft admits display problems on HoloLens 2. Microsoft negated the issue, but now, after continuous reporting from users, it has been forced to admit it. That’s a great win for the XR community, also because after having acknowledged the issue, Microsoft will have to work in actively solving it.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Niantic teased it is working on a reference design for AR glasses with Qualcomm, and they are specialized for outdoor usage (so people can play Pokemon Go XR on the streets), while most of the current AR glasses are dedicated to being used indoors. Are they producing some results?

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