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Microsoft: Mixed Reality Will Revolutionize Work Away From The Desk

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While virtual reality looks to break into the mainstream within the next few years, Microsoft is playing the long game with its mixed reality device, HoloLens, which is much further away from reaching the consumer market. Just how well Microsoft delivers on its promise will be one of the biggest stories of VR in 2017.

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Vancouver Emerging As Top Five VR and AR Hub

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Marco DeMiroz is a co-founder and general partner of the Venture Reality Fund , an XR venture capitalist group based in the Bay Area. Seattle, and Austin. “One Seattle, or Portland, because you’re going up against giants like Google or Microsoft. I would put it together with San Francisco, L.A.,

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

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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. Drifter Entertainment , a virtual reality gaming company led by three Seattle-area tech vets, secured a $400,000 seed round according to a recent SEC filing.

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‘Envelop VR Has Closed’: Virtual Reality Productivity App Shuts Down

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The round was led by Madrnoa Venture Group and marked that fund’s first ever virtual reality investment. The company was led by Bob Berry who also runs a gaming company known as Uber Entertainment near Seattle. Looming on the horizon for VR/AR productivity is Microsoft.

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Pixvana Reveals 10K VR Video Player and Publishing Platform ‘SPIN’

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In a mission to make 360 video less terrible, the Seattle-based company has developed a number of technologies since they came out of stealth last December. Company founders come from senior product and engineering leadership roles at Apple, Adobe, Microsoft and Lucasfilm. They’re calling it Pixvana SPIN.

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Exclusive: First-Ever Impact Reality Summit Announces 2020 Lineup

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The Impact Reality Summit—hosted by Kaleidoscope and Vulcan, and held at Vulcan’s Seattle Headquarters Jan. Vulcan Productions has teamed up with Kaleidoscope to launch the Impact Reality Summit, a two-day event celebrating the very best in “XR for Good” storytelling.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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The Osterhout Design Group is an integrated hardware company with a deep background in advanced augmented reality innovation with the US military, and have their principal outsider investor in 21st Century FOX. Newly Formed Getty Images Virtual Reality Group Wants to Put You Inside Stock Photos. Facebook Enables Native 360 Photos.