XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 16, 2023

However, to leverage the full benefits XR has to offer, government groups first need to be able to access tools specifically built for the challenges the armed forces face. Microsoft announced its intention to build dedicated army headsets in 2022, but the project has faced several issues in the last year, leading to delays and setbacks.

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GizModo VR

MAY 28, 2021

The hackers behind the massive SolarWinds attack are currently trying to access the email systems of thousands in western governments, think tanks, and NGOs that may be opposed to the Russian government, according to a warning released late Thursday night by Microsoft. Read more.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2021

The United States Army confirmed via an official statement yesterday that it has awarded Microsoft a contract to deliver 120,000 military-grade HoloLens AR headsets designed for use in a variety of combat scenarios. ” Image Credit: Microsoft. Image Credit: US Army. Feature Image Credit: US Army.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Enterprise end-users in supported regions – including the United States and the United Kingdom – can sign up for Meta Quest for Business today. The built-in MDM solutions allow access to a small line-up of third-party XR MDM service providers, including Invanti, VMware Workspace ONE, and Microsoft Intune.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Moreover, Microsoft is resparking its stake in an Industrial Metaverse, with plans to debut products in 2024. The WEF notes how mental health facilities and groups already leverage gaming platforms to improve patient outcomes via interactable and immersive experiences.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Notably, as the industrial Metaverse wave of 2024 approaches, many firms like Microsoft, AWS, and Meta are attempting to lead it. Microsoft and AWS are integrating many business-grade digital services and related security measures to ensure end-users feel safe adopting each vendor’s XR technology.

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VRScout

MARCH 4, 2020

And for a third group, the value in virtual beings isn’t the ability to create a new person: it’s to recreate an existing one. Virtual being music group Auxuman (Image Credit: Auxuman). A scan of Sir David Attenborough in a VR app (Image Credit: Microsoft ). What do we mean by ‘virtual being’?

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Even the United States Army has begun its implementation of immersive technology into its training exercises, ordering over 100,000 HoloLens Mixed Reality headsets from Microsoft. Image Credit: Baobab Studios / ILMxLAB / Oculus Facebook / Microsoft / Gap / Oculus Facebook. HEADING INTO THE NEW YEAR….

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 24, 2016

In an industry populated with giants such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft it is astounding that one of the most important names in the game is a startup known as Magic Leap. million dollars from the likes of Google, Qualcomm and China’s Alibaba group. Currently sitting at a $4.5

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses. The next step is about trying to integrate the glasses with cloud services, something about which Microsoft is a worldwide leader thanks to Azure.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The Superbowl is the most important sports event of the year in the United States, and airing an ad during the match is super-expensive, but also super-effective. New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. More info (Leaks on RealityOS?—?Upload Upload VR) More info (Leaks on RealityOS?—?9to5Mac).

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GizModo VR

JUNE 21, 2021

A coalition of thirteen different think tanks and advocacy groups penned an open letter to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Monday warning lawmakers about two major antitrust bills that lawmakers are set to vote on later this week. Instead of wrangling Big Tech, the letter says, these bills would “dramatically… Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Hosting virtual and in-person conferences across the United States and Europe, the event encapsulates the VR/AR Association’s quest to facilitate innovation in the immersive technology space. Speakers include Andrew Macaulay and Mike McCarley from the TMRW Sports Group and Jason Siegel from the Greater Orlando Sports Commission.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 5, 2023

Now, with CoPilot taking shape thanks to a partnership with Microsoft, OpenAI and other firms are helping to define the future of work with AI. DAO value propositions alter how a core group of employees coordinates and delivers work. Moreover, ChatGPT still sits at the top of technology headlines.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 5, 2021

A group of Apple employees has written an internal letter to CEO Tim Cook and the company’s executive leadership team asking them to support employees that want to continue to work remotely or in location-flexible ways. The employees stated that many of them have thrived working outside the office and urged Apple… Read more.

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TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Meet GIGXR , the new owner of all of the assets of Pearson Immersive Learning Group , a subsidiary of the education and media publishing giant, Pearson. The group has intellectual property for virtual and augmented reality training programs for hospitals, nursing schools and universities, according to a statement.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

Architecture students from Egypt and the United States meeting in Second Life. Those groups that still use these types of environments have a very definite purpose in mind, such as advancing ongoing research or building communities that support those activities. This is what Microsoft did in the 1980s with office automation.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 2, 2019

In September of 2016, I attended a group meeting with some folks in Dallas, and then by January of 2017, we had our first major product in a school. Because in the United States — and I know this is a trend around the world — 60 percent of students can opt out these days. We set to work figuring it out. And so we do.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 2, 2019

In September of 2016, I attended a group meeting with some folks in Dallas, and then by January of 2017, we had our first major product in a school. Because in the United States — and I know this is a trend around the world — 60 percent of students can opt out these days. We set to work figuring it out. And so we do.

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

Furthermore, my involvement is primarily confined to one particular social VR platform, AltspaceVR, owned by Microsoft, making most of my experience the product of a niche within a niche within a niche. Microsoft has been very active in this area for years and their video on the history of flight simulation is a good introduction.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 2, 2019

In September of 2016, I attended a group meeting with some folks in Dallas, and then by January of 2017, we had our first major product in a school. Because in the United States -- and I know this is a trend around the world -- 60 percent of students can opt out these days. We set to work figuring it out. Alan: Excellent.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Microsoft and the Haas Group. From single-family homes to luxurious villas and company headquarters, the Haas group has developed virtually every kind of building consumers can think of in prefabricated forms. The company decided they needed to update their technology as a result, and turned to Microsoft for assistance.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. This group created a VR experience where you’re wearing the VR headset, and it’s this magical fairy, and there’s a whole story, and then they give you the needle before you even know what happened.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. This group created a VR experience where you’re wearing the VR headset, and it’s this magical fairy, and there’s a whole story, and then they give you the needle before you even know what happened.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 5, 2022

The founder of Utah-based property management software company Entrata, Dave Bateman, has resigned from the company’s board after sending an anti-Semitic mass email warning that coronavirus vaccines were a plot to “euthanize the American people,” adding “I believe the Jews were behind this.” Read more.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. well, maybe a little bit more simplified -- but in the United States, it's a really, really complicated market. At least here in the United States. A lot of companies focusing on it.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

So just to provide some background about ThirdEye, while we may be a relatively new name in the commercial space, we have over 20 years of experience developing this technology for the United States Department of Defense. So that’s our origin story. So what we try to do is we partner with a software company. So what is that?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

So just to provide some background about ThirdEye, while we may be a relatively new name in the commercial space, we have over 20 years of experience developing this technology for the United States Department of Defense. So that’s our origin story. So what we try to do is we partner with a software company. So what is that?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

So just to provide some background about ThirdEye, while we may be a relatively new name in the commercial space, we have over 20 years of experience developing this technology for the United States Department of Defense. So that's our origin story. So what we try to do is we partner with a software company. So what is that?

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

And one of the things that we've been working on -- and I've been part of -- is the Khronos Group. There's a working group inside the Khronos Group called the 3D Commerce Group. So Apple -- I believe -- left the Khronos Group, leaving kind of the worldwide standards. Boaz: Yep, that's right. It's instalod.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

And one of the things that we've been working on -- and I've been part of -- is the Khronos Group. There's a working group inside the Khronos Group called the 3D Commerce Group. So Apple -- I believe -- left the Khronos Group, leaving kind of the worldwide standards. Boaz: Yep, that's right. It's instalod.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

And one of the things that we've been working on -- and I've been part of -- is the Khronos Group. There's a working group inside the Khronos Group called the 3D Commerce Group. So Apple -- I believe -- left the Khronos Group, leaving kind of the worldwide standards. Boaz: Yep, that's right. It's instalod.com.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 26, 2023

XR Awards Winners Announced The XR Awards 2023, alongside an esteemed group of industry expert judges, revealed this year’s winners across 16 categories that showcase the best and brightest the space has to offer. New updates to Microsoft Mesh allows remote workers to add immersive experiences to private previews on the platform.

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VRScout

APRIL 9, 2019

During November of last year, it was reported that Microsoft would be entering a $479M contract with the United States military to supply the Army with 100,000 modified HoloLens headsets. According to CNBC, this modified version of the HoloLens 2 will be used on and off the battlefield. HoloLens 2 in the field.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Valve software is a very funny place because they don’t have a formal management , so it’s kind of all self-organizing… and if they don’t feel like as a group doing half-life 3, or half-life VR, it just won’t happen. Let’s do it”. It’s an interesting place to work.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 15, 2021

If Alex Cranz were a participant in this post, she would almost certainly include a photo of the “bye b h” vape she has or any number of GIFs that are surely criminal in at least half a dozen states at whoever was being roasted. Unfortunately for all of us, after five years, she is not a roaster but the roastee.… Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2023

To discuss this further, XR Today is honoured to interview Paul Doherty, President and Chief Executive, The Digit Group , following the event. Additionally, it works with the United Kingdom’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) to advise Westminster on its smart city development. I had to learn how networks worked.

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