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Microsoft to Expand HoloLens Availability to 29 More European Markets in December

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Microsoft announced at their at Future Decoded conference in London that HoloLens, the company’s augmented reality headset, will be expanding its international availability to include all of the European Union in December. image courtesy Microsoft. image courtesy Microsoft. image courtesy Microsoft. .”

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Microsoft Finalizing Its HoloLens, VR Headset Specifications

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In just a few days time, Microsoft will host WinHEC , its annual hardware / platform conference. This time around, the location is Shenzhen, China – also known as the hardware design capital of the world. As always, the game revolves around the minimum hardware specifications. Microsoft is not playing such tricks.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Remember, HTC is the Taiwanese-based hardware manufacturer and the HTC Vive Tech Corporation is a subsidiary that partners with American-based software company Valve for content via their huge Steam library. Air New Zealand is one airlines provider that is testing how the Microsoft Hololens can help improve in-flight customer service.

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Big News XR from BMW, Meta, Apple, Campfire, Nreal, and Cannes XR

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Apple Trademarks XR Operating System Apple has filed a trademark for “ xrOS ” with the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office, further teasing its upcoming MR headset. Apple initially filed the base xrOS trademark with the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office earlier this year.

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The Future of Mixed Reality Is Much Bigger Than Magic Leap

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The Weta Workshop logo was always prominent throughout, but it could have been assumed that this was because the New Zealand visual effects company – best known for their work in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies – had made the graphics for the game itself. Some insight from the North.

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Magic Leap’s LEAP Con 2018 round-up: all the major announcements in only one place

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A digital assets of an orc, that was destined to become the character of an animation movie and was later on abandoned, can exit the PC and enter the real world thanks to your help; Air New Zealand’s Fact or Fantasy. Or maybe with the same money, they can directly go to New Zealand (Image by Road To VR). Avatar Chat.

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Oculus For Business is now available for all companies

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The device is exactly the same and there are no hardware differences, but I guess that they have different ROMs that should be flashed directly from Facebook , and this is pretty difficult to guarantee. Can you convert your consumer Quest to an enterprise one? In which countries is it available? Yes, but only if you are relevant to Oculus.

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