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U.S. Army To Receive 100,000 Microsoft HoloLens Headsets

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Microsoft lands $479M contract to put the MR headsets into the hands of soldiers in active combat zones. Army thanks to a huge $479 million contract between the legendary military branch and Microsoft. Unfortunately, the device never caught on the way Microsoft had hoped for with roughly 50,000 initial sales worldwide.

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Microsoft Patents New MicroLED Display for HoloLens 2 Successor

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Microsoft has reportedly filed a new patent to develop a microLED display solution to enhance virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) experiences. The backplane substrate includes a plurality of pixel logic hardware modules. An Apple-Microsoft-Meta micro-OLED Melee?

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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. Carrying case.

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Big XR News from Microsoft Ignite, Snap, Meta, and Valve

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However, with 2024 shaping up to be a monumental year for XR, with Microsoft, NVIDIA, Amazon, and Apple all putting major stakes and investments into the space, what companies do today could greatly influence the future of work. The firm is rolling out the features starting in early December this year for free.

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Track The Global Spread Of Coronavirus Using This Terrifying WebXR App

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Just one month into the new year and already 2020 is proving to be another turbulent year for the United States as well as the rest of the world. As the epidemic continues to spread, reports are now coming in of cases outside mainland China, including both the United Kingdom as well as the United States.

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Big XR News from Meta, Apple, Immersive Tech Week, Xreal, and Microsoft

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The headset will first be available in the United States and later released in Canada and the United Kingdom. As 2024 approaches, industry leaders, firms, and vendors promote hardware scaling and software development to accelerate device adoption.

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Updated US Army IVAS Headset May Roll Out in 2025

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The United States Army and Microsoft are set to roll out an updated version of its Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) headset in 2025, reports show. To reduce nausea and vertigo due to latency and alignment issues, the US Army has tasked a team of experts working with Microsoft Visual Sciences to resolve the concern.