XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 19, 2022

To date, Microsoft HoloLens 2 continues to receive rave reviews for its stunning performance and versatility. It comprised a head-mounted display (HMD) and a front-facing visor. Microsoft later announced the HoloLens 2 at the 2019 Mobile World Congress (MWC) with several upgrades. Inside Microsoft HoloLens 2.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 15, 2023

To date, Microsoft HoloLens 2 continues to receive rave reviews for its stunning performance and versatility. It comprised a head-mounted display (HMD) and a front-facing visor. Microsoft later announced the HoloLens 2 at the 2019 Mobile World Congress (MWC) with several upgrades.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC. Of the many granted, here’s a few of the most interesting AR/VR patents we’ve found: Beamsplitter assembly for eye tracking in head-mounted displays. Depth mapping with a head mounted display using stereo cameras and structured light. . % Change.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Microsoft has reportedly scrapped plans to make a HoloLens 3—what would have been a successor to its current mixed reality headset—and infighting within the mixed reality division has fueled… Read more. One of the most outspoken proponents of the metaverse is struggling to find its place in this hypothetical virtual world.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Apple to Release Vision Pro in March According to Bloomberg’s senior tech analyst Mark Gurman , Apple plans to introduce its Vision Pro MR headset in March 2022, despite previous plans to launch the head-mounted display (HMD) in January.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Microsoft Mesh. An interesting insight into the power of Mixed Reality when combined with spatial audio, Microsoft Mesh is an ecosystem where companies and developers can build unique experiences. Microsoft HoloLens 2 Industrial Edition.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2021

Most people don’t know augmented reality was first created and tested in the late 1960s: by a Harvard professor, with a wired head-mounted display. In 2014, Google Glass launched–to much fanfare, and nascent jokes online–quickly followed by the original Microsoft HoloLens.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Developers are charging forward with various entertainment and productivity applications (over 80 in the Microsoft store to date) and businesses are finding new ways to utilize the head mounted display as well. HoloLens is now available to pre-order exclusively from the Microsoft Store.

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ARPost

MAY 21, 2020

Wearing a head-mounted display (HMD), the user launches the program and loads the CAD files by drag and drop. As for purchase, ARES AR workspace will be available soon on Microsoft Store. See Also: XR Technology for Industry According to Unity’s Andre Gauthier. ARES converts files into 3D holographic objects.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 13, 2023

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. The head-mounted display (HMD) will also host a separate controller aimed at boosting computing power. Windows Central reported that version 1.2

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APRIL 28, 2017

One of Microsoft’s newest leaders in mixed reality, Mark Bolas, took the stage for a few minutes at Acer’s press conference this week and put into human terms the company’s goals with the technology. Now he is helping define the company’s strategy and vision moving forward into the new medium.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 21, 2017

Just ahead of Microsoft’s E3 conference last week the company filed a trademark for Direct Reality. Speaking to Giant Bomb during last week’s event, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer clearly outlined exactly what this trademark pertained to. Sadly that wasn’t the case, but do now know what Direct Reality really is.

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Immersive Authority

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

There’s a cool TED talk that showcases what it’s like to see through the Microsoft Hololens, and what the future hold for us. Coupled with AI and remote sensors, we are heading towards a world where technology truly understands us. Image Credit: HoloLens augmented reality scenario by sndrv under C C-license 2.0.

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Next Reality VR

MAY 23, 2017

One thing that I got more and more excited about as we got closer and closer to the Microsoft Build 2017 developers conference was finally learning about the new Acer Windows Mixed Reality head-mounted displays (HMD).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 18, 2023

News of the resurgence comes after the tech giant reportedly ceased work on the massive project in June this year, indefinitely shuttering its head-mounted display (HMD) ambitions. Meta Makes Moves towards AR Smart Glasses at Connect 2023 Furthermore, both Meta and Microsoft shuttered their AR smart glass ventures.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Next year, Apple will debut the Vision Pro following years of hype, and Microsoft will also start rolling out its industrial Metaverse services. One of the significant changes is the removal of Android and iOS notifications, which effectively separates Meta’s head-mounted displays (HMDs) from messages on smartphones and other devices.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 27, 2023

Recently, Microsoft entered an extended partnership with OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, to expand the tech solution to business clients. Recently, Microsoft and Amazon cut back roughly 10,000 employees, and Meta dismissed approximately 11,000 people. AI and ChatGPT for enterprise is a growing tech topic.

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Upload VR

MAY 18, 2023

A new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman includes some interesting claims about the history of Apple's head mounted displays development effort. But these primitive early devices are tethered to a compatible phone and have an extremely limited understanding of their environment, narrow field of view, and low brightness.

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Road to VR

JULY 6, 2016

The patent is described as a “Peripheral Treatment of Head-mounted Displays” and details a form of AR display that seems to utilise technology similar to optical waveguide, a way to bounce light from a source to a destination with minimal loss of signal.

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TechCrunch VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Yet Facebook , Microsoft and others are arguably more important to where the market is today. Apple is seen by some as critical to the future of augmented reality, despite limited traction for ARKit so far and its absence from smartglasses (again, so far).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 20, 2017

Lenovo is clearly hungry to make its mark in VR and AR; the company’s just announced a new AR headset, making it the fourth head-mounted display we’ve seen from it so far this year. daystAR, as the device is called, was revealed at the TechWorld conference this week, though it’s only a concept right now.

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VRScout

APRIL 18, 2019

Microsoft HoloLens 2 patent. The glasses use eye-tracking sensors to gather “gaze information of the user in order to improve the quality of content provided for rendering on the head-mounted display.”. Microsoft, Intel, and Sony are the three strongest VR and AR-related patent owners. WHAT IS A PATENT?

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CraneMorley

AUGUST 22, 2023

Back to Blog Page When discussing Mixed Reality and Microsoft HoloLens, several key terms and concepts are often used. Field of View (FoV): The field of view refers to the extent of the visual display or viewing area provided by a mixed reality device.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Despite this, issues limit eye-tracking integration for some head-mounted displays. HTC VIVE requires expertise in specialist data analytics, while Microsoft’s HoloLens calibrates its software according to each user.

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VR Game Critic

MAY 30, 2016

Microsoft, well-known for its development of the augmented reality head-mounted display, the HoloLens, has identified and outlined in its latest virtual reality endeavour the cons to each of the existing HMD and in turn has presented its own solution to conquer these faulted technologies with FlashBack, its own “unorthodox” answer to mobile (..)

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

In just a few days time, Microsoft will host WinHEC , its annual hardware / platform conference. Intel has 600 people here working on hardware form factors, while the similar story is with Microsoft and a few other known global players. Microsoft is not playing such tricks. 4 GB of RAM. A graphics card with DirectX 12 support.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft are expected to reduce the prices for their game products in the coming years. The VR head-mounted displays were initially created focusing on games mainly. VR In Gaming. But later on, their presence has been felt in diverse businesses across industries all over the world.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The San Diego, California-based firm has become synonymous with delivering XR solutions capable of untethering head-mounted displays (HMDs) from PC. With it, experts can see what you see to guide professionals with step-by-step work instructions via a micro display similar to Google Glass or Vuzix.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Nreal-Microsoft Collaboration For example, global consumer smart glass manufacturers Nreal teamed up with Microsoft to develop an experimental device aimed at improving social interactions for blind children. This comes amid a series of collaborations between manufacturers and big tech firms.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 21, 2020

We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Snap and Qualcomm are all making significant investments. But our standards of precision are higher, and you deserve better.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

billion globally by the end of 2017, of which, head-mounted displays (HMDs) will account for $4.7 The report also offers disruptive trends to watch in 2017, such as: New VR headsets powered by Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system will spark demand by enterprise firms for VR-related hardware, software and services.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

Google launched Google Glass , and Microsoft launched HoloLens , a head-mounted display (Krevelen, 2010)(Jaimini, 2016). 80s : American Air Force developed a high-cost Super Cockpit plane simulator that mixed virtual and physical elements through an optical vision helmet (Krevelen, 2010).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 24, 2023

The partnership aims to integrate the Cupertino-based firm’s Apple TV+ product lineup on the new head-mounted displays (HMDs). It read that Apple designed the device jointly with Sony Group Corp, which will feature high-resolution displays and augmented reality (AR) full-colour passthrough.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Yesterday Intel announced its entry into the virtual reality space with the Project Alloy all-in-one head mounted display. Much like the Microsoft Hololens the user is looking at the real world and the device overlays virtual objects and avatars into your view so they appear to be part of the real world.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Yesterday Intel announced its entry into the virtual reality space with the Project Alloy all-in-one head mounted display. Much like the Microsoft Hololens the user is looking at the real world and the device overlays virtual objects and avatars into your view so they appear to be part of the real world.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

HTC VIVE also confirmed that new hardware accessories, such as a face gasket, over-the-top head strap, and security clips, will facilitate more versatile use cases. The lens comes equipped with integrated biosensors that display medical information as a heads-up display.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 19, 2022

With head-mounted displays, users can detach their senses of sound, sight, and space from their surroundings to fully ‘immerse’ in simulated, computer-generated realities. Solution providers aiming to tackle challenges in training include Meta Platforms, Lenovo, Pico, Microsoft, and many others.

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