XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The tech giant has also faced strong competition from rival headset firms, including Pico Interactive, HTC VIVE, and Lenovo, among others. Microsoft Injunction Regarding the injunction, US regulators also filed similar complaints against Microsoft as it aims to buy out Activision Blizzard in a historic $68 billion USD deal.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Google tried again to make its platform revive with the Mirage Solo , but even this headset has never been successful , and the HTC Vive Focus and the Oculus Quest took the standalone market in its place. Phones stopped to be compatible with Daydream , and Google never released a new viewer after the second version of the Daydream View.

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Doc-Ok

DECEMBER 12, 2018

year old laptop, the HP Spectre x360 I had scored as swag at the 2015 Microsoft Build conference, suddenly died a few months ago. Computer reviews aren’t my thing, but for this one I had to make an exception. In suspend mode, it feels like it is using no power at all. Figure 1: Discharge rate of HP Spectre x360 during typical use.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” A lot of companies focusing on it. A lot of companies picking up on it.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” A lot of companies focusing on it. A lot of companies picking up on it.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I'm thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE -- first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now -- and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, "well, this is ready for prime time." One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2.

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ARPost

AUGUST 10, 2022

The Washington DC-based association sees it as a vital element of the emerging tech ecosystem. Google, HTC Vive, Microsoft, Meta, and Sony Interactive Entertainment jointly created XRA. See Also: “Thinking Ahead About XR” Report by Bipartisan Policy Center and XR Association. The XRA supports the fast-growing XR industry.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The FPF, a Washington, DC-based organisation with offices in Belgium, Singapore, and Israel, aims to unite experts across the XR industry to discuss current and future challenges over data and privacy rights and for the sector. The Push for XR Best Practices.

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 1, 2019

Some people denigrated early efforts, like the VR headsets that HTC and Oculus produced, as a fad, comparing it to the Segway or earlier 3DTV attempts. He told us about research into pain that VR pioneer Tom Furness, and his teams at the University of Washington, had done.

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VRWorld

APRIL 30, 2017

“ HTC Vive ecosystem expands with eye tracking. The module is called the aGlass and it will be available for “limited pre-order sales” next month, according to HTC. While other major tech companies like Google , Facebook and Microsoft have raced into the VR/AR markets, Apple has been biding its time.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Don McGowan, adjunct professor of entertainment law at the University of Washington School of Law and an expert in legal issues in AR/VR, found the NDA violation to be baffling. VR itself is likely to survive, as the litigation has no impact on competitors like Google Daydream View or HTC Vive. So why didn’t they?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. And then he went to go start the HITLab in Washington. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. So I feel like that’s a little bit par for the course.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. And then he went to go start the HITLab in Washington. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. So I feel like that’s a little bit par for the course.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. And then he went to go start the HITLab in Washington. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. But the user experience on the iPhone is arguably better than the Android.

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