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Microsoft Now Hosts Free HoloLens Demos Across US & Canada

Road to VR

Microsoft Stores across the US and Canada are now hosting free HoloLens demos, so you can finally see what the hubbub is all about. Here’s the full list of the participating Microsoft Stores: UNITED STATES. The post Microsoft Now Hosts Free HoloLens Demos Across US & Canada appeared first on Road to VR.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.11): new Quest is in the works, Magic Leap may pivot to healthcare, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The company switched to an enterprise model , but apart from a rebranding and an assistance service it is not clear what it actually means, especially if compared with the enormous enterprise offering that Microsoft is giving with HoloLens (Azure services, integration with Teams, etc…).

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Understanding Foveated Rendering

VRGuy

Source: Indiana University A saccade is a rapid movement of the eye between fixation points. For additional reading This paper from Microsoft research is particularly interesting. At 9˚ eccentricity, acuity drops to 20% of the maximum acuity, and at 30˚ acuity drops to 7.4% of the max acuity.

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VRTO Reinvents the Tech Conference

VRScout

One such application might be Globacore ’s Escape Tomb VR Experience, a conference favorite in the form of an Indiana Jones -style escape room, which shows the possible applications for room-scale social gameplay in virtual reality. Augmented, Mixed, & Blended. And it wasn’t just virtual reality at VRTO.

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Visit the Ancient Rome in VR with Rome Reborn

The Ghost Howls

The company is based in Bloomington, Indiana and has the mission of creating engaging AR and VR applications about the world’s cultural heritage sites and monuments. By the summer of 2018, we were ready to unveil our work to the general public through the stores of Apple, Microsoft, Oculus, and Vive.