Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

In an era where Sony appears to have a significant lead in console sales already, and with PSVR sharpening the system’s competitive edge, pressure is mounting for Microsoft to figure out its Xbox VR strategy. Pressure is mounting Microsoft to figure out how its VR plans pan out on Xbox. Moving the Needle. million units.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 13, 2018

When I tried Microsoft Remote Assist with the HoloLens back in May at Microsoft Build I was able to “repair” a complex electrical panel in a matter of minutes. The focus on industry applications has seen the somewhat incongruous integration of Mixed Reality Smart Glasses with gear such as hard hats Click To Tweet. efficiencies.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Microsoft debuts their latest mixed reality device at Mobile World Conference 2019. Over these past three and a half years, Microsoft has been listening to their customers, claims HoloLens inventor and Microsoft Technical Fellow Alex Kipman as he took his turn on stage. Spatial Anchors. More immersive.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

While Microsoft has been full steam ahead on the augmented reality side of Windows Mixed Reality via HoloLens, the company has had very little to say in the last year about the VR side of its platform. While it may look like Microsoft has largely given up on the effort, the company tells us that it remains committed.

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 25, 2018

Since the HoloLens was first released almost three years ago, Microsoft has steadily been building partnerships and demonstrating an array of industry use cases across manufacturing, engineering, healthcare, education and many others. This tends to make it well suited for onsite industrial applications. billion in 2016.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2019

It’s backed by many of the biggest names in the VR and AR industries and has been in development by the consortium for two years now, organized by Khronos Group. a provisional version meant for evaluation by developers and implementers in the industry. OpenXR is a royalty-free standard for cross-platform VR and AR development.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2022

Unity Technologies has teamed up with Microsoft Azure to add the former’s Create Solutions to the Cloud, allowing users to distribute games across Windows and Microsoft Xbox systems. Really excited with this even deeper partnership with @Microsoft and @Azure. Fun to announce this today with @BondSarah_Bond [link].

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 8, 2018

We need to ask ourselves not only what computers can do, but what they should do,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in his opening keynote at Build. Microsoft sees the “intelligent cloud” as the backbone of this revolution. Microsoft want to enable developers to reach customers in a multi-sense, multi-device way Click To Tweet.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

is a leading enterprise XR industry player that provides an XR software as a service (SaaS) product that allows clients to design and deliver AR/VR/MR workplace applications for various devices, from XR headsets to computers, tablets, and smartphones. In doing this, we’ve created relevant XR tools for most of the industry.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Leaked documents relating to Microsoft’s business strategy for Xbox show the company eyeing XR technology but continuing to keep it at arm’s length. Microsoft court case. Road to VR reviewed the entirety of a trove of documents that leaked this week in connection with an ongoing Federal Trade Commission v.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Meta Platforms has launched a strategic partnership to integrate Microsoft Teams on the company’s latest device, the Meta Quest Pro, it was revealed at the Meta Connect 2022 event on Tuesday. Soon, Workrooms will be cross compatible with other Meta products like Portal, and we expect to enable Microsoft Teams for Workrooms.

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Road to VR

JULY 29, 2019

The standard has been in development since April 2017 and is presently supported by virtually every major hardware, platform, and engine company in the VR industry, including key AR players like Magic Leap. Released, Microsoft Supports on HoloLens & WMR, Oculus Plans Rift & Quest Support appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

In a new Virtual Reality Industry Report, Greenlight Insights forecasts modest VR industry growth in the short term, growing into a major global content marketplace by 2021. In its new Virtual Reality Industry Report: Spring 2017 , Greenlight Insights forecasts total virtual reality revenues to reach $7.2

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 19, 2022

Partnering with the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) Fintech Hive and US tech giant Microsoft , the programme aims to back Dubai’s Metaverse Strategy, which includes reaching the top ten metaverse hubs worldwide and support for roughly 40,000 virtual and tech jobs by 2030.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The Microsoft HoloLens could be heading to the battlefield soon. Microsoft has already shown their “mixed reality” headset’s applications in medicine, architecture, space , and now, soldiers in the Ukrainian military may begin wearing the device. Ukraine doesn’t have the only military interested in the HoloLens.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2023

In the manufacturing industry, data is critical. Fortunately, Autoliv China, an innovator in the manufacturing world, discovered a new way to unlock the power of its data, with Microsoft. The more information a company can access, the faster it can produce high-quality solutions for its target audience.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2017

The person who is in charge of Unity’s xR strategy is Tony Parisi, who is a co-founder of VRML and a long-time open web advocate. I had a chance to catch up with Tony at Sundance earlier this year to talk about his approach to leading VR & AR strategy at Unity, and moving immersive technologies beyond just entertainment.

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VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2017

The Australian Air Force and Saab Australia are trialing the Microsoft HoloLens augmented reality headset as the Australian military evolves into a “fifth-generation fighting force.” In March 2016, Microsoft added Saab to its growing list of companies that are building enterprise-level applications for its AR headset.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Examples include everything from the Lenovo ThinkReality A3 system, to the Vuzix Blade, and Microsoft Hololens 2. Additionally, the next stage of AR innovation: smart contact lenses, seems to be little more than a distant dream. Let’s look at the AR smart glasses and contacts industry as it stands today.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

GE Healthcare, a market-leading company in the construction of powerful medical equipment, discovered this first-hand when it decided to implement Microsoft HoloLens technology. Today, we’re taking a closer look at how GE Healthcare implemented mixed reality components into its training strategies, to empower current and future employees.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 26, 2021

This is driven by productivity gains in industrial settings, where AR’s line-of-sight guidance boosts speed and error reduction. In addition to Apple, Microsoft has already begun to accelerate the headworn AR market. This report follows ARtillery’s separate examination of smartphone-based AR spending.

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VRScout

JANUARY 31, 2018

A Microsoft-endorsed hard hat solution lets construction workers use holograms on site. Industrial collaboration tools are one of the fastest-developing areas for the Microsoft HoloLens, with many companies such as Object Theory looking for ways to diversify and broaden the market for Mixed Reality.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

O ne of the common rallying cries of the AR industry is that the technology’s use in ubiquitous smartphones makes it a strong forbear to AR’s eventual manifestation in glasses form. These dynamics and their impact on the AR industry’s growth are the focus of the latest report from AR Insider’s research arm, ARtillery Intelligence.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This will require extensive cooperation by both deep tech SMEs and industry-leading global corporations. Nokia , the Finnish telecom giant, has been focusing on telecommunication infrastructure development after selling its mobile phone business to Microsoft in 2014. These include at least smart retail, tourism, and architecture.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Tech Trends went to Sweden to see how Tetra Pak is moving into Industry 4.0 The original Tetra Pak carton changed the milk industry back in the 1950s Click To Tweet. Their original carton changed the milk industry back in the 1950s. Industry 4.0 by using technologies such as Mixed Reality. billion in sales.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

It was also an explosive opportunity for the immersive tech industry with many promoting the metaverse as the new office water cooler. Sixty-one percent of respondents trust Microsoft, 58% trust Google, 57% trust Apple, and 36% trust Meta. Remote work was already trending upward before the pandemic. That has to do with trust.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The company is scheduled to host a Microsoft pop-up later this month. Calling Brooklyn’s Industry City home, The Lightframe Co. TLC also operates as a digital product studio offering services that include volumetric business and creative strategy, product design, as well as mixed-reality production and implementation.

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Anand Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Nine unofficial sources across the industry confirmed to Reuters the existence of the division, but NVIDIA has remained tight-lipped, only discussing its 2022 announcement regarding implementation of its networking technologies into third-party solutions. And since Windows runs on Arm, NVIDIA has a shot at Microsoft.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 29, 2017

For every Nintendo there is a Sega and for every Apple there is a Microsoft. Our big question today is this: when it comes to VR, are Oculus and HTC the respective Apple and Microsoft of the industry? HTC/Microsoft . The technology world is always a game of rivals. For every Facebook there is a Twitter. Oculus/Apple .

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ARPost

JULY 27, 2020

In their turn, the students worked closely with the client and with other industry partners focusing on: Understanding the objectives of the business. Workshops and pitch presentations to industry partners take up most of the second half. Develop skills in the creative process. Learning how to create a persuasive pitch.

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Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2019

A year ago, in response to Sony consistently delivering high-quality exclusives for PS4, Microsoft made a commitment to rejuvenating its first-party game development efforts and went on a shopping spree, acquiring a handful of respected studios to bolster its first-party game development talent under the Xbox Game Studios banner.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 17, 2019

Microsoft’s new piece of kit doesn’t disappoint, but the real excitement of its MWC announcement goes well beyond the hardware. Microsoft is in this for the long haul and will continue cashing in just fine without even touching the consumer market Click To Tweet. I won’t go over the basic specs here.

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2019

After four years of waiting, does Microsoft’s new holographic computer live up to the hype? I went on to report on many different use cases that demonstrated just how much value the mixed reality proposition could bring to all sorts of industries. Possible HoloLens 2 use-case / Image Credit: Microsoft. In a word, yes.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Extended Reality has taken the world by storm, influencing workflows throughout virtually every industry. Perhaps the go-to solution for mixed reality innovation in the construction space, Microsoft provides businesses with a unique opportunity to combine real and virtual landscapes.

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AR Insider

MARCH 30, 2021

But then a reborn industry sprouts from those ashes and grows at a realistic pace. Beyond consumer demand, tech giants are embracing wearables as they align with road maps and growth strategies. This was the same strategy that drove Google’s Android OS years ago. That’s where we now sit in spatial computing’s lifecycle.

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ARPost

JUNE 5, 2023

The “Building Open Standards for the Metaverse” panel moderated by Moor Insights and Strategy Senior Analyst Anshel Sag brought together XR Safety Initiative (XRSI) founder and CEO Kavya Pearlman, XRSI Advisor Elizabeth Rothman, and Khronos Group President Neil Trevett. And diversity in the industry is what sets Apple apart. “If

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Bernard Marr

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Microsoft, which is reported to have laid off around 10,000 employees, practically simultaneously announced that it plans to invest $10 billion in OpenAI, the creators of the viral application ChatGPT. Together, four of the biggest tech companies – Meta, Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft – have cut 50,000 jobs.

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